gnipst bulletin 39.4

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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

"It can happen. It does happen.But it can't happen if you quit." Lauren Dane.

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our e-bulletin. At the onset I would like to thank tlast years editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current year.

Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the students. Our goal is to promote academexcellence and continuous improvement.

I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners a

supported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learni

and instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meetithe needs of all students.

It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order achieve their aims. We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and loo

forward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in the years ahead.

The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead. Our progressive Management is looki

forward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken

this direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teacheare committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and pl

the role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.

The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positi

challenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holist

needs of our students.

I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of t

opportunities and meet the challenges with purpose and determination.

Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a continuous walk. I welcome you to join us this path.

My best wishes to all.

Dr. A. Sengupta

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EDITORIAL BOARD

CHIEF EDITOR DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA

EDITOR MS. JEENATARA BEGUM

ASSOCIATE EDITOR MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL

HISTORICAL ARTICLE

The Society of Apothecaries of London:Trade in drugs and spices was lucrative in the Middle Ages. In theBritish Isles, it was monopolized by the Guild of Grocers, whichhad jurisdiction over the apothecaries. After years of effort, theapothecaries found allies among court physicians. King James I,flanked by two "Beefeaters" wore heavily padded attire because offear of stabbing. Upon persuasion by the philosopher-politician,Francis Bacon, the King granted a charter in 1617 which formed aseparate company known as the "Master, Wardens and Society ofthe Art and Mystery of the Apothecaries of the City of London"over vigorous protests of the grocers. This was the firstorganization of pharmacists in the Anglo-Saxon world.NEWS UPDATE

New substance overcomes treatment-resistance

in leukemia: (28th November, 2014)Haematologists have developed a new active substance thateffectively combats the most aggressive forms of Philadelphiachromosome-positive leukemia.

Genomes of malaria-carrying mosquitoes

sequenced: (27th November, 2014)Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitospecies from around the world. Anopheles mosquitoes areresponsible for transmitting human malaria parasites that cause anestimated 200 million cases and more than 600 thousand deathseach year. However, of the almost 500 different Anopheles species,


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only a few dozen can carry the parasite and only a handful ofspecies are responsible for the vast majority of transmissions.

Fragile X study offers hope of new autism

treatment: (27th

November, 2014)People affected by a common inherited form of autism could behelped by a drug that is being tested as a treatment for cancer,according to researchers. Fragile X Syndrome is the most commongenetic cause of autism spectrum disorders. It affects around 1 in4,000 boys and 1 in 6,000 girls. Currently, there is no cure.

Mindfulness treatment as effective as CBT for

depression, anxiety: (27th November, 2014)Group mindfulness treatment is as effective as individual cognitivebehavioral therapy (CBT) in patients with depression and anxiety,according to a new study. This is the first randomized study tocompare group mindfulness treatment and individual cognitivebehavioral therapy in patients with depression and anxiety inprimary health care.

New research supporting stroke rehabilitation:

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November, 2014)New research could help improve stroke patients' rehabilitation,experts say. The research may provide useful applications for thecare of stroke patients who have restricted use of their upperlimbs. If stroke patients practice the techniques recommended bythe study, it could potentially help maintain activity in movement-related brain areas, especially when used alongside moretraditional physiotherapy techniques where the same movementsare also practiced physically.

New antimicrobial edible films increase lifespanof cheese: (27th November, 2014)New coatings to apply to soft cheese have been developed byresearchers. These coatings are totally edible and have anantimicrobial capacity, which increases the lifespan of the cheese.


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These films incorporate oregano and rosemary essential oils asantimicrobial agents, and chitosan, a by-product that comes fromcrustacean shells.

'Trigger' for stress processes discovered in

brain: (27th November, 2014)An important factor for stress has been identified by scientists.This is the protein secretagogin that plays an important role in therelease of the stress hormone CRH and which only then enablesstress processes in the brain to be transmitted to the pituitarygland and then onwards to the organs.

Drug to reduce side-effects of 'binge drinking'

developed(27th November, 2014)A drug that could reduce the harmful side-effects of bingedrinking, especially by teenagers, has been successfully developedand tested by a team of scientists. Researchers say that thisdevelopment may also link to new ways to treat Alzheimers andother neurological diseases that damage the brain.

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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

Ebola Vaccine DevelopedAn experimental vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease was well-tolerated and produced immune system responses in all 20 healthyadults who received it in a Phase 1 clinical trial conducted byresearchers from the National Institutes of Health. The candidatevaccine, which was co-developed by the NIH's National Institute

of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline(GSK), was tested at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda,Maryland. The interim results are reported online in advance ofprint in the New England Journal of Medicine.


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"The unprecedented scale of the current Ebola outbreak in WestAfrica has intensified efforts to develop safe and effective vaccines,which may play a role in bringing this epidemic to an end andundoubtedly will be critically important in preventing future large

outbreaks," said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Based onthese positive results from the first human trial of this candidatevaccine, we are continuing our accelerated plan for larger trials todetermine if the vaccine is efficacious in preventing Ebolainfection."The candidate NIAID/GSK Ebola vaccine was developedcollaboratively by scientists at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center(VRC) and at Okairos, a biotechnology company acquired by GSK.

It contains segments of Ebola virus genetic material from two virusspecies, Sudan and Zaire. The Ebola virus genetic material isdelivered by a carrier virus (chimpanzee-derived adenovirus 3 orcAd 3) that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but causes noillness in humans. The candidate vaccine does not contain Ebolavirus and cannot cause Ebola virus disease.The trial enrolled volunteers between the ages of 18 and 50. Tenvolunteers received an intramuscular injection of vaccine at alower dose and 10 received the same vaccine at a higher dose. At

two weeks and four weeks following vaccination, the researcherstested the volunteers' blood to determine if anti-Ebola antibodieswere generated. All 20 volunteers developed such antibodieswithin four weeks of receiving the vaccine. Antibody levels werehigher in those who received the higher dose vaccine.The investigators also analyzed the research participants' blood tolearn whether the vaccine prompted production of immune systemcells called T cells. A recent study by VRC scientist Nancy J.

Sullivan, Ph.D., and colleagues showed that non-human primatesinoculated with the candidate NIAID/GSK vaccine developed bothantibody and T-cell responses, and that these were sufficient toprotect vaccinated animals from disease when they were laterexposed to high levels of Ebola virus.


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The experimental NIAID/GSK vaccine did induce a T-cell responsein many of the volunteers, including production of CD8 T cells,which may be an important part of immune protection againstEbola viruses. Four weeks after vaccination, CD8 T cells were

detected in two volunteers who had received the lower dosevaccine and in seven of those who had received the higher dose."We know from previous studies in non-human primates that CD8T cells played a crucial role in protecting animals that had beenvaccinated with this NIAID/GSK vaccine and then exposed tootherwise lethal amounts of Ebola virus," said Julie E. Ledgerwood,D.O., a VRC researcher and the trial's principal investigator. "Thesize and quality of the CD8 T cell response we saw in this trial are

similar to that observed in non-human primates vaccinated withthe candidate vaccine."There were no serious adverse effects observed in any of thevolunteers, although two people who received the higher dosevaccine did develop a briefly lasting fever within a day ofvaccination.

Jeenatara BegumAssistant Professor

GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Plague Madagascar: (21stNovember, 2014)On 4 November 2014, WHO was notified by the Ministry ofHealth of Madagascar of an outbreak of plague. The first case, amale from Soamahatamana village in the district ofTsiroanomandidy, was identified on 31 August. The patient died on3 September.Read more


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UPCOMING EVENTS

National Symposium on Clinical Research, Good Clinical Practice,Pharmacovigilance, Newer Issues in Ethics, regulatory requirement

in New Drug Applications and Clinical Trials, by CDRI, Lucknow,India from 3rdto 4thDecember, 2014

International Conferences on Recent Advances in Nanoscience &Nanotechnology-2014 at JNU New Delhi, India from 15th to 16th

December, 2014

DRUGS UPDATES

Onexton(benzoyl peroxide and clindamycinphosphate) Gel: (25thNovember, 2014)Onexton (benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin phosphate) is anantimicrobial and lincosamide antibacterial combination for theonce-daily topical treatment of acne vulgaris.Read more

CAMPUS NEWSCongratulation to Rupam Saha, student of M.Pharm 2ndyear, who

got 1stprize for the poster presentation in the National seminar on

Control of Viral Menace using Delivery Design organised by Dr.

B.C.Roy College of Pharmacy & AHS in association with IPA

Bengal Branch.

On 14thand 15thNovember 2014 the Industrial visit of B.Pharm 2nd

year students was conducted in East India Pharmaceutical WorksLimited, Kolkata under the supervision of Mr. Jaydip Roy, Mr.

Debabrata Ghoshdastidar, Mr. Samrat Bose, Ms Jeentara Begum,

Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya and Ms. Moumita Chowdhury.

A Debate on Unity was held on 14thNovember 2014 and the jointwinner was Sreejit Roy , Bsc 2nd year and Pratik Nandi ,Bsc first


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year (Chairperson of debate: Dr Lopamudra Datta and Ms.Priyanka Ray).

On 14th November, 2014 a Quiz competition was held on WorldDiabetes Day and the winner was Pratik Nandi and Sreyosi Dey,

Bsc first year.

Runner up Anirban Roy and Ankur Mondal B.Pharm third year

(Quiz Master: Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya)

A Seminar was held on 14th November 2014 World Diabetes Dayon Angiogenesis and Role of Amino Acids by Dr Debatosh Datta,

Research scientist.

GNIPST commemorated the 126th Birth Anniversary of MaulanaAbul Kalam Azad on Tuesday, 11th November 2014.

On 7thNovember 2014 the students of GNIPST participated in theRun for Unity as a mark of tribute to the efforts of the country'sfirst Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Congratulation to the winner of Cricket Tournament-B.Pharm 3rdyear, 2014Runner up team-B.Sc and BHM, 2014

Congratulation to the highest run scorer of Cricket Tournament-Tanmoy Das Biswas, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

Congratulation to the highest wicket taker of CricketTournament-Subhodip Das, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Carom Tournament (Boys)-Sk. Abdul Salam, B.Pharm 2ndyear, 20141st Runner up-Subhayan Dutta, M.Sc (Biotechnology Department)

2nd year, 2014

2nd Runner up-Nirupan Gupta, B.Pharm 1

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year, 2014Congratulation to the winner of Carom Tournament (Girls)-

Aishwarya Datta, B.Pharm 2ndyear, 20141st Runner up-Krishnakali Basu, B.Pharm 3rdyear, 2014

2nd Runner up-Rituparna Das, B.Pharm 3rdyear, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Chess Tournament (Boys)-


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Basab Brata Dey, M.Sc (Biotechnology Department) 2ndyear, 20141st Runner up-Ankit Chowdhury, B.Pharm 1styear, 2014

2nd Runner up-Smaranjeet Banik, B.Pharm 3rdyear, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Chess Tournament (Girls)-Rituparna Das, B.Pharm 3rdyear, 20141st Runner up-Varsa Srivastav, B.Sc(Bioptechnology Department)

1styear, 2014

2nd Runner up- Krishnakali Basu, B.Pharm 3rdyear, 2014

The GNIPST Cricket Tournament, Carom Tournament and ChessTournament was held on 21stand 22nd October, 2014.

The Cultural Programme on Bijoya Dashami and Kali Puja was

held on 20thOctober, 2014

An exhibition on Photography and Painting was held on 20thOctober, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Football Tournament-B.Pharm3rd year, 2014Runner up team-B.Pharm final year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Table Tennis Tournament-

Krishnakali Basu, B.Pharm 3rd year, 20141st Runner up-Aindrila Bhowmick, B.Pharm 2nd year, 2014

2nd Runner up-Sayani Banerjee, B.Pharm 2nd year, 2014

The GNIPST Football Tournament (for male students) and TableTennis tournament (for female students) was held on 25th and

26th September, 2014.

On 5th September, 2014 the students of GNIPST have arranged a

wonderful Teachers Day Programme. On behalf of all the teachersof GNIPST I would like to thank our beloved students.

The Freshers welcome programme was held on 14thAugust, 2014.Welcome 1styear students.


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We congratulate the following M.Pharm. final year students whohave made their positions in different pharmaceutical companies.

Anirban Banerjee (Emami Ltd.)

Mahender Roy (Stadmed private Ltd.)We congratulate the following B.Pharm. final year students for

their success.

Samadrita Mukherjee (Abbott India Ltd.)

Suman Sarkar (Tata Medical Centre-Apollo Pharmacy)

Shrewashee Mukherjee (Fresenius Kabi-Parenteral Nutrition)

Avishek Naskar (Glaxo SmithKline-Marketing)

Bappaditya Manik (USV Limited)Sarbani Das (Nutri Synapzz-Marketing)

Ankita Roy (Nutri Synapzz-Marketing)

Rahul Mitra (B M Pharmaceuticals-Production)

The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2014. We congratulate them all.

Utsha Sinha

Satarupa Bhattacharya

Sandipan Sarkar

Purbali Chakraborty

Reminiscence, 2014(GNIPST Reunion) was held in Collegecampus on 2ndFebruary,2014.

1st Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 3rd February,2014 inCollege campus ground.

An industrial tour and biodiversity tour was conducted in Sikkimfor B.Pharm and B.Sc. students under the supervision of Mr. Asis

Bala, Ms. Jeentara Begum and Ms. Moumita Chowdhury.

B.Pharm 3rd year won the GNIPST Football Champions trophy,2013. B.Pharm 3rdyear won the final match 1-0 against B.Pharm 2nd

year. Deep Chakrabortywas the only scorer of the final.


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STUDENTS SECTION

WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????

''Pranipatena Pariprakshena Sebaya" is

the motto of which Indian organization?

Answer of Previous Issues Questions

A) Oracle

B) Android

Identify the place

Answer of Previous Issues Image

Machu Picchu

Send your thoughts/

Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other

contributions for Students Section

answ ers of this Section at

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EDITORS NOTE

It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 4th

issue of 39th

Volume

of GNIPST BULLETIN. All the followers of GNIPST BULLETIN

are able to avail the bulletin through facebook account GNIPSTbulletin I am very much thankful to all the GNIPST members and

readers who are giving their valuable comments, encouragements

and supports. I am also thankful to Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director

of GNIPST for his valuable advice and encouragement. Special

thanks to Dr. Prerona Saha, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar

and Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for their kind co-operation and

technical supports. Thank you Mr. Soumya Bhattacharyafor thequestionnaires of the student section. An important part of the

improvement of the bulletin is the contribution of the readers. You

are invited to send in your write ups, notes, critiques or any kind of

contribution for the forthcoming special and regular issue.

ARCHIVE

GNIPST organized a garment distribution programme on 28

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September, 2013 at Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Adyapith,

Kolkata. On this remarkable event about hundred people have

received garments. More than hundred students and most of the

faculties participated on that day with lot of enthusiasm.

GNIPST celebrated World Heart Day (29th September) andPharmacists Day (25thSeptember)on 25thand 26thSeptember,

2013 in GNIPST Auditorium. A seminar on Violence againstwoman and female foeticide was held on GNIPST Auditorium on

25th September organized by JABALA Action Research

Organization. On 26thSeptember an intra-college Oral and Poster

presentation competition related to World Pharmacists day and

Heart day was held in GNIPST. Ms. Purbali Chakraborty of


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B.Pharm 4th year won the first prize in Oral Presentation. The

winner of Poster presentation was the group of Ms. Utsa Sinha,

Mr. Koushik Saha and Mr. Niladri Banerjee(B.Pharm 4thyear). A

good number of students have participated in both thecompetition with their valuable views.

Teachers daywas celebrated on 5thSeptember, 2013 by the

students of GNIPST in GNIPST Auditorium.

Azalea exotic flower ) , the fresher welcome programme for

newcomers of GNIPST in the session 2013-14 was held on 8th

August in GNIPST Auditorium.

One day seminar cum teachers development programme forschool teachers on the theme of Recent Trends of Life Sciences

in Higher Education organized by GNIPST held on 29th June,

2013 at GNIPST auditorium. The programme was inaugurated by

Prof . Asit Guha, Director of JIS Group, Mr. U.S. Mukherjee, Dy

Director of JIS Group and Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director cum

Principal of GNIPST with lamp lighting. The programme started

with an opening song performed by the B.Pharm students of this

institute. The seminar consists of a series of lectures, video

presentations and poster session. On the pre lunch session 4

lectures were given by Dr. Lopamudra Dutta, Mr. Debabrata

Ghosh Dastidar, Ms. Swati Nandy and Ms. Tamalika Chakraborty

respectively. On their presentation the speakers enlighten the

recent development of Pharmacy, Genetics and Microbiology and

their correlation with Life Sciences. On the post lunch session, Ms.

Saini Setua and Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharjee explained the recentdevelopment and career opportunities in Biotechnology and

Hospital Management. The programme was concluded with

valedictory session and certificate distribution.


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About 50 Higher secondary school teachers from different

schools of Kolkata and North& South 24 Parganas district of West

Bengal participated in this programme. A good interactive session

between participants and speakers was observed in the seminar.

The seminar was a great success with the effort of faculties, staffs

and students of our Institute. It was a unique discussion platform

for school teachers and professional of the emerging and newer

branches of Life Science.

The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has been

conducted at GNIPST on 15thJune, 2012. The program started with

a nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of Natural

Products, JU on the skill to write a good manuscript forpublication in impact journals. It was followed by nearly two hour

long discussion among more than thirty participants on different

aspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participants

applied for membership on that very day.

GNIPST is now approved by AICTE and affiliated to WBUT for

conducting the two years post graduate course (M.Pharm)

in P H A R M A C O L O G Y .The approved number of seat is 18.The number of seats in B.Pharm. has been increased from 60 to

120.

AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under Research

Promotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13to

GNIPST as per the details below:

a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution of Pharmaceutical

Science & Technology.b.Principal Investigator:Dr. LopamudraDutta.

c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- only

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e. Title of the project: Screening and identification of potential

medicinal plant of Purulia & Bankura districts of West Bengal

with respect to diseases such as diabetes, rheumatism, Jaundice,

hypertension and developing biotechnological tools for enhancingbioactive molecules in these plants.


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