Emerging Trends and Imminent Applications in Immunology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Swagat Kumar Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Odisha University of Technology and Research, (Formerly College of Engineering and Technology), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He obtained his PhD from Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India. He is a Fellow recipient of Eurasian Academy of Environmental Sciences (FEAES) and Society of Innovative Educationalist; Scientific Research Professional (FSIESRP). Dr Das has more than 14 years of research and teaching experience. He has published more than 30 publications in various National and International journals, 12 book chapters, and was awarded with one patent. His major research interests and areas include bioactive phytopharmaceuticals, antioxidant, antidiabetic potential of mangrove-based phytochemicals, etc. He has edited 3 books and co-authored 3 practical books with reputed publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Apple Academic Press, I.K. International.Supriya Dash, is a faculty in the Department of Biotechnology at Odisha University of Technology and Research, (Formerly College of Engineering and Technology), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. She carried out her research work from Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, a premiere institute of ICAR as a research fellow. She obtained her PhD degree from Utkal University in the year 2008 on the topic fish immunology. She has more than seven years of teaching experience in the field of Biotechnology and more than 20 research publications in various reputed peer reviewed international and national journals. She has done extensive work in the field of fish immunology and has one patent to her credit on ‘Male specific protein in fish.’ She has published more than 30 publications in various national and international journals, 15 book chapters, and one book.Prof. H.N Thatoi is serving as the Director of Center for Industrial Biotechnology Research (CIBR) at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University. Prior to that he served as a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. He has obtained his MSc, MPhil, and PhD in Botany from Utkal University. His major research interests and areas include sustainable production of renewable energy, mushroom diversity and bioactivity, Bioremediation, Structural and Computational biology, Nanotechnology, etc. To date, he is credited with the publication of 25 books and more than 326 research papers in national and international journals, proceedings of conferences and book chapters, and has been awarded with two patents. He serves as member of several scientific societies and editorial boards of reputable national and international journals. Dr. Thatoi is a Functional Area Expert in Ecology and Biodiversity and is accredited by QCI, NABET, MoEF, Govt. of India.

• Section I: Immunology1. Immunostimulants: Concept, type, mode of action and functions2. Natural and synthetic immunostimulants in aquaculture industry, animal husbandry etc.3. Immunomodulators: Immunomodulators and human health, immune boosting nutraceuticals, role of immunomodulators in treatment of diseases (specific)4. Immune boosters: Traditional, modern approaches in healthcare system5. Pre- and probiotics in immunity, health promotion6. Cutting-edge immunological techniques for disease diagnosis7. Immunotherapy in cancer treatment8. Transplantation immunology (immunological aspects of organ-, tissue-, and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation)Section II: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology9. Traditional and modern approaches in drug delivery (nanotechnology, liposome, micellar based drug delivery)10. In silico drug delivery modelling11. Biocomposites and their pharmaceutical applications12. Recent advances in production of MAbs and their applications13. Vaccine development: Nucleic acid-based, gene editing in development of recombinant vaccine14. In vitro and in silico exploration of bioactive compounds from medicinally important plants15. Role of AI, ML in clinical study of drugs16. Applications of data analytics in pharmaceutical industry