Talk on 'cytogenetics' under Vartalap series

Date, Time and Venue of the Activity: 05/09/2020

Speakers and Guests: Dr. Shiva Chettiar

Key deliverables:

• About cytogenetics

• Relation of cytogenetics with genomic studies

• Role of genomics in maintaining health

• Various analytical techniques to study genomics

• Case study related to inherited diseases

Learning: Students have learned the basics of cytogentics to how it is correlated with the health of humans. The importance of FISH, Q-PCR and advanced techniques to study gene expression.

Takeaways: Lucid and very informative sessions on up and down regulation of genes, advance level techniques to detect inherited or genetic abnormalities present in genes of a person. Knowledge regarding various genetic diseases have been shared.