Workshop highlights importance of DNA sequencing
The workshop was joint effort by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
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ISLAMABAD:
A workshop highlighted the importance of DNA sequencing of whole genomes of endangered species of animals and plants in Pakistan.
A delegation of five eminent scientists from Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG) lead by its director Prof Yiming Bao conducted the workshop while around a hundred participants registered from different institutes of Islamabad.
DRAP concerned over conflicting rulings
National Centre for Bioinformatics (NCB) Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) had organised the three-day "Pakistan-China Genomics Workshop" with the objective to train PhD scholars and faculty in handling of big data related to life sciences.
The workshop was a joint effort by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). `
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2018.
A workshop highlighted the importance of DNA sequencing of whole genomes of endangered species of animals and plants in Pakistan.
A delegation of five eminent scientists from Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG) lead by its director Prof Yiming Bao conducted the workshop while around a hundred participants registered from different institutes of Islamabad.
DRAP concerned over conflicting rulings
National Centre for Bioinformatics (NCB) Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) had organised the three-day "Pakistan-China Genomics Workshop" with the objective to train PhD scholars and faculty in handling of big data related to life sciences.
The workshop was a joint effort by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). `
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2018.