Bharathidasan University hosts course on surgical models of disorders

An advanced fully robotic stereotaxic surgery unit has been established recently at the Bharathidasan University (BDU) and it is due to become fully functional soon.

The establishment of the unit marks a significant leap forward in experimental neuroscience and research on ageing, according to a press release from the Department of Biochemistry, BDU.

The department organised the second national introductory course on surgical models of disorders of the elderly (Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular diseases), and immunofluorescence techniques, under the BECH–RUSA 2.0 initiative this week.

The course was aimed at exploring the potential of experimental neuroscience and aging research.

A total of 30 participants from various institutions across Tamil Nadu and other States took part in the programme on December 11 and 12, which aimed to provide both foundational and advanced insights into surgical, molecular, and translational research methodologies in Alzheimer’ disease and cardiac ischemia.

On the inaugural day, P. Vijay Shekar, consultant interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Tiruchi, in his keynote address, spoke on critical gaps and emerging perspectives in ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Mathivanan Jothi, Associate Professor, Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, discussed transcription factors as promising therapeutic targets in age-related malignancies.

Participants attended a demonstration session on robotic rodent neurosurgery led by M. Anusuyadevi Jayachandran, professor, Department of Biochemistry.

R. Kalidasan, registrar (in-charge), spoke.