IBRAS 2024

4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCE
              January 23-25, 2024
Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan
2000+
Attendees
3
Days
60+
Talks

About Conference

The key objective of IBRAS is to provide opportunity for the global participants to share their ideas and experience with their peers expected to join from different parts of the world. The IBRAS will highlight cutting-edge advances in all major disciplines of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences. Technical tracks span new and original research in all fields of Botany, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Food Science, Microbiology, and Zoology. The IBRAS will also provide a forum for an in-depth assessment of the challenges involved in the dynamic and fast-moving fields of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences.

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The Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan hosts the International Conference on Biological Research and Applied Science (IBRAS), a distinguished event that features the latest developments and innovations in the field of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences. The 4th IBRAS will be held on January 23-25, 2024 at Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan in hybrid mode, which allows both online and on-campus participation, to accommodate the researchers and to ensure maximum participation. The conference will offer various technical tracks in the domains of Botany, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Food Science, Microbiology and Zoology. The conference will feature keynote speeches, invited talks, oral presentations, workshop and tutorial. The conference series has successfully completed its three consecutive editions in 2021, 2022 and 2023 attracting an average of 2000 attendees, featuring distinguished international keynote speakers, and presenting over 100 oral papers. Conference proceedings and glimpses are available at the websitehttps://ibras.juw.edu.pk/
IBRAS-2024 will offer a unique opportunity for researchers to share and discuss their latest findings, trends, and challenges in oral sessions. The conference welcomes original, unpublished, and scientific papers in the form of extended abstracts on any topic related to Biological and Applied Sciences, including:

Systems Biology and Metabolomics

Session Organizer: Ms. Shahana Rasheed
  Biochemistry Department
Personalized medicine, Precision Nutrition, Biomarker discovery, novel methods for metabolite profiling, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Lipidomics, Enzyme kinetics, Modelling and Synthetic Biology
ibras-bic@juw.edu.pk    (021)36620614   Ext: 273

Research and Innovation in Biotechnology

Session Organizer: Ms. Ayesha Aman
  Biotechnology Department
Bioinformatics and Biocomputing, Stem cells and cancer research, Tissue engineering, Protein Engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Biofuels and Biorefineries, Bioremediation, Transgenic technology, Cell signaling technology.
ibras-bth@juw.edu.pk    (021)36620614   Ext: 280

Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Production and its Sustainable Solutions

Session Organizer: Dr. Saba Rizwan
  Botany Department
Climate variability and Yield reduction, Adaptation, Climate and Crop Modeling, Sustainable Agriculture Production, Climate-Smart Agriculture.
ibras-bot@juw.edu.pk    (021)36620614   Ext: 219

Innovation in Chemical Sciences

Session Organizer: Dr. Najma
  Chemistry Department
Nanotechnology and Forensic Sciences, Recent advances in thermodynamics, Environmental sustainability, Catalyst and synthesis, Waste water treatment, computational chemistry, Natural products and medicinal Chemistry.
ibras-chem@juw.edu.pk     (021)36620614   Ext: 207

Emerging Trends in Computing

Session Organizer: Ms. Hafiza Anisa Ahmed
  Computer Science and Software Engineering Department
Data Science, Blockchain Technology, Smart cities, Human-centered Computing,
Computer Vision, Augmented Reality, Natural Language Processing,
Deep Learning, Cyber-physical Systems.
ibras-csse@juw.edu.pk    (021)36620614   Ext: 247

Recent Trends in Sustainable Food Processing & Food Security

Session Organizer: Ms. Anum Liaquat
  Food Science and Technology Department
Post-Harvest handling in cereal based foods, food processing, preservation and packaging techniques, food safety and quality management systems, food fortification and supplementation, sustainable food products, Nutraceuticals
ibras-fst@juw.edu.pk    (021)36620614   Ext: 258

Microbiome in Sustainable Development

Session Organizer: Ms. Aliya Hayat
  Microbiology Department
Molecular basis of infectious disease progression, Microbiome in Agriculture & livestock, Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence Simulations, Synbiotics, Antimicrobial resistance.
ibras-mic@juw.edu.pk    (021)36620614  Ext: 213

Environmental Biology: Developing the possibilities

Session Organizer: Dr. Nasreen Khan
  Zoology Department
Wildlife, Marine Environment, Urban Environment
ibras-zoo@juw.edu.pk     (021)36620614  Ext: 218

Tutorial and Workshop

The IBRAS-2024 also includes a tutorial on Artificial Intelligence and a hands-on workshop on Bioinformatics. These are two emerging and interdisciplinary fields that have many applications and challenges in biological research and applied science. The tutorial will introduce the basic concepts, and tools of artificial intelligence applicable in Healthcare sector. The workshop on Bioinformatics will provide practical experience on how to use bioinformatics tools and techniques to analyze biological data, such as DNA, RNA, proteins, and metabolites. The tutorial and workshop will be conducted by experts from Jinnah University for Women, who will share their insights and experiences. The participants will have the opportunity to learn new skills, interact with the instructors and peers, and explore the potential of artificial intelligence and bioinformatics in their research areas.

Tutorial Title: “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Applications and Challenges”

Workshop Title: Hands-on workshop on “Bioinformatics: Tools and Techniques”

Topics to be covered:
  • Introduction to bioinformatics
  • Introduction to biological databases
  • NCBI and UniProt
  • Sequence alignment
  • Identification of unknown organisms using BLAST
  • Multiple sequence alignment and construction of Phylogenetic tree
  • PCR primer design and evaluation
  • Structural bioinformatics and Protein Databank (PDB)

Committees

Mr. Wajeeh Uddin Ahmed
Patron in Chief
Prof. Dr. Naeem Farooqui
Patron
Prof. Dr. Narmeen Zakaria Bawany
Conference Chair
Dr. Aliya Riaz
Conference Secretary

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Prof. Dr. Narmeen Zakaria Bawany

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Prof. Dr. Rana Hadi

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Dr. Najma Rasool

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Dr. Rabia Badar

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Dr. Aliya Riaz

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Ms. Aliya Hayat

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Ms. Ayesha Amanullah

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Ms. Anum Liaquat

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Ms. Gulnaz Altaf

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Microsoft Regional Director, Cairo, Egypt

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Prof. Dr. Narmeen Zakaria Bawany

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Prof. Dr. Ghufrana Nadeem

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Prof. Dr. Farah Jabeen

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Prof. Dr. Mahmooda Kazmi

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Prof. Dr. Farah Tariq

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Prof. Dr. Rana Hadi

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Prof. Dr. Rubeena Saleem

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Prof. Dr. Suad Naheed

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Dr. Aliya Riaz

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Dr. Rabia Badar

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Dr. Farzana Naz

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Dr. Huma Fatima

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Dr. Humaira Ashraf

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Dr. Samina Khan

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Dr. Lubna Abidi

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Dr. Maria Taj Muhammad

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Dr. Najma Rasool

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Dr. Nasreen Khan

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Dr. Rashida Rahmat Zohra

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Dr. Saba Rauf

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Dr. Saba Rizwan

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Dr. Saifullah Adnan

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Dr. Saira Kamal

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Dr. Saiyada Shadiah Masood

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Dr. Uzma Hameed

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Dr. Arshia Tabassum

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Dr. Fouzia

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Dr. Marium

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Dr. Syeda Kahkashan Kazmi

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Dr. Rahu Sikandar

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Dr. Muhammad Arsalan Mahmood

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Dr. Madiha Sattar

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Dr. Afshan Yasmeen

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Ms. Aliya Hayat

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Dr. Aliya Riaz

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Dr. Samina Khan

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Dr. Aliya Riaz

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Ms. Kanwal Zahoor

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Ms. Soomaiya Hamid

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Dr. Samina Khan

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Dr. Samina Khan

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Ms. Sana Iqbal

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