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Students of the Department of Life Sciences of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) visited the laboratories of the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and the Industrial Research (BCSIR), and Bangladesh Reference Institute for Chemical Measurements (BRiCM) on March 23, 2023. The aim of the visits was to acquire valuable exposure to relevant technologies and connect the knowledge with undergraduate courses ‘Immunology’ and ‘Biology & Society’.
Students of the Immunology course visited the CHRF Sequencing lab, Molecular and Computational Biology lab and the Dhaka Children’s Hospital Diagnostic labs. Students of Biology & Society visited the BCSIR Genomic Research Lab, Pharmaceutical Research Lab, Biomedical Toxicology Research Institute (BTRI) and several other labs at BRiCM.
The field activities were part of the study visit initiative designed by the Department of Life Sciences to familiarize future graduates with probable job opportunities in the market. Another aim was to familiarize the students with new technical and conceptual skills and knowledge for implementation in their future research and industrial attachments.
Students of both the courses obtained first hand experience about various techniques and equipment used in infection biology, biochemistry, disease detection, genomic study, computational biology, analytical chemistry, industrial biotechnology, animal testing etc. Lecturer Mr. Salman Khan Promon and Assistant Professor Dr. Fahmida Alam from IUB, Department of Life Sciences accompanied the students during the visits.
Department of Life Sciences1
Independent University, Bangladesh
