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The first Fujio Cup Quiz on
Stem cells & Regenerative Medicine, held on the 17th of October 2006 as
one of the commemorative events of the First Anniversary of NCRM was big
success. Totally 107 teams had got registered and 94 attended the prelim
rounds held between 12:00 and 13:00 Hrs.
Almost one third
participation from medical, Biotech and Life-sciences institutes. Six top-scoring teams in
the prelims were chosen for the final rounds. The final rounds
(15:00~17:00 Hrs)had eight rounds; 6 regular rounds and 2 visual rounds. |
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The winners of the PSG
medical college team receiving the Fujio Cup and cash prize along with the
certificates from the Consul general of Japan H.E Mr Yoshiaki Kodaki. |
The First-Runner team of
Christian Medical College, receiving the certificates. |
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Prelims was attended by 94 teams;
50 MCQ
questions:
1 Hr. |
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What were the subjects covered?
Basics and essentials of (i) History and development of stem cells /
Regenerative Medicine, (ii) Cell biology, (iii) Molecular Biology, (iv)
Stem cells preclinical and clinical applications / Cell therapeutics, (v)
Immunology, (vi) Cancer biology, (vii) Developmental biology. |
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Panel of Experts: L>R: Dr Soma
Guhathakurtha (Frontier Life Line, Chennai), Dr Philip.A.Thomas (Joseph
Eye Hospital, Trichy), Dr SGA Rao (Raghavendra Biotech, Bangalore) & Dr.
HN.Madhavan (Sankara nethralaya, Chennai)
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Dr John Sudhakar, the
quiz master. To a question in the feedback form asking what was the most impressive thing during the quiz, more
than 70% of the respondents had answered as "The quiz master". |
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NCRM thanks all the
participants, their faculty, head of the institutions and peer group,
accompanying persons for making this event a grand success.
We thank all those who had
given their feedback and we shall implement several of your suggestions in
the next years quiz.
Our special thanks are due
to the Quiz master, Dr John Sudhakar, the members of the expert panel who
could present a brief summary of their expertise in between the rounds and
the two experts who couldn't attend the event Dr Annapoorni Rangarajan (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) and Dr Shankar (IBMS,
Chennai), for their contribution in taking the questions. SEE YOU ALL AGAIN IN FCQ
2007! |
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*"Nichi" stands for Japan and "In" stands for India. This institute started on an Indo-Japan collaboration now has spreaded further with global alliances |
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