Alagappa University, Karaikudi, May 27-28

Prof. K. Dharmalingam delivered the keynote address titled, Genotype to phenotype: A bridge too far and inaugurated the meeting. Dr. C. Gowri Priya, Dr. A. Vanniarajan and Dr. D. Bharanidharan and Dr. J. Jeya Maheswari were invited as resource persons for the conference. Four students also participated and three of them presented their research work:

Dr. J. Jeya Maheswari: Proteomics in fungal keratitis research: A road map to personalized treatment (Invited Talk)

Dr. A.Vanniarajan: Omics to precision medicine in eye cancers (Invited Talk)

Ms. K. Saraswathi: Recurrent alterations of NF-kb pathway in Ocular Lymphoma (Oral Presentation)

Mr, R. Praveenkumar: Human corneal miRNAs and their role in Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis (Poster Presentation)

Mr. Hanithraj: Development of an ultrasensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic platform for point-of-care diagnosis of fungal keratitis (Poster Presentation)

Oxford, UK, July 4-6

Mr. Thulasiraj Ravilla

                – Journey of Aravind Eye Hospital – some universal insights

Hosted by SSM Health and Cambridge University – Judge Business School
July 11-13

Mr. Thulasiraj Ravilla

                – Building innovative business models to improve care for all: Aravind model

Hyderabad, July 20 – 22

Mr. Thulasiraj Ravilla participated in the IAPB South East Asia Regional Meeting held at Hyderabad.