5 Days Hands on Training on Animal cell culture Techniques
Athmic Biotech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., the Biotech Company based in Trivandrum, offers summer/winter training programs in Animal cell culture to Life science students/ scholars and teaching professionals. The entire program is co-ordinated by highly qualified professionals with research/ teaching/ industrial experience in Animal cell culture.
The program aims to provide a systematic knowledge on the various aspects of Animal cell culture; Familiarization with various types of cells, instrumentation including inverted phase contrast fluorescence microscopy, different experimentation methods and good laboratory practices (GLPs) to be followed for performing effective and contamination- free animal cell culture.
Animal cell culture requires effective hands-on experience with expert supervision for maintaining absolute accuracy to ensure hygiene and safety. We possess an innovative laboratorywith modernized equipments for providing academic and industrial hands-on training to students/ scholars undergoing various courses (BSc, MSc and PhD) in Biochemistry,Microbiology, Biotechnology and allied subjects. The duration of the training program will be for 5 days.
Topic Includes
• Introduction to Good Laboratory Practices
• Basics of Calculations; Buffers and Reagent Preparation
• Various Sterilization Techniques
• Culture Media preparation and its types
• Handling of Cell lines
• Sub-culturing of cells
• Cell counting techniques
• Cell seeding for assays
• Cryopreservation techniques
• Cell viability analysis
• IC 50 calculation
• Fluorescence microscopy
• Apoptosis detection
• Academic/ Industrial applications
Beneficiaries
For Biochemistry/ Biotechnology/ Microbiology/ Biophysics/ Bioinformatics/ Botany/ Zoology/ Chemistry Graduates & Post graduates DMLT/ B.Sc. MLT students/ PhD Scholars/ Teaching professionals
Program Schedule
5Days Program Schedule
Day 1
• Introduction to the history and basics of Animal cell culture• Basics of Calculations; Buffers and Reagent Preparation• Familiarization with the Animal cell culture laboratory and equipments
Day 2
• Various Sterilization Techniques• Culture Media preparation and its types• Cell counting
Day 3
• Subculturing of cells • Cell viability analysis• Preparation of results and IC 50 calculation•
Day 4
• Cryopreservation techniques• Fluorescence microscopy
Day 5
• Familiarization with Academic/ Industrial testing methods
Benefits
✓ The training is designed for those who wish to get hands-on experience with expert supervison in Animal cell culture techniques.
✓ The training suits students/ research scholars/ teaching professionals/ technicians who decides to carry out their research work using the innovative technology, Animal cell culture.
✓ The technicians or researchers who aim to start their career in Animal cell culture will be benefitted.
✓ Persons who wish to make their career in the related industries of food, dairy, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and various other industries where animal cell culture applications can be applied will be benefitted.
✓ Helps to gain both theoretical and practical knowledge with good manufacturing practices and process.
Course coordinator
Dr Abhilash
An experienced researcher and academic specializing in the areas of Biochemistry, Animal cell culture, Animal experiments, Toxicology, Nutritional research, Molecular Biology and other related areas. He is complemented by Doctorate in Biochemistry from the School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala and MSc in Biochemistry from St Berchmans College, Kottayam, Kerala. Dr Abhilash is the author of more than 21 research publications, including multi-centre and multi-national publications. After completing his MSc degree, he had worked as a Guest Lecturer in Biochemistry at St. Thomas College, Palai, Kottayam, Kerala. His research career commenced with the selection as a Project fellow in a University Grants Commission (UGC) funded Major research project supervised by Dr. R Harikumaran Nair, Associate Professor in Physiology at the School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. The Project involves experiments in Biochemistry and Toxicology with small animal models and animal cell line models. The project receives good appreciation from the UGC and he was selected by the University for doing PhD under the guidance of the same supervisor.
During his PhD, Dr Abhilash conducted in depth studies in cancer drug toxicity and the amelioration of such toxicities using natural/ nutritional products. His research spans the subject areas including Biochemistry, Animal cell culture, Animal experiments, Toxicology, Nutritional research, Molecular Biology and other associate areas. The research work was complemented with two best paper awards at national level seminars. He has guided several MSc and MPhil scholars during his PhD and has also produced research papers with them. After the completion of PhD, he had worked as an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry at the Department of Microbiology, Majlis Arts and Science College, Malappuram, Kerala. Currently he is working as Biochemist and Animal cell culture Specialist at Athmic Biotech Solutions Pvt Ltd, Trivandrum, Kerala. He is the In Charge of Animal cell culture facility at the R & D section of the company. He has conducted workshops in Animal cell culture and has guided scholars in their research works.