RAJSHAHI, April 27, 2024 (BSS)- An international conference on "Advances and
Challenges through Translational Research in Biological Sciences" was held at
Rajshahi University (RU) today.

RU Institute of Biological Sciences (IBSc) and Microbiologists Society of
India (MSI) jointly organised the conference at the gallery of engineering
faculty.

Member of University Grants Commission Professor Hasina Khan inaugurated the
conference as the chief guest while RU Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Golam Sabbir
Sattar and Pro-VC Prof Humayun Kabir spoke as patrons with MSI President Prof
AM Deshmukh in the chair.

IBSc Director Prof Jahan Ara Khanom welcomed the participants from India,
Nepal, Australia and the United States of America and the host Bangladesh.

In the daylong conference, the participants from home and abroad presented
research papers and discussed progress and obstacles related to translational
research in biology.

During their paper presentations, the researchers talked about the importance
of translational research in the field of public health, agriculture and
economic development.

In addition to the opening session, there were four lectures in a plenary
session, 44 paper presentations in two technical sessions and 174 posters
exhibition in the poster session of the conference.