Understanding Biodiversity, Environment & Disease Dynamics Using Latest Tec...
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The Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) hosts visiting scholar, Dibesh Karmacharya, to speak about
Understanding Biodiversity, Environment & Disease Dynamics Using Latest Technologies: Developing Research Culture in Nepal
Dibesh Karmacharya has a conservation biology degree from Wayne State College (US). He worked extensively in the US for Caliper Lifesciences in New Jersey as a research scientist (transgenic animal models). He promoted Genomics and Proteomics technology platforms for GE Healthcare Lifesciences in the US and Canada. He co-founded the Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal (CMDN), a wildlife genetics and clinical epidemiology research centre and is the Chairman and Executive Director of the CMDN. He also co-founded Intrepid Nepal Pvt. Ltd, a molecular, diagnostics-based Biotechnology Company and Intrepid Cancer Diagnostics. He leads several innovative researches in Nepal including: building Nepal’s first genetic database of wild Bengal tigers through Nepal Tiger Genome Project (NTGP); and, several conservation genetics projects. He is the Principal Investigator of PREDICT Nepal Project-an emerging pandemic threat project. He has published several papers on conservation genetics, HIV/AIDS, molecular diagnosis and wildlife and human infectious diseases.
FAQs
Will food and drink be served?
A catered lunch will be provided and will include vegetarian and gluten-free items.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Contact Jill.Parlee@tufts.edu with any questions.
