Central University of Jammu Faculty Presented Paper in International Conference (TAGC 2024), Organized by the Genetic Society of America (GSA)

JAMMU, March 23: Dr.  Narendra K Bairwa, Associate Professor of the Centre for Molecular Biology, Central University of Jammu who is a member of the Genetic Society of America (GSA), presented a paper titled “A Simple Assay for the Detection of Late-Stage Apoptosis Features in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” in the recently concluded international conference “The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC)” in the session of the “Novel Methods, Tools and Technology.”  The TAGC was held at Metro Washington DC, organized by the Genetic Society of America (GSA).

In the presented paper Dr. Bairwa and his associates reported about the developed method to the wider international scientific community and described a simple process for the detection of apoptosis upon chemical treatment using simple, single-cell organisms (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) in the settings of labs that are equipped with fluorescence microscopy facility.

The described method can be used for the toxicity assessment of the chemical compounds and as a teaching tool to students for concepts of apoptosis, a programmed cell death that is crucial for the development of the organism. The method has already been published in the prestigious Journal “Current Protocols”.

The Director of the Centre for Molecular Biology, Dr.Swarkar Sharma and the honourable Vice-chancellor of the CUJ, Prof. Sanjeev Jain congratulated Dr. NK Bairwa for representing the CUJ at the prestigious conference.