The 1st three-day international conference on Translational Research: From Basic Science to Clinical Application got underway at the KIIT University here on Thursday.The event was organised by the School of Biotechnology of the KIIT University in association with the Indian Society for Translational Research, New Delhi, the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, the Institute of life Sciences (IlS), Bhubaneswar and the KIIT Technology Business Incubator.
Inaugurating the conference, President of the Indian Society for Translational Research and ICMR former DG Padma Bhushan Prof NK Ganguly said “the application of findings derived in basic science to the development of new understanding of disease mechanisms, diagnoses, and therapeutics in humans are termed as ‘Translational Research’ in general”. It is practiced in many fields like agricultural science, health, behavioral and social sciences, he added.
The conference will highlight some promising research focusing on the area from pre-translational to translational application. KIIT University founder Dr Achyuta Samanta also spoke.