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The Quarterly Newsletter of South Asian University | Volume 4 Issue 3 March 2020

InternationalConferenceonSouthAsiaintheEraofInternationalCourtsandTribunals
.0 .2020) New
SAU FLS News (28-29 2
Delhi: The Faculty of Legal Studies
organized a two-day international
conference on South Asia in the Era
of International Courts and
Tribunals, on 28 and 29 February
2020. Dr Judge Neeru Chadha,
Judge,InternationalTribunalforthe
Law of the Sea, Hamburg, Germany,
delivered the keynote address,
whichwasprecededbyaninaugural
address by the Acting President, Dr
AVS Ramesh Chandra. Mr Narinder
Singh, Former Chairman, United Nations International Law Commission, Geneva, Mr Ujal Singh Bhatia,
Former Chairman, WTO Appellate Body, Geneva, Dr Ali Garshasbi, Deputy Secretary General, Asian-
AfricanLegalConsultativeOrganization,NewDelhi,DrVDSharma,FormerLegalAdviserandCo-Agentof
India to the International Court of Justice, The Hague, Mr M Koteswara Rao, Former Legal Adviser,
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, WTO and the Government of Seychelles and Professor
Mahendra P Lama, Centre for South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, were among
those who chaired the technical sessions. Scholars from across the world - specifically from Bangladesh,
Germany, India, Ireland, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the United States - presented research papers in
the technical sessions. Professor Yogesh K Tyagi, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, and Member,
Institutdedroitinternationaldeliveredthevaledictoryaddress.

InternationalWorkshoponRecombinantProtein
SAU FLSB News (11-13.12.2019) New
Delhi: The Faculty of Life Sciences
and Biotechnology conducted an
International Workshop on
“Recombinant Protein Expression
and Purification Techniques” on 11-
13 December 2019. Dr. Rinkoo D.
Gupta and Dr. AKR Gobinath
organized this workshop. The
major objectives of this workshop
were recombinant protein
expression from prokaryotic as
well as eukaryotic hosts using E.coli
and Pichia pastoris, and purification of the proteins using various techniques which include affinity
chromatography and ion exchange chromatography using sophisticated Fast protein liquid
chromatography (FPLC, AKTA pure) system. Several PhD and Masters students participated in the
workshop, along with couple of faculty members from Royal University of Bhutan. Over three days, the
participants learned the basics of heterologous recombinant protein expression, cell lysis by
ultrasonication, SDS-Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and purification of protein by the advanced
chromatographytechniques.

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