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May, 2015 Volume No.: 45 Issue No.: 01
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TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE
FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLEDGE
BASED LEARNING AND PRACTICE
Contents Message from PRINCIPAL Editorial board Historical
article News Update Knowledge based Article Disease Related
Breaking
News Upcoming Events Drugs Update Campus News Students Section
Editors Note Archive
GNIPST Photo Gallery For your comments/contribution OR For
Back-Issues, mailto:[email protected]
GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL
"It can happen. It does happen. But it can't happen if you
quit." Lauren Dane.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but
a habit. Aristotle
It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our
e-bulletin. At the onset I would like to thank the last years
editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current
year.
Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the
students. Our goal is to promote academic excellence and continuous
improvement.
I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a
learning environment in which all learners are supported in
maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on
personalized learning and instruction, while promoting an education
system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meeting the
needs of all students.
It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient
motivation and encouragement in order to achieve their aims. We are
all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and
look forward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in
the years ahead.
The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead.
Our progressive Management is looking forward and wants our
Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence.
Steps are taken in this direction and fruits of these efforts will
be received by our students in the near future. Our Teachers are
committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by
imparting their knowledge and play the role of facilitator as well
as role model to our students.
The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of
possibilities, opportunities and positive challenges. At Guru Nanak
Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on
holistic needs of our students.
I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all
the possibilities, take full advantage of the opportunities and
meet the challenges with purpose and determination.
Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a
continuous walk. I welcome you to join us on this path.
My best wishes to all.
Dr. A. Sengupta
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EDITORIAL BOARD
CHIEF EDITOR DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA EDITOR MS. JEENATARA BEGUM
ASSOCIATE EDITOR MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL
HISTORICAL ARTICLE The Era of Biologicals: When, in 1894,
Behring and Roux announced the effectiveness of diphtheria
antitoxin, pharmaceutical scientists both in Europe and in the
United States rushed to put the new discovery into production.
Parke, Davis & Company was among the pioneers. The serum became
available in 1895, and lives of thousands of children were saved.
Inoculation of horses with diphtheria toxin was the first step of
many in producing antitoxin. In 1903, Parke-Davis received U.S.
Biological License No. 1. New, improved biological products have
continued to become available, climaxed in 1955 by poliomyelitis
vaccine.
NEWS UPDATE Altering genes with the aid of light: (08th May,
2015) Scientists have been manipulating genes for a while. Now
researchers have found a way to control the process with higher
precision, by using light.
New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastoma:
(08th May, 2015) Therapies that specifically target mutations in a
person's cancer have been much-heralded in recent years, yet cancer
cells often find a way around them. To address this, researchers
identified a promising combinatorial approach to treating
glioblastomas, the most common form of primary brain cancer.
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Clinical decision tools in electronic medical records can reduce
childhood radiation exposure: (08th May, 2015) Childhood exposure
to ionizing radiation increases lifetime malignancy risk, but a
team of researchers has found that with just a little bit of
education, the risk can be significantly reduced. Currently, up to
40% of computed tomography, or CT, scans are ordered (for everyone)
unnecessarily.
Protein aggregates save cells during aging : (08th May, 2015) As
organisms age, a gradual loss of cellular protein quality control
occurs. This results in increased production of toxic protein
clumps, so-called aggregates. Using a comprehensive approach,
researchers have now analyzed changes in protein composition during
aging. The results show that the quantities of proteins undergo a
severe shift. This also sheds new light on the origin and function
of protein aggregates.
It doesn't take a brain injury to have headache, dizziness and
cognitive impairment: (08th May, 2015) Researchers have provided an
explanation for why many people with even very trivial head
injuries, or even injuries to other parts of their bodies,
experience incapacitating post-concussion like syndromes.
Discovery accelerates targeted cancer treatment: (08th May,
2015) A method to help shorten the road to better cancer treatment
has been developed by an international team of researchers. When
DNA is damaged, several different proteins start pouring in to
repair the damage; their types depend on the damage done. Up
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until now, it has been common practice to study one protein at a
time, but by way of so-called mass spectrometry, researchers are
now able to simultaneously see all the proteins that help repair
damaged DNA.
Environmental exposure to hormones used in animal agriculture
greater than expected: (08th May, 2015) Research by environmental
scientists finds that potentially harmful growth-promoting hormones
used in beef production are expected to persist in the environment
at higher concentrations and for longer durations than previously
thought.
Tracking defects caused by brain tumor mutation yields insight
to advance targeted therapy: (08th May, 2015) Scientists have
gained ground toward developing more targeted therapies for the
most common childhood brain tumor. The findings involve the DDX3X
gene. In 2012, other work highlighted DDX3X as a promising focus
for efforts to develop targeted therapies against medulloblastoma.
Such treatments target the genetic mistakes that give rise to the
brain tumors four subtypes.
Researchers develop custom artificial membranes with
programmable surfaces: (07th May, 2015) Researchers have developed
artificial membranes with programmable features, enabling studies
of cell communication and the molecular basis of disease. The new
study demonstrates how researchers can examine the interactions of
cell surfaces with other biological molecules, with far ranging
applications in medicine, biochemistry and biophysics.
For detail mail to editor
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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE Property inhibiting growth of bird flu
virus
discovered in eggs Eggs are one of the most versatile foods
because of their rich nutrient content, and their functional
properties can be widely leveraged in the food industry. However, a
hen does not lay eggs to produce excellent human food but to create
new life, chicks. This is why eggs contain many bioactive
components. Eggs are a potential source of raw material for all
kinds of new applications in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics
and biotechnology industries. One of the potentially useful
compounds is ovomucin, a protein in egg white that maintains its
gel-like structure. Hiidenhovi discovered in his research at Luke
that preparations of ovomucin created using physical and enzymatic
methods inhibited the growth of viruses that cause bird flu and
Newcastle disease. In his doctoral research, he created a simple
and quick method to isolate ovomucin from egg white, whereas many
other methods require 1-2 days. Promising laboratory results, but
further use requires more research Both viruses are pathogens that
cause considerable losses to poultry production every year. Also,
the transmission of the bird flu virus from poultry to humans
remains a major concern in health care. Any substance that can
inhibit the growth of bird flu virus in particular merits further
research. While the laboratory results are promising, more detailed
research is required in both animal and human models, for instance
to explore the physiological mechanisms more closely.
Jeenatara Begum Assistant Professor
GNIPST
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DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
coronavirus
(MERS-CoV) Saudi Arabia: (08th May, 2015)On 1 May 2015, the
National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified
WHO of 1 additional case of Middle East respiratory syndrome
coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Read more
UPCOMING EVENTS 61st IPSF World Congress sponsored by Indian
Pharmaceutical
Association (IPA) at Marriott Hotel, Hyderabad, India is going
to on 30th July to 9th August, 2015.
DRUGS UPDATES FDA Approves Avelox (moxifloxacin) as
Additional Antibacterial Treatment for Plague: (08th May, 2015)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Avelox
(moxifloxacin) to treat patients with plague, a rare and
potentially fatal bacterial infection. The agency approval for
plague includes use of the drug for the treatment of pneumonic
plague (infection of the lungs), and septicemic plague (infection
of the blood). Avelox is also approved for prevention of plague in
adult patients. Read more
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CAMPUS NEWS JIS SAMMAN 2015
On 11th May, 2015 GNIPST is going to participate in JIS SAMMAN
2015.
SPIRIT JIS 2015 On 03 to 05th April, 2015 JIS organised SPIRIT
JIS 2015.
GPAT 2015 Result: The following B.Pharm. final year students
have qualified, GPAT-2015. We congratulate them all. Diksha Kumari
Rupanjay Bhattacharya Avik Paul
Xtasy 2015: GNIPST is going to organize the Tech Fest Xtasy 2015
from 30th March, 2015 to 1st April, 2015.
FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME: The FINISHING SCHOOL
TRAINING PROGRAMME is going to organize by the Entrepreneurship
Development Cell and Training & Placement Cell, GNIPST in
collaboration with Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association (IPGA),
Bengal Branch from 21st February to 11th April, 2015 at GNIPST
Auditorium.
On 21st February, 2015 the Finishing School Training Programme
of GNIPST was inaugurated by Sri Soumen Mukhopadhyay, Deputy
Director, Drug Control Office, Goutam Kr. Sen, President, IPGA, Mr.
Subroto Saha, Asst. Directorate, Drug Control Office, Mr. Ranendra
Chakraborty, Sales Manager and Associate Director Dr. Reddys
Laboratory.
On 28th February, 2015 Dr. D. Roy, Former Deputy Drug
Controller, Mr. Sujoy Chakraborty, divisional Therapy Manager,
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Cipla and Mr. Vikranjit Biswas, Senior Manager, Learning &
Development, Cipla delivered their valuable lectures in the 2nd day
FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST.
On 14th March, 2015 Mr. Milindra Bhattacharya, Senior Manager,
QA & QC, Emami Ltd. and Mr. Joydev Bhoumik, Manager, Operation,
Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited delivered their valuable lectures in the
3rd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST.
On 21st March, 2015 Mr. Tridib Neogi, Associate Vice-President
(Quality Assurance), Albert David Ltd. delivered his valuable
lectures in the 4th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of
GNIPST.
On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of Jadavpur
University and presently associated with NIPER delivered his
valuable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of
GNIPST. On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the FINISHING
SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST Auditorium.
JOBS: All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are
hereby informed that an interview will be conducted by GSK for
sales and marketing job. Details given below:
Date : 27.03.2015 Time : 09:45 am Venue : GSK Consumer
Healthcare Limited, Unit No. 208,
2nd Floor, Ecospace Campus B (3 B), New Town,
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Rajarhat, 24 Pgs (N). Kolkata-700156.
THYROCARE provisionally selected 15 students from JIS Group.
Amongst these, 3 students of B. Sc (H) Biotechnology and M. Sc
Biotechnology have been selected.
Ipsita Mondal (M. Sc Biotechnology) Debriti Paul (M. Sc
Biotechnology) Debopriya Chatterjee {B. Sc (H) Biotechnology}
The final year students of B.Pharm (31 students) and B.Sc (11
students) attended the pooled campus drive of Abbott India Ltd. on
10th March, 2015 at Jadavpur University. Among them 17 students
have gone through to the final round of this pooled campus drive
and short listed for final selection.
ACHIEVEMENT: Congratulations to Anurag Chanda, student of
B.Pharm final year who have got the 1st prize in poster
presentation event in Prakriti 2015 at Department of Agricultural
and Food engineering, IIT, Kharagpur.
OTHERS: On 24th and 25th February, 2015 Swamiji of Gourio Math
was
delivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST.
The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th Sardar Jodh
SinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20th February, 2015.
On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the Reunion
programmeReminiscence Reloaded 2015.
The 2nd Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 28th and
29thJanuary,2015 in College campus ground.
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Congratulations to all the winner of Annual Sports of GNIPST,
2015.
100 meter flat race (Girls): Priya Roy Nirmita Gupta Joyoti
Ghosh
100 meter flat race (Boys): Arijit Mitra Thakur Deep Chakraborty
Arindam Ganguly Three legged race (Girls):
Nayana Sinha Anjali Mondal Saheli Mukherjee Arjita Biswas
Aindrila Bhowmick Archita Basu
200 meter flat race (Girls): Priya Roy Nirmita Gupta Anjali
Mondal Long Jump (Boys): Dipankar Kamila Arindam Ganguly Rohan
Datta Skipping (Girls): Saheli Mukherjee Indira Saha Jayita Roy
Shotput (Girls): Chandrika Saha Priya Roy Sneha Paul Shotput
(Boys): Arijit Mitra Thakur Arindam Ganguly Rohan Datta Musical
Chair (Staff): Mr. Abir Koley Ms. Priyanka Ray Mr. Debabrata
Ghoshdastidar Discuss Throw(Girls): Priya Roy Arjita Biswas Varsha
Shrivastava 50 meter female flat race (staff): Ms. Aparupa
Bhattacharya Ms. Priyanka Ray Ms. Anuranjita
Kundu
100 meter male flat race (staff): Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar
Mr. Mrinal Datta Mr. Ranjit
Ghosh Walking race female (staff): Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Ms.
Anuranjita Kundu Ms. Sumana Roy
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Balance race female (staff): Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Dr.
Sriparna KunduSen Ms. Priyanka Ray Tug of war (Female staff): Ms.
Priyanka Ray Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Ms. Prathama SenGupta Dr.
Sriparna KunduSen Ms. Sumana Roy Tug of war (Male staff): Mr.
Debabrata Ghoshdastidar Mr. Abir Koley Sk. Ziaur Rahman Mr. Ranjit
Ghosh Mr. Koushik Dhar Balance race (Girls): Indira Saha Aindrila
Bhowmick Pamolita Paul Long Jump (Girls): Aindrila Bhowmick Nirmita
Gupta Krishnakali Basu 200 meter flat race (Boys): Dipankar Kamila
Arijit Mitra Thakur Kaustav Sakar Sack race (Girls): Aindrila
Bhowmick Nirmita Gupta Sayani Banerjee Sack race (Boys): Rohan
Datta
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Souvik Debnath Sayantan Das Relay race (Boys): Dipankar Kamila
Arijit Mitra Thakur Soumyajit Sinha Sneham Sen Relay race (Girls):
Joyoti Ghosh Aindrila Bhowmick Anjali Mondal Poulami Sarkar Go for
Goal (Boys): Abhijit Kumar Mondal Arkajyoti Hazra Abhinandan Mondal
Tug of war (Boys): Dipu Roy Vishal Singh Sk Minhaz Uddin Ahmed
Ritobroto Paul Rohan Dutta Tug of war (Girls): Krishnakali Basu
Indira Saha Chandrika Saha Maitryee Banerjee Kajal Nagpal
The male faculties and staffs of GNIPST participated in the 4th
Sardar Jodh Singh Trophy organised by NIT on 15th January,
2015.
An industrial tour and biodiversity tour was conducted in Sikkim
for B.Pharm, B.Sc. and M.Sc. students under the supervision of Mr.
Dipanjan Mandal, Mr. Samrat Bose and Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya from
5th January to 12th January, 2015.
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GNIPST commemorated the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
on Monday, 12th January, 2015 & served Oldages and
Orphanages.
STUDENTS SECTION WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????
Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto is the real name of which
personality?
Answer of Previous Issues Questions:
A) Mulk Raj Anand
Identify the team
Answer of Previous Issues Image:
Pablo Neruda
Send your thoughts/ Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any
other
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contributions for Students Section& answers of this Section
at [email protected]
EDITORS NOTE
It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 1st issue of 45th
Volume of GNIPST BULLETIN. All the followers of GNIPST BULLETIN are
able to avail the bulletin through facebook account GNIPST bulletin
I am very much thankful to all the GNIPST members and readers who
are giving their valuable comments, encouragements and supports. I
am also thankful to Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director of GNIPST for
his valuable advice and encouragement. Special thanks to Dr.
Prerona Saha, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar and Mr. Soumya
Bhattacharya for their kind co-operation and technical supports.
Thank you Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for the questionnaires of the
student section. An important part of the improvement of the
bulletin is the contribution of the readers. You are invited to
send in your write ups, notes, critiques or any kind of
contribution for the forthcoming special and regular issue.
ARCHIVE
AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under Research Promotion
Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13to GNIPST as per the
details below: a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution
of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology. b. Principal
Investigator: Dr. LopamudraDutta.
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c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- only d. Approved
duration: 3 years e. Title of the project: Screening and
identification of potential medicinal plant of Purulia &
Bankura districts of West Bengal with respect to diseases such as
diabetes, rheumatism, Jaundice, hypertension and developing
biotechnological tools for enhancing bioactive molecules in these
plants.
Activity Clubs of GNIPST: Name of Club Member Faculty SPORTS Mr.
Debabrata GhoshDastidar LITERARY AND PAINTING Ms. Jeenatara Begum
SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE MODELLING
Mr. Samrat Bose
ECO Ms. Sumana Roy SOCIAL SERVICES Dr. Asis Bala PHOTOGRAPHY Ms.
Sanchari Bhattacharya CULTURAL Ms. Priyanka Ray DEBATE AND
EXTEMPORE Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya
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Altering genes with the aid of light: (08th May, 2015) New
combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastoma: (08th
May, 2015) Clinical decision tools in electronic medical records
can reduce childhood radiation exposure: (08th May, 2015) Protein
aggregates save cells during aging : (08th May, 2015) It doesn't
take a brain injury to have headache, dizziness and cognitive
impairment: (08th May, 2015) Discovery accelerates targeted cancer
treatment: (08th May, 2015) Environmental exposure to hormones used
in animal agriculture greater than expected: (08th May, 2015)
Tracking defects caused by brain tumor mutation yields insight to
advance targeted therapy: (08th May, 2015) Researchers develop
custom artificial membranes with programmable surfaces: (07th May,
2015)Researchers have developed artificial membranes with
programmable features, enabling studies of cell communication and
the molecular basis of disease. The new study demonstrates how
researchers can examine the interactions of cell surfaces with
other ...
KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLEProperty inhibiting growth of bird flu
virus discovered in eggs
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Saudi
Arabia: (08th May, 2015)Read more FDA Approves Avelox
(moxifloxacin) as Additional Antibacterial Treatment for Plague:
(08th May, 2015)Read more
CAMPUS NEWS JIS SAMMAN 2015On 11th May, 2015 GNIPST is going to
participate in JIS SAMMAN 2015. SPIRIT JIS 2015On 03 to 05th April,
2015 JIS organised SPIRIT JIS 2015. GPAT 2015 Result:The following
B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2015. We
congratulate them all.Diksha KumariRupanjay BhattacharyaAvik Paul
Xtasy 2015:GNIPST is going to organize the Tech Fest Xtasy 2015
from 30th March, 2015 to 1st April, 2015. FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING
PROGRAMME:The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME is going to
organize by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Training
& Placement Cell, GNIPST in collaboration with Indian Pharmacy
Graduates Association (IPGA), Bengal Branch from 21st February to
11th A...On 28th February, 2015 Dr. D. Roy, Former Deputy Drug
Controller, Mr. Sujoy Chakraborty, divisional Therapy Manager,
Cipla and Mr. Vikranjit Biswas, Senior Manager, Learning &
Development, Cipla delivered their valuable lectures in the 2nd day
FINISHI...On 14th March, 2015 Mr. Milindra Bhattacharya, Senior
Manager, QA & QC, Emami Ltd. and Mr. Joydev Bhoumik, Manager,
Operation, Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited delivered their valuable
lectures in the 3rd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of
GNIPST.On 21st March, 2015 Mr. Tridib Neogi, Associate
Vice-President (Quality Assurance), Albert David Ltd. delivered his
valuable lectures in the 4th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of
GNIPST.On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of
Jadavpur University and presently associated with NIPER delivered
his valuable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING
PROGRAMME of GNIPST.On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the
FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST Auditorium.
JOBS:The final year students of B.Pharm (31 students) and B.Sc (11
students) attended the pooled campus drive of Abbott India Ltd. on
10th March, 2015 at Jadavpur University. Among them 17 students
have gone through to the final round of this pooled campus...
ACHIEVEMENT:Congratulations to Anurag Chanda, student of B.Pharm
final year who have got the 1st prize in poster presentation event
in Prakriti 2015 at Department of Agricultural and Food
engineering, IIT, Kharagpur. OTHERS: On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst
celebrated the Reunion programme Reminiscence Reloaded 2015. The
2nd Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 28th and 29th January,2015
in College campus ground.Arijit Mitra Thakur Arindam Ganguly Rohan
DattaWalking race female (staff):Ms. Anuranjita KunduMs. Prathama
SenGuptaMr. Koushik DharDipankar KamilaRohan DattaPoulami
SarkarMaitryee BanerjeeKajal Nagpal STUDENTS SECTION