OSDD JSF and WSF

JOINT MEETING cum WORKSHOP

OSDD - WSF and OSDD - JSF

Farook College and Devakiamma College of Pharmacy

27th November 2010

Minutes

1. As part of the one day workshop organized in the two colleges one team comprising of Dr U.C.A. Jaleel, Harish (Research Scholar, MCC), Hari (Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College) and Shamshudeen osdd cheminformatics went to the Devakiamma College to conduct the Morning Session.

2. Another team comprising of Dr Preetha Anil (OSDD - WSF), Miss Sahila (SCARMM, SIAS) and Fahim (SAFI) went to the Farook College to conduct the Morning Session.

3. The morning session comprised of talks delivered by Dr Jaleel and Dr Preetha regarding the OSDD, Sysborg Portal, Tuberculosis research, the way students and teachers can collaborate to the ongoing nation wide research, various aspects regarding the use of available tools and resources etc aided by Powerpoint presentation. 

4. The afternoon session comprised of setting up of OSDD-JSF and how to associate with the OSDD-WSF and the ongoing projects which can be collaborated and associated with. 

5. The second session also was spiced up by the skype meeting held in Devakiamma College in which Dr P. Selvam (Prof. and Head, Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry) had a intellectual discussion with Dr S. Ramachandran, the students also had an interactive session with Dr Ramachandran.

6. Dr K.B.Manoj (Sree Buddha College, Alleppy) was also present in skype with Aishwarya and Vineetha from JDT College.

7. One OSDD - JSF each has been set up in both the colleges, the list will be published in Sysborg very soon. 

8. The Farook College audience comprised of Dr Mujeeb (Dept. of Chemistry, Calicut University), Miss Kavitha (Farook College) and the I Semester M.Sc Chemistry students.

9. The Devakiamma College audience comprised of Dr Selvam, many other faculty members and the I semester M.Pharm students.  

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The essence of open mode of research is gaining momentum with more and more colleges joining the fore, until next meeting......

Thanks and Regards,  

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Dr Preetha Anil,

OSDD Women Scientist Forum,

C2D OSDD Cheminformatics,

Treatment Outcomes and Survival Based on Drug Resistance Patterns in Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis.

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The appeal of Jefferson's open source model

Lata Jishnu describes in detail how an Open Source economy could be created in the Research World. The article also describes the Open Source Drug Discovery Initiative by CSIR. Excerpts from the article:

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Latha Jishnu / New Delhi May 28, 2008, 1:59 IST

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Richard Anthony Jefferson is a rare breed of scientist, perhaps, one of a kind. It's not merely because he is a skilled juggler and dancer, and an accomplished musician who plays the blues, Celtic, bluegrass and other styles on his guitar and mandolin. The American-born molecular biologist, who runs the pathbreaking Cambia, a non-profit institute in Canberra, is what I'd call a people's scientist because he has steadfastly tried to democratise the mechanisms for sharing innovations and intellectual property. That's the anti-thesis of how the global patent system works. Here, IP is milked by the big corporations for all it is worth and for increasingly longer periods now.

Full text is available at URL: http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=324213

Open Lab

Financial Express runs a commentary on the Indian Initiative for Open Source Drug Discovery for neglected diseases.

If you thought the adoption of open source was restricted to only software—web servers, code development, and operating systems— then think again. The open source wave could soon power drug discovery initiatives in the country. A decentralised, web-based initiative is emerging that would enable scientists from laboratories, universities, institutes, and drug Companies to work together in discovering new drugs for diseases like tuberculosis (TB), malaria, various types of cancer, AIDS, Chikungunya, Kala-azar, dengue fever, etc. Not only would drugs be made available to the public at affordable prices, there are monetary gains for the participating researchers in the form of awards and prizes.

Open source drug discovery would have independent biologists freely sharing their work through the internet.

URL: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Open-Lab/279490/0

India Takes an Open Source Approach to Drug Discovery

India Takes an Open Source Approach to Drug Discovery | Cell, Vol 133, 201-203, 18 April 2008

Cell Press covers the Indian Initiative on Open Source Drug Discovery in an Analysis article authored by Seema Singh.

The article in short summarizes the concept of Open Source Drug Discovery for neglected diseases, especially Tuberculosis.

The full-text article is available only for registered users and can be found

Here

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