Friday, March 30, 2012
Typing A to Z in a blink
Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/typing-a-to-z-in-a-blink/243453-60-121.html
First cancer encyclopedia ups hope for new drugs
The cancer “encyclopedia” is a step towards tailoring cancer medicine to a patient’s genetic profile.
In the field of cancer research, scientists have so far grown a number of cancer cells in the lab that allowed them to study the effect of new cancer drugs on humans. Now, a team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge and various cancer institutes around the world have released two papers cataloguing data on hundreds of cancer cell lines, the BBC reported.
The team screened more than 600 cancer cell lines with 130 drugs, identifying genetic signatures linked with drug sensitivity. Already clues are emerging that could be of benefit to patients, including the discovery that a rare bone cancer in children.
Mathew Garnett of the Sanger Institute, lead author of one paper, said, “It’s bringing together very large and powerful data sets and asking which cell line is the most sensitive and what is behind that sensitivity.” PTI
Source: Times of India dated 30 March 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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SFIT - IRIS 2012 TIME CAPSULE
Time capsule planned at Borivli college fest
MUMBAI: Burying your problems and worries now seems possible with the help of a time capsule. Designed by two third-year engineering students of St Francis Institute of Technology, Borivli, as part of their college fest, Iris 2012, the idea behind the project is to invite people's suggestions on things they want to see in 10 years.
"A leather-bound book will be kept on the day of the festival for comments. We will place the book along with pictures and other memorable items in the time capsule and bury it," said Shelton Nazareth, one of the designers.
The capsule will be unearthed in 2022 at the same fest by the students. "We will place a Google Maps picture and an environmental report of Mumbai from 2012, photos of prominent locations of Mumbai among other things," said Prathamesh Chodankar. The capsule will have a report on the present and future expectations for the city that will be written by three of the institute's professors. The event will be held at the institute on February 26.
SFIT - IRIS 2012 - TIME CAPSULE
As part of the institute’s annual festival, Iris 2012, students on Wednesday consigned a written list of their hopes, memories and wishes to a time capsule, decorated with graffiti. The capsule will be uncovered during the college festival in 2022.
“The Bollywood version of Inception will include love songs and a lot of melodrama,” said Tushar Karia, 19, a first year engineering student of the institute.
Initially scheduled for February 26, the event was shifted to February 29 to mark the leap year and to accommodate 500 envelopes filled with personal messages in the time capsule. “We had more than 500 people who penned personal messages. Organising it on February 29 also added to the enthusiasm levels,” said Shelton Nazareth, 20, who designed the capsule.
Besides personal notes, the time capsule also includes an environment report, a map of the city, photos of prominent locations and a 16 GB flash drive with chart-topping videos and songs.
For students, the time capsule presented a way to preserve special moments, to look back on a decade later. “We made a photo collage of all our birthday parties and included a note describing each of our qualities and habits,” said Sherin Gilson, 20, a third-year student. “Ten years from now, these note will take us back in time and help us trace how we’ve changed,” she added.
Surprisingly, for most of the budding engineers, seeing Mumbai turn into the next Shanghai was not part of their vision for the city.
“The infrastructure boom will cost us green pockets and clean air. A pollution-free city is my dream for the city in 2022,” said Melinda Gomes, 20, a resident of Vasai. “I am also hoping that Mumbaiites get de-addicted from social networking sites and and make time to meet each other in person instead,” she added.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Know how you fared in NET, instantly
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This will enable students to know instantly how they have fared in the test, said UGC chairperson Ved Prakash.
In another decision, the UGC has decided that all the question papers for the test will be objective type.
Till now, two papers were objective and the third one subjective. This has led to delay in declaration of the results, sometimes forcing students to appear again.
Students had earlier expressed their unhappiness over evaluation in the subjective type paper.
Now, we will be able to declare the results much before next NET and to the satisfaction of students, Prakash said. The format will be applicable for the June 2012 exam and results will be announced by October before the next exam in December 2012.
Only those who clear the NET are eligible for junior research fellowship and for appointment in colleges and universities.
Sourced from: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Know-how-you-fared-in-NET-instantly/Article1-786360.aspx
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