October 31, 2016
Prof. Shyam Diwakar gave an expert talk titled “Computational Neuroscience of Circuit Function and Dysfunction: a Cerebellum Perspective” at the at the XXXIV Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN) held at National Brain Research Center, Manesar, India from October 19-21, 2016.
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October 26, 2016
Dr. Antonella Delle Fave, MD Professor at Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, visited Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ACARA) at the Amrita School of Ayurveda. Antonella Delle Fave is a medical doctor specializing in Health Psychology.
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October 18, 2016
Amrita School of Biotechnology’s Bioinspired robotics study titled “Using Cerebellar Architecture to Control Low-Cost Robotic Arms” was presented as an invited talk by Dr. Shyam Diwakar at the International Symposium on the Neuromechanics of Human Movement, 4th–6th October 2016 organized by University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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October 15, 2016
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (Amrita WNA) team presented research papers at the International Conference on Computing, Communications & Informatics (ICACCI ’16) held at Jaipur, India from September 21-24, 2016.
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October 12, 2016
On July 13th, 2016 Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda at the Amrita School of Ayurveda, was honoured with the Bharadwaja Puraskaram (Award) in memory of Late Vaidyamathom Valiya Narayanan Namboothiri for outstanding contributions in the field of Ayurvedic research during the 6th Annual Day Celebrations of Poonthottam Ayurvedashram, Cherpulassery, Palakkad.
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October 12, 2016
Scientists at the Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, have come a step closer to using photodynamic therapy for treating residual cancer cells of a high-grade brain tumour (glioblastoma). Photodynamic therapy uses a photosensitive drug that becomes active under the action of light and converts molecular oxygen into reactive oxygen species that kill cancer cells.
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October 8, 2016
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda at the Amrita School of Ayurveda delivered a Plenary Lecture during the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Sri. Gulabkunverba Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya.
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October 4, 2016
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda at the Amrita School of Ayurveda, delivered a keynote address on the topic “Research Trends in Ayurveda: Scope and Challenges” on 29 July, 2016, at Rani Dullaiya Smriti Ayurvedic PG Chikitsalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh during the National Seminar on “New Research Prospects in the Globalisation of Ayurveda”.
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September 26, 2016
Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of HRD, inaugurated Amrita OceanNet, in the presence of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma, on September 26, 2016.
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September 17, 2016
Amrita School of Biotechnology Associate Professor Dr. Shyam Diwakar presented an invited talk on modelling the computations of cerebellum circuits and how robotic arms can employ such reconstructions for movement control at the NeuroMath Meeting.
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