APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR GENETICS COURSE

The University of Sheffield is inviting applications for an MSC Human and Molecular Genetics course starting in September. The course is for candidates who are interested in human genetics and how genetic diseases are diagnosed clinically at the chromosome and DNA levels. It was developed in partnership with the Sheffield Diagnostic Genetics Service (SDGS) and the organisation’s director and lead scientist for Constitutional Genetics teach as a part of the course.

For further information write to linda.harris@sheffield.ac.uk

Columbia University launches design challenge

Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Columbia Global Centers, Mumbai have launched an Urban Works Innovation Challenge 2018. Supported by the RMZ Foundation and in partnership with The Cowrks Foundry, this three-year collaborative design challenge brings together engineering, planning, and policy solutions .

The applications will run till March. The shortlisted teams can also avail themselves of a techfirst collaborative workspace at The Cowrks Foundry, located at Cowrks in Mumbai and Bengaluru for a six month period.

For more log on to globalcenters.columbia.edu/urbanworks

IIT alumni offer industry course for techies

Pan IIT Alumni Leadership Series (PALS), the body comprising alumni from various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITS) in the country, has launched a year-long program with various activities for students, faculty and management of engineering Institutions to make them industry-ready.

For more log on to www.palspgm.com