The researchers at the University of Dundee have received funding of £4.4 million to explore how our genes can be ‘video-edited’ to develop new drugs for cancer, neurodegeneration, and other diseases. Genes are the pieces of DNA that contain the information required to make different types of proteins that build and maintain living organisms. Alternative splicing enables the production of …

The University of Birmingham has made three key academic appointments– Dr Areti Theofilopoulou, Dr Marie-Hélène Gorisse and Jinesh Sheth– in establishing its new teaching and research portfolio in Jainism. The academics taking up these posts will develop teaching and research in Jainism and contemporary issues. Dr Areti Theofilopoulou has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence. She is …

In the first six days of the Jan Bhagidari events, more than 8,00,000 students and faculty members participated in 14,000+ events conducted by over 7,000 institutes across the country. Commencing from June 1st, these initiatives, which were launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) as the precursor to the upcoming fourth G20 Education Working Group Meet scheduled from 19th to …

World University of Design (WUD), Sonipat, has announced PhD programmes in Architecture, Business, Communication Design, Fashion, Arts and Performing Arts. Applicants from all fields are encouraged to apply online until June 15th, 2023. The criteria laid down by the University for Indian students is Master’s degree with 55% aggregate marks in a relevant discipline and for International students is an IELTS score of …

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur jointly with Silizium Circuits Private Limited has bagged a Rs 5 crore Grant-in-Aid project from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)’s Chips to Startup (C2S) program for its ground-breaking project, “Radio-frequency (RF) Transceiver SoC (System on Chip) with integrated RISC V core for Sub-GHz Applications”. The project duration is 3 years and IIT …

Canada headquartered D2L, a transnational learning technology company, which has already a presence in India through partners, is deepening its long-term commitment to India with additional investments in development, support operations, hiring talent, and expanded in-country cloud solutions. D2L’s future investments in development and support, talent acquisition, local cloud infrastructure and plans for an Indian entity will help expandD2L Brightspace …