Historical workshop in the World

Historical workshop in the World...----
As the last day of the OSDD conference came to the end after IPW team generated the Mtb network of project MAPATHON There was a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. Prabhakar tried his best to pin up the poster with help from the team, and Samik and Yukiko providing full support to them. The Project Director, Zakir Thomas, was also a part of this activity .
At the moment of valedictory session N. R. Narayana Murthy the Founder-Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited has unveil gene map for TB on portal os CSIR,
As this was the Historical workshop in the World which was continuously supported by India 800 foundation lead by Lord Bhatia has surprised the members of OSDD c2d 2010 Mtb project by presenting them the E-machines LAPTOPS to every selected member of c2d2010 as the royality of there dedicated work and had requested to every one to have a word from the Novel Book Gitanjali .It is a book to feel and cherish that is wrote by the great writer Rabindra Nath Tagaore.


TO BE CONTINUED...............................

The Second day of C2D meet of OSDD -10th April 2010

10th April 2010,The Second day of the international conference of OSDD C2D20120.....has started at JNU CAMPUS,New Delhi
THe session started by GPS Raghava(IMTECH)- MANAGING AND ANNOTATING M.Tb DATA USING DrugPedia AND MycoTB--- ON THE SILICO approach towrads the war against Mtb using OSDD PLATFORM as the C2D was an EXPERIMENT TO INVOLVE STUDENTS, .......and it has rocked....................
Later the session proceeds with the SET UP OF MAPATHON(creation of network) with konnichiwa(-hello in Japanese) to all from Matsuoko Yukiko-SBI ,Here all the members from OSDD learnt about the Pathway Modeling and Cu ration using CellDesigner + Payao and then all were moved directly to a a kind of power session to complete the task of creating the network ............................
and the members were really expressed there arigatou-(thanks) to Matsuoko Yukiko-SBI, Samik Ghosh sir & Hiroaki Kitano-SBI,And the they expressed there arigatou to the IGIG members who helped all the kid scientist in perfroming there task.
The group work session was too much hectic to handle but interesting to work on too........
At the end of the day The TBGO TEAM interacted with each other in presence of Dr.Sameer Brahmchari sir,Zakir Thomas Sir & Dr.Vinod sir,and discussed there experiences on the C2D project and with lots of enjoyment ,,,,,,,,,,,,nd then at last all were forcefully directed by SUKHBIR Sir to Dinner....................and it was true that now TBGO group were facing the prob in finding food due to time delayed by TBGO group interaction................bt at last all was set and back to Hostels by busses..........................................

10th April the second day Started at JNU

The young minds are ready for science journey to build a strong INDIA through "C2D"
Hence for the second day of the conference the rocking team already moved to JNU for the Set up of MTb mapathon project phase under the guidance of Samik Ghosh & Matsuoka Yukiko(SBI)...........

At the end of the First day-9th april2010

After a lot of enjoyment & excitement with a sequence of eminent speakers from all over the world at TEEN MURTI BHAVAN (OSDD for e.g..Ms.karin Timmermans-WHO,HIROAKI KITANO(sbi),Lord Amir Bhatia and many more .............
and the day came to the end at late night after a panel disscussion between Team members with the mentors......
All the members of C2D have enjoyed the sparkling moments.
at last all were tired but still much of the enthusiasm is left so nobody has moved to there rooms as it is shown in the pic..................
Last but unended session of the day moved with lot of enjoyment With sukhbir sir AT VISHWA YUWAK KENDRA(INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL)...........................

GO Gone crazy On the stage( TBGO )

Motivated Students at the historic moment of science

And at last the precious Sparkling moment arrive

At last the wait is over for the precious moment of jamboree meet at Delhi !!!
The most awaited day has dawned
The dedicated kid scientists arrived VYK with face full of smiles and excitement.. They met their team members with whom they were working virtually froma long time on this mamoth project. They were much more excited by the surprise gifts provided by the OSDD ..

In this Pleasant morning, the OSDD c2d programme started off with a warm welcome by ZT after the registration process and the students are awaiting the most awaited moment, the Speech of the Minister of Science and Technology Dr.Prithviraj Chavan. SKB introduced the chief guest to the gathering.

THE WAIT IS OVER

The Last Mile
IPW Team is pushing hard to finish the last mile of data QC before coming to the on-site phase at Teen Murti. The Team at this hour (11:14 pm) is sitting in the lounge of the Guest house concentrating on the task. They have shown unending commitment to finish this humongous task in such a small period of time!!!

Cheers to all the members who have made C2d possible!!!!

Many of the participants of Connect to Decode must be boarding trains today and tomorrow. Do take enough rest while in train. When you are at the onsite phase your PIs have plenty of assignments for you that might keep you awake almost the whole night during your stay. The IPW and TBGO team are working without a break to meet the schedule. This is probably the most intensive QC exercise you can come across. So its work time folks. But you bet, you are going to have a ball of a time. It will be one great learning exercise – for everyone- including the Connect to Decoders, the PIs, the organisers and the rest of us. All of us are eagerly awaiting your arrival. Buckle up for the fast drive!
---ZAKIR THOMAS

"TBGO" ON GO

The TB GO team has moved to onsite mode. A nerve centre has started functioning at the CSIR IGIB facility at Naraina. Yes, the same centre which sequenced human genome and the one which hosts the IT infrastructure of OSDD. Amidst the hum of the machines and scientists in their coats, a bunch of Connect to Decoders has moved in today to Dr. Vinod Scaria’s lab.

It is indeed an interesting lab. One which any bio-informatician would like to be part of. A series of servers lined up in a state of the art server room gives out a regular hum and lights go on and on. Few rooms away are state of the art sequencing machines. Adjacent to the server room separated by a glass, is a row of computers.

As you walk in a bunch of Connect to Decoders are already infront of the screens and immersed in working. They had just reached New Delhi railway station two hours ago. This is what is called hitting the ground running.

In the afternoon they had an unusual visitor. Jean Marie from UK who is writing a book on innovation in China, India, South Africa and Brazil was wanting to know about OSDD. What better way to know about OSDD but to speak to Connect to Decoders.

The GO team is here to do the last bit of QC. Or, may be, they will throw a surprise when you meet them. You don’t get a bunch of bright young minds and expect nothing, right?
-- by Zakir Thomas

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First Network

First Network
It is exciting and emotional to see the First Network that the IPW Team generated using Cell Designer for the first set of quality checked data !!! Samik from the Systems Biology Institute. Japan, has been interacting with the Team working from Delhi through Skype calls. Today we also interacted with The Chief Mentor and Project Director of OSDD through Skype and had interesting discussions on network analysis. Watch out for more...we are at it.
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