Editorial Board Chairman KSRCT. Principal KSRCT. Professor
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Editorial Board Chairman KSRCT. Principal KSRCT. Professor
KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter Newsletter (K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) Volume 7 / Issue 2 Publishing House Publish Date Department of Biotechnology Editor’s Desk Editorial Board A warm welcome ..! Chief Patron Lion.Dr.K.S.Rangasamy MJF Chairman KSRCT. Patron Dr.K.Thyagarajah Principal KSRCT. Branch Mentor Dr.P.Ponmurugan Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology, KSRCT. Staff Advisor Ms.S.Poornima Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology, KSRCT. Editor in Chief K.Dheenadhayalan III B.Tech. Department of Biotechnology, KSRCT. Associate Editor M.Uthira 28.07.2015 III B.Tech. Department of Biotechnology, KSRCT. Editorial Executives N.S.Yoka Barrathi III Krishna M Das B.Tech. III B.Tech. Department of Biotechnology, KSRCT. We the Editorial Board Members of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter feel happy and privileged to release the Newsletter-Volume 7 Issue 2, the Measure of Progress in the Department of Biotechnology. Biotechnology is the patenting of innovations, technology transfer to industries and close interactions with them. With the pristine purpose of presenting all that transpired in a marked period of time, we are coming-forth with our half-yearly Newsletter. The small initiatives that we take to go a long way in building upon the edifice of knowledge that empowers us, is the publishing of this Newsletter which is coverlet of the verdant landscape of scientific, technical and literary outpourings. A heartfelt thanks to Dr.P.Ponmurugan, Branch Mentor and Ms.S.Poornima, Staff Advisor of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter for their support. We are thankful to Mr.V.S.Rajha, Chair and Ms.G.Gayathri, Vice Chair of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter for supporting the Editorial Board Members in making the Newsletter come alive in a successful manner. - Editorial Board About the newsletter The Student Branch Chapter has been commenced for the benefit of students. Technical and financial support provided by the section makes the students more dynamic. The events organized under IEEE should be of high quality. It is mandatory that the branches have to report to the section after completion of the event. It is documented in a publication called Newsletter. It is to compile the events of the branch. The Newsletter is published twice a year. Newsletter gives you a free insider’s look at all the activities of the branch chapter. Technical Sponsorships and funding to the students IEEE Madras section provides financial support to the activities such as conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia etc. The norms for the financial support are based on the number of student members in the student branch. Educational Activity Faculty Development Program (FDP) was organized by IEEE Madras section for the betterment of faculty members. Student still development program was also conducted by the IEEE Madras section for the development of the students. Awards Announced Best student branches Section Highlights Best chair Best Vice-chair IEEE All India Student Congress Best secretary All India student congress is to bring Cash awards and appreciation certifitogether young IEEE student and cates are announced. The branches professional members of interacting having maximum number of members are also awarded. The awards are and networking opportunities. distributed during Annual general Student Project Proposal from body meeting. student branches Project proposals are invited from all the student branches. The proposals are scrutinized by the IEEE members and are short listed. IEEE Section Newsletter The Newsletter is a link that connects the different student chapters. The section circulates the softcopy of the Newsletter released by the branches in order to achieve more members and repute the society . Technical Activities IEEE Madras section has 18 Technical society chapter and 2 Affinity groups. These chapters and groups organize the activities and events for the benefits of the student members. Social Events IEEE Madras section organizes various social activities in order to create awareness among the society. It has organized 8 social events so far. KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter comes under this dynamic Madras section. Departmental Activities Popular Lecture Series processing and its implementation in medicine. Popular Lecture Series in Biotechnology was held in the department. The Lecture series was split into three days-21.01.2015 & 23.01.2015. On 21.01.2015, Dr.S.Umesha Professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of Mysore, headed over the session by showering his useful words on “New Frontiers in Guest Speaker Dr.S.Venkatesan Marine Biotechnology”. The session giving a keynote address on Biofuel was for about 2hours and it has been production by marine organisms very useful to the students. On 22.01.2015, Dr.S.Venkatesan Professor. Department of Petrochemical Guest Lecture Technology, Anna University Trichy, headed over the day-2 session. The A Guest Lecture was arranged by the venue was filled with useful ideas and Department of Biotechnology on 13.03.2015. The lecture program was thoughts by his valuable messages. graced by the presence of Dr.S.Selvam Professor Department of Economics, PVKV Government college, Chitthor, Andhra Pradesh. His valuable lecture was on “ Anti Corruption Act”. Students were brought to light about corruption and were given legal methods and advices to stop corruption. Guest Speaker Dr.S.Umesha felicitated by Dr.B.Bagyalakshmi Guest Lecture A guest lecture on “Biomedical Imaging” was held on 24.02.2015 at Kanini Karutharangam. The guest speaker was Dr.K.B.Jeyanthi, Profssor & Head, Department of ECE. She gave her valuable lecture on the application of image processing in the biomedical field. The students were enlightened with new ideas on image Spectators crowd for Guest Lecture on “Anti Corruption Act” IEEE-EMBS KSRCT Student Branch Chapter Events BIOELECTRONICS-2K15 Bioelectronics 2K15 is a student technical quest organized jointly by Department of Biotechnology and Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, dated on Delegates presenting their work during 23.03.2015 at cyber dome. The themes BIOELECTRONICS 2K15 o f th e p ro gram w e re Nano-Biotecnology, Biosensors, Biomedical signal processing, Medical IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Electronics, Digital image processing, chapter Inaugural Nano Electronics & Embedded system for Healthcare. It was sponsored by The inaugural function of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter IEEE-EMBS, Madras Section. was held on 07.07.2015 at The technical events of the intra K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, college program were Project Design Tiruchengode. The function was inaucontest, Project expo and Technical g u r a t e d b y D r . B . S a n t h a n a r a j , quiz. Around 70 students participated Pres ide nt , IE EE - E M BS Mad ras in the technical quest and won prices. Sectio n, Che nn ai . I n a dd it ion The valedictory function was graced Neo-mutants Biotech Association was by the presence of Dr.B.SanthanaRaj, inaugurated by him. Mr.V.S.Rajha President IEEE-EMBS Madras Section. Chair, KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student During the function, the Bio-zoom Branch Chapter, gave a key note on Magazine Volume 7, issue 2, of the IEEE-EMBS and introduced the office Chapter. He Biotechnology department and the bearers of the Branch Newsletter of IEEE-EMBS Student listed out the annual events planned for the academic year 2015-2016. Branch Chapter were released Dr.P.Ponmurugan, Head , Department of Biotechnology, encouraged the activities to be held by the student branch chapter. Dr.K.Thygarajah, Principal, KSRCT, felicitated the gathering with his valuable comments on IEEE-EMBS. He also appreciated the students for their efforts to start student branch chapter. The chief guest Dr.B.Santhanaraj, addressed the A Delegate explaining his project model in students about the benefits of the BIOELECTRONICS-2K15 membership in IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter. He asked the present members to conduct social awareness programmes which would be useful to the society. He spoke in detail about the funds generated to the students for various activities organized by the Student Branch Chapter. Dr.D.Santhanaraj felicitated by Dr.K.Thyagarajah General Articles Mantis shrimps can see cancer and scientists developed a camera to mimic it Dheenadhayalan K III B.Tech. Biotechnology Have you ever dreamt that you can vizualize your deadliest enemy- the cancer??? Congrats! You can now do that just by using the camera in your smartphone and scan your body yourself!! Mantis shrimps are widely known for their typical visual system. While there are only three colour cone receptors in the human visual system, mantis shrimps have 16 colour cone receptors!!!! Their eyes are the most complex in the animal kingdom and their eyes can move independently of each other. Their compound eyes can vizualize both polarised light and multispectral images. Polarised light is one which is reflected differently off from different tissues including cancerous tissue. The eyes of these shrimps have groups of photocells called ommatidia. Each ommatidium has several microvilli that can filter polarised light; and also light sensitive receptors. This marine creature can see a variety of cancers inside our body. To mimic this in the camera, the scientists used aluminium nanowires to replicate the polarisation-filtering microvilli, and placed these on top of photodiodes, which convert light into electrical current. It converts the invisible messages into colours that our visual system is comfortable with. Currently, there are imaging systems to detect cancer using polarised light but they need large equipments and there are also limitations for the size of the tumours they could detect. By replicating the eyes of these shrimps, scientists are trying to incorporate this kind of camera into our smartphones so as to reduce the prevailing detection systems of cancer, such as biopsies. These cameras are currently successfully used to monitor the activity of nerve cells in brain-real time! This could be an ad di tion al reas on to buy smartphones in the near future. The ancient Anti-oxidant! Kisore R II B.Tech. BioTechnology Somras, weird Indian elixir, a life longevity enhancer was a complex potion; recorded from 2000BC in the Indus civilization, renowned as magnum opus architecture of humans ever. Indians mastered in medicine, warfare, art & architecture, they were fellows of well formulated monarchy. The legend says that mythical devas mend a secret elixir in their society, which reasoned for their life expectancy of 300years. This article decodes magical elixir somras for the sci-fi analysis. can be used, but how? curiosity knocks, the reason hidden beneath is, that a man sheds his dead cells while bathing , so these public baths served as a stabilizing alternative for bacterial cells. This evidence the elixir’s existence in the past. Conscience provokes why for no reason these technologies were bannered under theistic society. Every technology has its verdict of curse. As it imbibed a Catastrophic curse. The main constituent itself is cursive predominant. Sanjeevni being volatile anti-oxidant, it’s carcinogenic and prolonged intake may lead to sterility. The nature’s game which played out to sustain from this evil is, draining saraswathi which is the only stabilizing source. Remarkable devastation was also caused by the drained effluents which was pandemic, i.e., the effluents were drained out in northern Himalayan region (Tibet) as they felt it remains non-toxic in cold temperature, but the Tibetan tsang-po river (Brahmaputra) reverted back into the Indian sub-continent, which broke plague in Bangladesh (branga) where Brahmaputra confluence with ganga which optimize the temperature for activation of bacteria present in the effluent. So the idea circumvents to a pivotal breakthrough that ancient Indians besides mastering medicine, played supremacy over an era. Our past deny us from the community of Even in the grand public bath of such scientific wonders, as the technolMohenjadaro, the reason of fact ogies were fictioned to the old book of behind is, that in absence of granny tales for some good cause. saraswathi water instead this water Somras was unveiled by an ancient scientist, Brahma. Somras is an anti-oxidant made of certain reactive compounds, which prevents ageing by denying oxidation of cells in our body so their effluents are certainly toxic. That’s why the ancient indo-folks built their cities with efficient drainage system for safe discarding. Its chief constituent is Sanjeevni tree; besides, the myth says somras can be made only using water of saraswathi (dead Indian river). Sanjeevni, a powerful anti-oxidant, which is highly volatile and decay within an hour if barked off. So there was need of water to stabilize it, specificity for the need of saraswathi water is mystified that it contained high population of bacterial cells which were the essential reason for their stabilizing property. HIV plays Hide and Seek in the brain and the artefact that ART drugs have to cross to seek them turned out to be very favourable for the virus to attack the brain. Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) for HIV wasn’t so successful. So, scientists invented a combination of drugs called CART/HAART (Combinational Uthira.M III B.Tech. Anti-Retroviral Therapy/Highly active ART) which was very successBiotechnology ful in decreasing the viral load in the blood but the pathetic condition is Have you ever thought that the that they couldn’t cross the BBB to deadly virus can play hide and gain access over the viral load in the seek like you do?! Yeah, true, it brain. plays in the brain and leads to a complication which is worse than Scientists even tried to play the the normal AIDS. T h i s same hide and seek game to seek virus, complication is called as neuro that is, they used monocytes as carriers for CART but that was also AIDS. Our brain has a blood brain barrier (BBB), made up of endothelial cells with astrocytic end feet between them, which is selectively permeable only to some molecules. This is to prevent some toxic substances in the bloodstream from entering into the brain. But, HIV hides into the monocytes of the blood cell and fools the BBB and thus enters into the brain. Due to its entry, the astrocytes, which are the housekeeping cells of the brain, release Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1(MCP-1) more abundantly. As a result, more and more, infected monocytes are attracted inside the brain thus by drastically increasing the viral load in the brain. The chemokines and other cytokines released by astrocytes during this infection greatly affect the function of the neuron. Thus the virus attacks the neurons indirectly and our body’s own immune response has unsuccessful. Recently, scientists have developed a new method of opening the BBB that could last for 6 hours which might pave the way for successful delivery of drugs. They introduced a tiny ultrasound brain implant followed by microbubbles. The pulses produced by the implant collided with the microbubbes, causing a vibration, which pushed the BBB cells apart. MRI results showed that the microbubbles are successfully crossing the BBB. “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand and determination whether we win or lose. We have apply the best of ourselves to the task at hand” -Author Unknown A Squirt of Stemcell Gel Heals Brain Injuries Gayathri G III B.Tech. Biotechnology Scientists have developed a gel that helps brains recover from traumatic injuries. It has the potential to treat head injuries suffered in combat, car accident, gunshot wounds. The gel was developed by Dr.Ning Zhang at Clemson University in South Carolina. The gel is injected into the liquid it stimulates the growth of stem cells at the site of injury. Brain injuries are hard to treat since injured tissues swell up and cause additional damage to other cells. This secondary damage is relieved by lowering the temperature and pressure at the site of injury. However this technique is not much effective. More recently, scientists have considered transplanting donor brain cells into the wound to repair damaged tissue. This method has so far had limited results when treating brain injuries. The donor cells fail to grow or stimulate repair at the injury site, , possibly because of the inflammation and scaring present there . The injury site also typically has very limited blood supply and connective tissue which might prevent donor cells from getting the nutrients they require. Dr. Zhang’s gel, however, can be loaded with different chemicals to stimulate various biological processes at the site of injury. In previous research done on rats, she was able to use the gel to help re-establish full blood supply at the site of brain injury. This could help create a better environment for donor cells. The new gel could treat patients at varying stages following injury, and is expected to be ready for testing in humans in about three years. LICHENS AS THE MEDICINAL FORTUNE Karthikeyan T R S II B.Tech. Biotechnology Many lichens are known for its distinctive antibiotic property. Lichens are used in the traditional system of medicine including Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM), Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM), homeopathic and western Medical Herbs. Lichens have presence of secondary compound like of usnic acid and atranorin. . It also antimicrobial, antitumor, and immune-modulator activity. Lichens such as Lobaria pulmonaria have been used for the treatment of the pulmonary and cranial diseases, respectively. Resemblingly, Xanthoria parietina(L.) ,which is yellow in demeanour is used for the treatment of the jaundice. Some of the lichens are used for the coughs, jaundice, rabies and restoring of the lost hair . In the Arabian medicine, Alectoria usneoids was used in the treatment of the splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen. Tea prepared from Flavocetraria nivalis(L.) is used for the treatment of the motion sickness and cardiac arrest. Irish moss is folk remedy for the lung disease, and valued in dyspepsia and loss of appetite and for the cancer treatment. Ash of the Parmelia sancti-angeli , mixed with the mustard or linseed oil is applied to the ringworm affected area on the skin. Parmelia physodes(L.) Ach. was reported as the antiobiotic. Usnic acid isolated from the lichens has the high activity against the gram negative bacteria. Parietin, anthraquinone isolated from methanol extract of Teloschistaceae has been reported to have significant antifungal activity . Usnic acid isolated from Teloschistes chrysophthalmus and parietin isolated from Ramalina celastri demonstrated antiviral activity against the arena viruses Junin and Tacaribe. Phenolic constituents from the lichen Parmeliaceae showed moderate antioxidant activity. Pannarin inhibited cell growth and induces cell death in human prostate carcinoma DU-145 cells . Tenuiorin and methyl orsellinate were further tested for anti-proliferative activity on cultured human breast, pancreatic and colon cancer cell lines. colleflaccinosides isolated from Collema flaccidum (Ach.) Ach. (Collemataceae) were reported to have antitumor activity. Biological Power Station Hudson Samuel.R II B.Tech. Biotechnology An African “Thomas Scarborough” who had constructed this power station which supplies free energy. The electricity is generated by electrolysis process of dna with ironnails .The plant which we are using produce energy as long as they remain alive. A potential difference of 0.4V-0.5V produced between the plant and the soil it grows in. This energy is too low but, when you connect the plants in series it will increases. For example, if you connect this with six or seven plants it will produce 1.5V1.6V.It is also little. But, with this energy you can operate a calculator, electronic thermometer, electronic clock…etc.Terminal which is connected to the branch act as positive(+ve) and the soil act as cathode(-ve). It forms a single battery producing 0.4V . To make the series connection the negative terminal alligator clip is connected to another plant branch (+ve terminal) and as for all plants. If you do this with plants which are placed in earth all base acts as same. Member Achievement M.Uthira-III B.Tech.Biotechnology - Associate Editor, Newsletter, KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter shared her experience at National Brain Research Centre,NewDelhi. I was offered a fellowship program by Indian Academy of Sciences, Ba ng a lo re at N at i on al B ra in Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar. I was working in the NBRC campus for 2 months. It was a very pleasant experience and I was very happy to enter into an institution which I had longed to be a part of. I was working with Dr.Pankaj Seth in neuro-AIDS lab. My guide and my lab members invited me with great enthusiasm. Each and every member of NBRC was very friendly and helpful. They wanted me to gain more from this internship mainly because I was from a very distant place. I felt very encouraging because of their kind approach. I got motivated to the core because I got an opportunity to work in one of the prominent research institutes of India. They continuously insisted me to learn, practice, and also interact with other lab people. I was allowed to roam in the campus, go to any lab I wish and learn about other researches. This gave me good exposure to new people at the same time I struggled to interact because I am not that good in interacting. But I took this as an opportunity to get rid of my hesitation. This institute has a national Our Associate editor at National Brain neuroimaging facility with fMRI. Research Centre During my internship program, I learnt and performed some important molecular techniques like western They inculcated me a very important blotting, immunocytochemistry, etc., habit-the habit or inward thirst of asking “why” to each and every small and basic cell culture techniques. thing I see or do. This is the greatest thing I got which was very useful for me to gain more knowledge called as a participant for fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan, which I enjoyed being a part of. I also participated in journal clubs which was held weekly once. During my weekends, I also visited some historical places in our capital city. Immuno staining of Astrocytes-The star avatar of brain cells BIOELECTRONICS-2k15 Winners I was working on the star avatar of brain cells-the astrocytes. When I visualized the astrocytes after performing immunocytochemistry, I realised how blessed am I to be a biotechnologist; they were just awesome. People in the lab gave me a clear idea of neuro AIDS and the researches going on in the lab. They are trying to find out the mechanisms behind neuroAIDS so as to obtain a successful cure for this disorder. This is a complicated stage of AIDS, which 30% of the HIV affected individuals develop. Project Design Contest 1.Deepak Kumar Biotechnology P, IV B.Tech. 2.Mahendhra Kumar B, IV B.Tech. Biotechnology Technical Quiz 1.Prasanth Biotechnology S, IV B.Tech. 2.Kaleeshwaramurugan K, IV B.Tech. Biotechnology presence of any women pioneer being a member of IEEE. Winners of Project Design To empower the members with communication skill, a guest lecture on “Brain storming tools of communication” has been planned. This lecture would definitely help the members develop their skill in building upon new innovations. Contest The edifice of knowledge is brought in hand to the members by “Distinguished Lecture Program”. This program would be an eye opening to the members of student branch chapter where in the guest speaker will be called on from abroad. An eminent scientist who is a member of IEEE would stuff the students with their valuable ideas and thoughts. Winners of Technical Quiz receiving certificates from the chief guest Publisher House Department of Biotechnology K.S.Rangasamy College of FUTURE PLANS Technology The following are the events planned for the odd semester of the academic year 2015-16. K.S.R Kalvi Nagar Members Meet has been planned to insist the members inculcate knowledge in different domains. It is a platform where all the IEEE members of Tamil Nadu would participate. Tamilnadu -637215. In view of the position occupied by women in the engineering field, the branch has planned for a event named “Women In Engineering”. This program will be graced by the [email protected] Tiruchengode. Namakkal District Website : www.ksrbiotech.ac.in E-Mail [email protected] [email protected] Gallery of Milestones of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter The Crew of Office Bearers of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Student Branch Chapter Dr.B.Santhanaraj Addressing the BIOELECTRONICS-2K15 Winners along Gathering with the panel Members Release of KSRCT IEEE-EMBS Students Branch Chapter Newsletter volume 6 in BIOELECTRONICS-2K15 Audience giving ears to the valuable words of the guest speaker