nays e newsletter issue 30 sep - oct 2014

ISSUE 30 Sep - Oct 2014

e-Newsletter NAYS P R O M O T I N G S C I E N C E

Inside this Issue

National workshop on Laboratory Safety 1

NAYS Competitions Coordinator Joined Conference 2

ASM-NAYS National Science Communication Challenge 2

NAYS Experts Team Member in Enerstore 2014 3

Achievement of NAYS Experts Team Member 4

International Entrepreneurship Workshop 4

Gifts Distribution among Cancer Patients 5

Meeting of President NAYS with DG ICGEB, PC OWSD 6

Meeting of President NAYS with Coordinator IAMP 6

NAYS Scholarships and Jobs Portal 6

Meeting of President NAYS with Chairman ENSF 7

Patron Prof. Dr. Anwar Nasim

Secretary General Pakistan Academy of Sciences

President Aftab Ahmad Chatha

School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore

[email protected]

Vice President Dr. S.M. Shahid

KIBGE University of Karachi

[email protected]

Reviewer Dr. Attia Kamran

University of the Punjab, Pakistan [email protected]

Reviewer Zaryab Khalid Sial

Lahore College for Women University

This edition includes report on National Workshop On Chemical and Biology Laboratory Safe-ty where the Chief Guest was renowned scientist Dr Atta-ur-Rehman. It includes news about NAYS Competitions coordinator MS Sana Jabeen joined international conference on Emerging Trends in Life Sciences for Sustainable Development. It includes news about finale of nation-wide communication challenge which was organized as joint venture of National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS), Pakistan and American Society for Microbiology (ASM). It includes news about NAYS experts team member Dr. Zulfiqar who has expertise in renewable energy resources joined ENERstore 2014. It also includes news about President NAYS who joined 2nd International Entrepreneurship Workshop for Young Scientists and Engineers, meeting with Chairman ENSF and news about distribution of gifts among cancer patients. Link of newly made Facebook page to share lat-est jobs and scholarships is also shared in the newsletter.

Editor in Chief Engr. Ubaid Umar

National University of Science & Technology [email protected]

Editor Jamila Iqbal

Quaid-e-Azam University

NAYS e -Newsle tter , I ssue 30, Sep - Oct 2014

Editorial

Team NAYS e-Newsletter, Issue 30, Sep Oct 2014

Leadership

Advisory Board NAYS e-Newsletter

Aftab Ahmad Chatha President NAYS

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Muhammad ilyas

ex-Editor in Chief [email protected]

Aneela Yasmeen

ex-Editor in Chief [email protected]
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National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS), Pakistan along with International Center for Chemical and Biological Scienc-es (ICCBS), University of Karachi and Amer-ican Society for Microbiology organized a two-days National Workshop on Chemical and Biological Laboratory Safety at HEJ-Research Institute of Chemistry, ICCBS, University of Karachi. Tabinda Salman was the Organizing secretary of the event. The workshop was inaugurated by the prominent scientist of Pakistan, Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rahman who was the chief guest of the occasion. In his address, he appreci-ated the efforts and steps taken by Nation-al Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS), Pakistan and ASM (American Society for Microbiology). There were around five hundred participants including faculty members and other scientists around the country. Prof Dr. Shahana Urooj Kazmi participated on behalf of ASM (American Society for Microbiology); she highlighted the aims of ASM, discussed previous activities of ASM and invited young scholars to take part in ASM. She also delivered a talk on out-breaks of CCHF, Dengue and Ebola and discussed the significance of lab safety against various microorganisms. Dr. Mu-hammad Raza Shah talked about chemical and biological safety and security in ICCBS. The practical demonstration of first aid in an emergency situation was conducted by Dr. Rizwana Wasif, coordinator Pakistan Red crescent Society. The first day ended with the lecture by Dr. Tariq Saifullah, Trainee coordinator, Civil Defense Head-quarters, Government of Sindh, Pakistan who explained the emergency response and conducted a fire fighting drill which was enjoyed by all the participants. The second day of workshop started with the lecture of Dr. Muhammad Imran Malik who talked on various aspects of chemical laboratory safety. In this context, Prof Dr. Ahsana Dar Farooq described the chemi-cal safety problems, issues and some past incidences faced by females. Later all par-ticipants visited ICCBS laboratories to ex-perience various laboratory safety arrange-ments.

The workshop also addressed problems and risks in handling of biological samples and ethical considerations related to hu-man biological samples. Dr. Huma Ikram delivered a lecture in this regards. Dr. Mu-hammad Ali Syed concluded the work-shop by his lecture on psychosocial haz-ards in chemical and biological Laborato-ries. There was a panel discussion of one hour at the end of day two of workshop where Dr. Muhammad Raza Shah (Chair organiz-ing committee), Dr. Huma Ikram (Principal organizer) and Dr. Muhammad Imarn Ma-lik answered questions raised by the par-ticipants. The workshop ended with the

distribu-tion of the cer-tificates to all the regis-tered partici-pants.

Sep 23 - 24, 2014

National Workshop on Chemical and Biological Laboratory Safety

Participants of the event

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Ms. Sana Jabeen (NAYS competitions & awards coordinator) along with Ms. Aye-sha Bibi (NAYS member) joined an interna-tional conference on Emerging Trends in Life Sciences for Sustainable Develop-ment (9-11 oct 2014) in collaboration with ECO-Science Foundation/EU (ECOSF) in Forman Christian College (A Charted University), Lahore. She had a meeting with Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro, President ECOSF. He appreciated the efforts of NAYS to promote science in Pakistan and sug-gested that we should attend such type of conferences as they are not only a source of learning but also help in developing net-

work among the scientists for future collaborations. Mr. Mu-hammad Adeel (Event Organiz-er) and Mr. Muhammad Hassan (President, Senior Biology Soci-ety) share their ideas about different scientific activities conducted by the societies and discussed their upcoming events. She also met with Prof. Dr. Z. Dilek Heperkan, Prof. Dr. Yusaf Baran (Turkey) and Dr. Lynne R. Baker from (Nigeria) and discussed possible collabo-ration with NAYS, Pakistan.

Oct 11, 2014

NAYS Competitions Coordinator Joined an International Conference

ASM-NAYS National Science Communication Challenge 2014

Sep 5, 2014

A nationwide communication challenge was organized as joint venture of National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS), Paki-stan and American Society for Microbiolo-gy (ASM). The objective of this challenge was to provide a forum to our young scien-tists where they can exhibit their commu-nication skills for making the general public aware of the problems related to microbi-ology. As scientists, it is our responsibility of to teach the public regarding scientific issues which directly affect the people e.g. food safety, vaccination, antibiotic re-sistance etc. During this challenge the uni-versity students were asked to use any tool among video, audio, brochure and poster presentation to correct the misconceptions held by common people about scientific phenomenon. The challenge was an-nounced in April 2014. A total of 75 entries were received in English and Urdu mode which were evaluated in 3 different rounds by national and international judges. The grand finale of this challenge was or-ganized in further collaboration with Cen-tre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), on 5th September 2014 in Library hall of CEMB. Eighteen teams participated in final round. All entries were outstand-ing. The jury members for grand finale were Prof. Dr. Shahana Urooj Kazmi (ASM), Dr. Tayyaba Ijaz (King Edward Medical Uni-versity, Lahore), Prof. Dr. Faheem Aftab

(University of the Punjab, Lahore) and Dr. Javed Iqbal Qazi (University of the Punjab, Lahore). The chief guest of NSCC grand finale 2014 was Prof. Dr. Tayyab Husnain (Director, CEMB). The NSCC grand finale 2014 started with brief introduction of NAYS by Ms. Aneela Yasmeen (NAYS Events Coordinator). Then introduction of ASM was given by Ms. Samreen Sarwar, (ASM-Young Ambassador). Ms. Sana Ja-been (NAYS Competitions Coordinator) introduced the NSCC. Later on Prof. Dr. Shahana Urooj Kazmi (ASM Country Am-bassador to Pakistan) expressed the words of appreciation for finalists. The Chief Guest, Dr. Tayyab Husnain also expressed his views regarding this activity. He appre-ciated the efforts of NAYS and ASM in this regard and welcomed any type of future scientific activity to be held in CEMB prem-ises. The next two sessions were for evalu-ation of submissions. The respected jury evaluated 8 videos, 2 audios, 2 brochures and 6 Posters. All entries were outstand-

ing. As per evaluation of the jury panel, a video entitled Antimicrobial Products: A Blessing or A Curse? by Ms. Maria Tayyab Baig, Ms. Anam Saghir, Ms. Hamna Imtiaz and Ms. ZainabBibi from CEMB, University of the Punjab, Lahore stood winner of the grand finale. The team from National Uni-versity of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad was the runner up of NSCC 2014. They submitted a poster entitled Drug abuse creates antibiotic resistant super bugs: stop before you are stopped!" The team members of runner up team were Mr. Tahir Hussain, Ms. Rabia Anwar, Ms. Nida ul Fatima and Sheeraz Ahmed. The winning team will have a fully funded trip to USA in February 2015. After results announcements the Jury member and finalists commented about this challenge. Later on the worthy chief guest distributed souvenirs among jury and certificates among organizers and all finalists of NSCC 2014. Vote of thanks was given by Aneela Yasmeen.

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Participation of NAYS Experts Team Member in International Summer School Enerstore 2014

Sep 22 - 27, 2014

We feel honored to share that NAYS EX-PERTS TEAM MEMBER , Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Umrani Renewable Energy Specialist (PhD and MS, France) Assistant Professor Energy Department Sukkur IBA participated from SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 in ENERstore 2014 'ENERGY STORAG-ES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPLY' by TU (TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITT) Dresden. It was funded by Excellence Initiative of the

German Government and organized by the research cluster Combined Storage Sys-tems Integration (CSSI). 30 participants were selected from all over the world. In-ternational PhD-students and scientists were invited to learn one week about different aspects of energy storage and establish a network among young scientist. There were International lectures on fol-lowing topics as; Electrical Engineering,

Information Technology, Mechanical Engi-neering, Chemical Engineering and Eco-nomics. A tour into the laboratories of the Zentrum fr Energietechnik (ZET), excur-sions and roundtables that promised a growth in knowledge and also the research network for energy storage technologies established in Dresden. Congratulations! Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Umrani for such an outstanding experience.

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Achievement of NAYS Experts Team Member

2014

We feel privileged to share that NAYS

experts team member, Dr. Naveed Ahmad

Assistant professor, Tenure track Earth-

quake Engineering center, U.E.T Pesha-

war earned an outstanding achievement

of getting the best research paper award

(2012) by higher education commission

(HEC) of Pakistan. It is really an honor for

the Research Team, the Department and the

UET (University of the Engineering Tech-

nology) Peshawar.

CONGRATULATIONS! Dr. Naveed Ahmad on your remarkable

achievement as success is always deliv-

ered only to deserving ones.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%

2Fs10518-012-9364-9

Given above is the link of the research pa-

per of Dr. Naveed Ahmad that has been

selected for the BEST RESEARCH PA-

PER AWARD 2012.

2nd International Entrepreneurship Workshop for Young Scientists and Engineers

Sep 29, 2014

President NAYS AFTAB AHMAD CHAT-THA Attended second International En-trepreneurship Workshop for Young Sci-entists and Engineers in Yantai, China. The Main organizers for this event were INSTI-TUTE OF COASTAL BIOLOGY, YANTAI CHI-NA & AASSA (Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia). In this workshop President NAYS gave a presen-tation on the topic Entrepreneurship trends among science graduates of Paki-stan There were Participants from 11 Countries all over the world who took part in this workshop. This workshop was held in Yantai, CHINA from 26th to 29th of September 2014. Congratulations! To Mr. Aftab Ahmad Chattha (President NAYS) for being a part of such an outstanding experience.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10518-012-9364-9http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10518-012-9364-9

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Gifts Distribution among Cancer Patients

2014

On occasion of Eid ul Azha, the members of National Young Scientists Academy from KPK, Mrs Ghazala Ali Khan, Fahad Hussain and Ishtiaq visited the Hmaza Foundation

and Fathmeed Foundation in Peshawar. They met with the administration and doc-tors of both foundations they spend time with cancer patients in both hospitals and

distributed gifts among them. The gifts included Toys, Drawing Books, Pencil box etc. The gifts were purchased from the donation of NAYS members.

Officials of Hamza Foundation with NAYS Members Officials of Fathmeed Foundation with NAYS members

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Meeting with Director General of ICGEB

2014

President NAYS (Aftab Ahmad) had a meeting with Prof. Mauro Giacca (Director General, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)) during his recent visit of Trieste. This was his first visit of ICGEB Trieste, Campus. ICGEB is promoting Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology research in 64 member

states. The purpose of the meeting was to start joint venture with ICGEB to promote Biotechnology related research in Pakistan and hope to start some program in collaboration with ICGEB by next year.

Meeting with Program Coordinator of OWSD

2014

President NAYS Aftab Ahmad had a meeting with Dr. Tonya Blowers (Program Coordinator) Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) in Trieste, Italy. In this meeting President NAYS introduced NAYS Pakistan and vari-ous programs of NAYS for the promotion of science and technology in Pakistan and Dr. Tonya introduced OWSD in details. She further added that we can open a chapter of OWSD in Pakistan and also assured full support for different program to support

women researchers in Pakistan and other developing countries. President NAYS also introduced Prof. Azra Khanum to her and told that she is already making efforts for the women scientists in Pakistan. The meeting was very successful and we are hope-ful that in near future there will be a chapter of OWSD in Pakistan for the facilitation of Women Scientists in Pakistan.

Meeting with Dr. Peter Mcgrath (IAP, IAMP Coordinator)

2014

President NAYS Aftab Ahmad during his recent visit of Trieste had a meeting with Dr. Peter Mcgrath (IAP, IAMP Co-ordinator). He also had a meeting with him before so that TWAS and IAP could support different NAYS and IYSA pro-grams for the promotion of science in developing world. Dr. Peter introduced different funding options in IAP, TWAS and other organizations and added

that it is very important that all of us should work together for the common goals of pro-moting science and technolo-gy and hence uplifting of economy of developing coun-tries. President NAYS is hope-ful to start few program with the support of TWAS/IAP in future.

NAYS Scholarships and Jobs Portal

2014

WE are pleased to inform all NAYS members that on repeated demands, a page for Jobs and Scholarships has been made on Facebook. Members can follow this page and get regular alerts on new jobs and scholarships. The link is given below:

NAYS SCHOLARSHIPS AND JOBS PORTAL https://www.facebook.com/naysscholarshipsandjobs?ref=hl
https://www.facebook.com/naysscholarshipsandjobs?ref=hl

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President NAYS during his recent visit of Trieste had a nice meeting with Chairman Emerging Nations Science Foundation (ENSF) Prof. K. Tahir Shah at ICTP. They had detailed discussion on situation of the science and technology in developing countries and ways to improve. NAYS Paki-stan is running NAYS Community Education and Awareness Program (CEAP) in collabo-ration with ENSF and it is going very suc-cessful. President NAYS briefed Chairman ENSF about recent activates related to CEAP in Pakistan. In addition, he also dis-cussed about the possible future collabo-ration with ENSF and NAYS Pakistan.

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Meeting of President NAYS with Chairman ENSF

NAYS is the torchbearer in mobilizing young scientists (researchers/professionals) and

scholars at a platform by providing them an environment where they can collaborate

and exchange their fruitful innovative ideas and information in multidisciplinary science

domains with an advisor council that includes crew of highly qualified professors for

their guidance. It is helpful for young researchers for further research, to enrich their

knowledge and to prove their flair in research oriented subjects. Moreover, NAYS firmly

believes that engaging young scientists (researchers / professionals) and utilizing their

capabilities by better orientation, improvisation and execution would definitely bring a

remarkable boom of science and technology in Pakistan.


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