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Dept of Biochemistry

Contact information:

biomedaims@gmail.com

Biomed Medicine at Molecular level

Dept of Biochemistry

The secret of joy in

work is contained in one

word - excellence. To know

how to do something well is

to enjoy it. - Pearl S. Buck

First and foremost I

would like to congratulate

Dr Namitha D, Post Graduate

student, for the superb

performance in the RGUHS

examinations where she

excelled with record of

70.1%.

As most of the time

the department had a flurry

Greetings from the Department of Biochemistry

Guest Lecture To highlight a few

department activities - The

department organized a Guest

lecture on “Biochemistry of

Haemoglobin” on 25th

February 2016. The guest

speaker was Dr. Vittal B G,

Prof and HOD, Dept of

Biochemistry, HIMS, Hassan.

of academic activity

with guest lecture,

student seminar,

scientific melas, quiz etc

with active student

participation

This Guest Lecture was

first of its kind as it was

targeted only for I

MBBS student, speaker

is alumni of the college,

invocation was done by a

boy and inauguration

was done by watering the

Tulsi plant.

Adichunchanagiri

Institute of Medical

Sciences

Chief Patron

Paramapoojya

Sri Sri Sri

Nirmalanandanatha

Mahaswamiji

Chief Advisor

Dr. M.G Shivaramu.

Principal A.I.M.S.

Chief Editor

Dr. Aliya Nusrath.

Professor & Head

Dept. of Biochemistry

Editorial Board

Dr. Rajeshwari A.

Assoc. Professor

Dr. Chikkanna D.

Assoc. Professor

Mr. Somashekar G.N.

Asst. Professor

Dr. N. Asha Rani.

Asst. Professor

Dr. Shilpashree Y.D.

Asst. Professor

Dr. Prathibha K.

Asst. Professor

Mrs Rafiya Begum.

Tutor

Dr Namitha D.

Tutor cum PG

Dr Namitha D

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Few Glimpses of Guest Lecture

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Jnana Vigyana TantraJnana Mela

The three pillars of medical education are health services,

research and extension activity. As an exemplified citizen it

is the responsibility of all health care professionals to create

awareness and disseminate information on preventive

measures. In this regard esteemed Adichunchanagiri

Shikshana Trust under the visionary of Paramapoojya Sri

Sri Sri Dr. Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji and with the

able leadership of Paramapoojya Sri Sri Sri Dr.

Nirmalanandanatha Mahaswamiji conducts three day

annual scientific exhibition – Jnana Vignana tantrajnana

Mela. All the institutes under the umbrella of the trust

participate and we are proud to say that we the department

of Biochemistry took active participation with the theme

“Man under Microscope”. Student Participants had

prepared models and charts of cell, DNA/RNA and

Mendelian inheritance under the guidance of faculty

members.

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Quiz for Undergraduates

It is indeed a pleasure to teach and mentor our active

and interested group of students. Our students are involved in

a number of academic activity including active participation

in quiz, seminar etc

A quiz was organized on 06-04-2016 on genetics for

the first year UG students. The seminar had four innovative

rounds covering molecular biology, genetics and techniques

with pictorial and case based questions

The students were divided into six groups based on

their practical /tutorial batches as IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA and

IIIB. There were four rounds. All the groups performed

excellently and Batch IIIA won the quiz

We also had students participating in 1st state level

quiz “Epignosis” held at SSIMS&RC, Davengere. The

students who participated are Deepthi Upadhya, Dhatri S

Bettadapur, Yashwanth T R, Rumit N, Abhinav Mishra,

Yatheesh K P, Harshitha M, Impa M R, Nannapaneni Balaji

and Manoj G C

“Around here, however, we don’t

look backwards for very long. We

keep moving forward, opening up

new doors and doing new

things….and curiosity keeps

leading us down new paths”

Walt Disney

Few Glimpses of Quiz

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Another feather in our cap was the well

appreciated and academically excellent

Undergraduate Student Seminar on

Diabetes Mellitus held on 21st April

2016. The programme was attended by

all preclinical faculties. The speakers

were

1. Ms. Sruthy Maria Sunny –

Introduction to Diabetes Mellitus

2.Ms. R Nandhini - Regulation of

Blood Sugar

3. Ms. Ruchitha Vinayak – Metabolic

derangements’ in Diabetes Mellitus

4. Mr. Rakshith S – Diagnostic aspects

of Diabetes Mellitus

5.Ms. Tanmaya S – Glucose Tolerance

Test and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

All the five speakers gave excellent

presentation and it was appreciated by all

faculty members and students.

Student Seminar

Few Glimpses of Seminar

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Publications by the Department 1. Shilpashree Y. Dhananjaya, Tejaswi H Lokanathan. Lipid peroxidation and superoxide

dismutase activities in patients with type 2 diabetes complicated with peripheral neuropathy.

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 2016;4(2):457- 60.

2. Aliya Nusrath, Namitha D, N Asha Rani, Rajeshwari A, Prathibha K. Assessment of Serum

Paraoxonase1 Activity in Diabetic Retinopathy Patients. International Journal of Contemporary

Medical Research 2016;3(2):332-5.

3. N. Asha Rani, J N Naidu. Appraisal of Oxidative Stress Markers, Vitamin E and their

Correlation with Blood Pressure in Preeclampsia A Case Control Study. International Journal

of Clinical Biochemistry and Research 2016;3(1):11-5.

4. Rajeshwari A, Thammanna Gowda S S, Somashekar G N. Antioxidant Activities of

Phytonutrient of Amaranthus Palmeri. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences

2016;5(5):35-43.

5. Shilpashree YD, Aliya Nusrath, Rajeshwari A. Perception and concerns of undergraduate

medical students towards research: A cross sectional study. Journal of Medical Science and

Health 2016;2(2):19-22.

6. Dinesh Ramadas, Ravishankar M, Shwetha S and Dr. Chikkanna D. Phytochemical studies and

antioxidant activity of withania somnifera plant root proteins. World journal of pharmaceutical

and medical research 2016;2(2):34-7.

7. Dinesh Ramadas, Ravishankar M, Shwetha S and Dr. Chikkanna D. Phytochemical studies

and antioxidant activity of Bacopa monnieri plant root proteins. American Journal of

pharmaceutical research 2016;6(01).4302-7.

8. Chikkanna D, Dinesh Ramadas, Harsha R Kashyap, Subhas Chandrappa Mundasada, Santhosh

Kumar N. In vitro anti-inflammatory activity of proteins isolated from pippli (piper longum).

Research Journal of life sciences, Bioinformatics, Pharmaceutical and chemical sciences

2016;2(1):33-9.

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Research Activity

The department also substantially contributes in scientific research and has publications in peer reviewed and indexed journals. The staff also regularly attends and participates in institutional CME, CME in various other institutes, conferences and workshops and has presentations.

Poster Presentation: 1. Shilpashree YD. Asst. Professor presented a poster titled “Perception

and Concerns of Undergraduate Medical Students Towards Research: A

Cross Sectional Study”, at National conference in Medical Education on

27th

and 28th

Feb 2016 (MECon-2016, Trends and challenges in Medical

Education) at JSS Medical College, Mysuru.

Dr Shilpashree YD

at JSS, Mysore

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Highest Attendance Awards: There

was a tie between the two twin sisters

Ms. Arathi S Raj and Ms. Pournami

S Raj who had 100% attendance in

both Theory and practicals.

The Best Academic Student Award:

It was bagged by R.Nandhini.

Best overall performance Student

Award in girl’s and boy’s

category:.Ms. Srilakshmi N Rao and

Mr. Rumit N respectively

Presentations at various CME and Institutional programmes 1. Dr Aliya Nusrath, Professor and HOD was invited as resource person for

CME at Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital , Bangalore and

presented a talk on “Stepwise approach to The Diagnosis of Acid Base

Disorders”

2. Faculty from the department are active members of Institutional Medical

education unit and has participated as organizing committee members and

resource person for various MEU activities

Training and Workshop 1. Dr Aliya Nusrath, Professor and HOD, is undergoing Fellowship in Medical

education at St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences. Bangalore as

2016A batch

2. Dr Aliya Nusrath, Professor and HOD attended Workshop on “Workshop on

Health Care and Environmental Ethics” on 12th

Feb 2016 at AIMS, BG

Nagara.

3. Dr Aliya Nusrath, Professor and HOD attended Workshop on “Academic

leadership in medical education” organized by Medical Education Unit JSS

Medical college on 26th February 2016.

4. Dr Aliya Nusrath, Professor and HOD attended Workshop on “Ways to

engage learners in large group” organized by Medical Education Unit, JSS

Medical college on 26th February 2016.

5. Dr Shilpashree YD, Assistant Professor attended Workshop on “Academic

leadership in medical education” organized by Medical Education Unit, JSS

Medical college on 26th February 2016.

6. Dr Shilpashree YD, Assistant Professor, attended Workshop on “Ways to

engage learners in large group” organized by Medical Education Unit, JSS

Medical college on 26th February 2016.

Awards for Undergraduates

I am proud to say the department recognizes and accolades the academic achievers in first

year and this year it was extremely difficult to choose the best amongst a galaxy of good performers.

However as the saying goes, let the best man win the race, ultimately the awards were chosen based on

multiple assessment tools.

Faculty with the award winners

Dr Aliya Nusrath at RRMCH, Bangalore

Dr Aliya Nusrath and Dr Shilpashree YD receiving certificates from Principal Dr MG Shivaramu for MEU contributions

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Fun and Learn

Biomed Crossword (Crossword on Vitamins)

By Dr Aliya Nusrath Professor and HOD Dept. of Biochemistry. AIMS

Answer to previous crossword on Amino acids

Across: 4. Glycine 6. Alanyl 7. Indole 9. Melatonin 10. Helix 12. Histidine 14. Phe 15. Dopamine 17. Ser

19. Taurine 20 Creatinine

Down : 1.Alanine 2.Valine 3. Arginine 5.GABA 8.Ornithine 9.Methionine 10.Hartnup 11. Aspartate 13.Ile

16. Urea 17.SAM 18.RACE