Holiday

Tomorrow 31/07/2013 will be a holiday, as announced by the Principal.

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Revised Unit Test Schedule

S.NO	CLASS	SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT	DATE
3	I B.SC	CLZ1A	ENGLISH	30/07/2013
4	I B.SC	SAC1A	CELL BIOLOGY	2/8/2013
5	I B.SC	SBANA	MICROBIOLOGY	8/8/2013
8	II B.SC	CLZ3C	ENGLISH	31/07/2013
9	II B.SC	SAC3A	GENETICS	3/8/2013
10	II B.SC	SBC3A	BIOCHEMISTRY	12/8/2013
12	III B.SC	SAC5B	BIOINFORMATICS	1/8/2013
13	III B.SC	SAC5C	IMMUNOLOGY	6/8/2013
21	II M.SC	-	IMMUNOLOGY	1/8/2013
22	II M.SC	-	BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY	6/8/2013
23	II M.SC	-	NANO BIOTECHNOLOGY	13/8/2013
24	II M.SC	-	CLINICAL BASICS OF DISEASE	2/8/2013

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II MSC and III BSc Biotechnology students in seminar cum workshop

Total of 43 students belongs from II MSc and III BSc Biotechnology of  Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Kanchipuram participated in National seminar on “Applications of Green Technologies for Separation of Bioproducts” held at Department of Biotechnology, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering and Technology, Madhuranthagam on 22^nd & 23^rd July 2013.  

Our MSc Biotechnology students (14 members) presented their research findings in the form of oral presentation. All our students enthusiastically attended various lectures presented by experts and practised their technical skills during Worksop conducted by leading scientists.

 Dr. A. KOODALINGAM, Assistant Professor and Miss C. VIJAYAMEENA, Assistant Professor of Department of Biotechnology, Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Kanchipuram assisted our students.

I UNIT TEST TIME TABLE - JULY 2013

S.NO	CLASS	SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT	DATE
1	I B.SC	CLA1A	TAMIL	29/07/2013
2	I B.SC	CLG1A	SANSKRIT	29/07/2013
3	I B.SC	CLZ1A	ENGLISH	30/07/2013
4	I B.SC	SAC1A	CELL BIOLOGY	31/07/2013
5	I B.SC	SBANA	MICROBIOLOGY	08-01-13
6	II B.SC	CLA3C	TAMIL	29/07/2013
7	II B.SC	CLG3C	SANSKRIT	29/07/2013
8	II B.SC	CLZ3C	ENGLISH	30/07/2013
9	II B.SC	SAC3A	GENETICS	31/07/2013
10	II B.SC	SBC3A	BIOCHEMISTRY	08-01-13
11	III B.SC	SAC5A	ANIMAL AND MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY	29/07/2013
12	III B.SC	SAC5B	BIOINFORMATICS	30/07/2013
13	III B.SC	SAC5C	IMMUNOLOGY	31/07/2013
20	II M.SC		BIOINFORMATICS	29/07/2013
21	II M.SC		IMMUNOLOGY	30/07/2013
22	II M.SC		BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY	31/07/2013
23	II M.SC		NANO BIOTECHNOLOGY	08-01-13
24	II M.SC		CLINICAL BASICS OF DISEASE	08-02-13

In memory of Dr.Rosalind Elsie Franklin

Born: London, England, July 25, 1920

Died: London, England, April 16, 1958

Pioneer Molecular Biologist , Biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer

 

 

 Franklin in Paris, late 1940s Image credit: Rachel Glaeser/American Society for Microbiology - See more at: http://www.lifesciencesfoundation.org/

 

 

Franklin is best known for her work on the X-ray diffraction images of DNA which led to the discovery of the DNA double helix. Her data, according to Francis Crick, were "the data we actually used"to formulate Crick and Watson's 1953 hypothesis regarding the structure of DNA.Franklin's images of X-ray diffraction confirming the helical structure of DNA were shown to Watson without her approval or knowledge.

PHOTO51: Rosalind Franklin produced sharp X-ray crystallographic images that prove crucial to solving the puzzle of the molecular structure of DNA.  Photo 51 is the best of the lot. - See more at: http://www.lifesciencesfoundation.org

 

 

In mid-1956, while on a work-related trip to the United States, Franklin first began to suspect a health problem—she found she could no longer do up her skirt because of a lump around her abdomen. An operation in September of the same year revealed two tumours in her abdomen. Even while undergoing cancer treatment, Franklin continued to work, and her group continued to produce results - seven papers in 1956 and six more in 1957. In 1957, the group was also working on the polio virus and had obtained funding from the Public Health Service of the National Institutes of Health in the United States for this. Exposure to X-ray radiation is sometimes considered to be a possible factor in her illness.

 

Twenty five years after the fact, the first clear recitation of Franklin's contribution appeared as it permeated Watson's account, The Double Helix, although it was buried under descriptions of Watson's regard towards Franklin during the period of their work on DNA.

 

In 2005, the wording on the DNA sculpture (which was donated by James Watson) outside Clare College, Cambridge's Thirkill Court is

a) on the base:

i) "These strands unravel during cell reproduction. Genes are encoded in the sequence of bases." and ii) "The double helix model was supported by the work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.", as well as

 b) on the helices:

 i) "The structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson while Watson lived here at Clare." and

 ii) "The molecule of DNA has two helical strands that are linked by base pairs Adenine – Thymine or Guanine – Cytosine."

 



 

See more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin