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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