With 7 separate tracks, 500+ delegates and 60+ invited national and international experts to speak at the conference, BioQuest 2013 becomes the most talked about conference in Biotechnology.....

Speakers
BIOQUEST 2013 provided an ideal forum to discuss exciting and emerging multidisciplinary themes related to the use of biotechnology in addressing pertinent societal needs. The conference will focus on the ways in which research areas such as translational medicine, nanotechnology, neuroscience,

Workshops
Two Pre-Conference workshops were hosted at the Health Sciences Campus of Amrita University at Kochi on August 10th and two other workshops were hosted during the conference at Amritapuri Campus. The pre-conference workshops on Biotechnology and Translational Medicine provided an ideal forum
Conference Proceedings published by Elsevier
Contains 242 beautiful abstracts from all the 7 tracks
What they say.....
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Superlative organization and hospitality. Have been touched by the warmth and thoughtfulness of the whole team, and highly impressed with the tremendous academic infrastructure and avenues of work being pursued. Many thanks for an eye opening experience
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This was an excellent meeting both from a scientific perspective. Meeting new people, learning about all the great things going on at Amrita. Thank you
Karen A. McDonald, Ph.D.Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies University of California at Davis -
I am very impressed by the high level of the conference by the hospitality of the staff and by social events. Thank you for your work
Andrey Panteleyev, Ph.D.Vice Chair Division of Molecular Biology, NBICS Centre-Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia -
Excellent hospitality, food coordination, sessions on time. Overall great first time experience!
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Wonderful hospitality. Lots of smiling faces is a real pleasure to see. Wish I could visit here often. Not to forget the food was great. Thanks.
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Wow! Good pupils! Great programme. Excellent arrangement for the meeting
K. P. Mohanakumar, Ph.D.Chief Scientist Cell Biology & Physiology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata -
Very good conference. Great volunteers. Really fortunate to be blessed by Amma.
R. Manjunath, Ph.D.Associate Professor Dept of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India -
What can one say except that it is enlightening filled with peace and Harmony. Thanks for providing this opportunity!
Srinivas Pentyala, Ph.D.Director of Translational Research Stony Brook Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA -
Both science and humanity together; The ideal world!
Hideaki Nagase, Ph.DProfessor Emeritus Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology-Centre for Degenerative Diseases, University of Oxford, UK -
Truly fantastic conference, superbly organized best hospitality and intellectually stimulating. Above all inspired by Mata Amritanandamayi .What else can one hope for!!!
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I have been here earlier, but I think I missed many parts of Amrita. What a great experience to visit different departments doing such creative things as virtual labs. A truly superbly organized conference as well. Congratulations and keep up the great work!
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Wonderful conference! Thank you for all your hard work and kind hospitality. When‘s the next one?
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Very well planned and organized BioQuest conference .The students are very impressive full of enthusiasm eager to learn .The campus is very impressive. We had a wonderful time!
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An excellent institution, sober and polite students and excellent conference. I thoroughly enjoyed the scientific programme and warm hospitality
Ashok Pandey, Ph.D.Scientist F & Head National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology -
Great meeting. Very interactive. Wonderful to see the societal impact!
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It is very exciting visit and the introduction with scientific community and Mata Amritanandamayi was great!
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Outstanding, world class conference, for the first time ever I saw spirituality and science meet. Spirituality, love and compassion here are important like in Universe. Through this conference I witnessed the divine influence
Sudhir Sahasrabudhe, Ph.D.CEO, Rines Therapeutics Research Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, USA -
This has been an amazing experience for me. Thank everyone at Amrita for working hard to make this a great success!
Srisairam Achuthan, Ph.D.Senior Scientific Programmer Research Informatics Division, Department of Information Sciences, City of Hope, CA, USA -
Outstanding, well planned and well organized conference. Enthusiasm of staff and students were unparalleled. Extremely friendly and helpful hosts. Swamiji’s talk was very good. His openness and spontaneity manifested in the speech. Educational sessions,interdisciplinary aspect and focus make this conference very unique.
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A very well thought out conference. Good interaction with students and faculty, Nice location and looking forward to further conference.
Kal Ramnarayan, Ph.D.Co-founder President & Chief Scientific Officer Sapient Discovery, San Diego, CA, USA -
I really appreciate the warm hearty welcome and organization feeling very much valued and taken care of. The programme was amazing with a very good mixture of topics, social events and of course involvement of Amma herself. Thank you for allowing me to come. God bless you!
Bodo Eickhoff, Ph.D.Senior Vice-President Head of Sales and Marketing for Roche Applied Science, Germany -
Wonderful and inspiring visit in all ways and the hospitality here is truly unique
Gaute Einevoll, Ph.D.Professor of Physics Department of Mathematical Sciences & Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) -
A very pleasant experience. Love the cultural events and getting to hear from Amma. Also a good program and well organized.
Colin Barrow, Ph.D.Chair in Biotechnology School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Australia -
The science, the people, the vision, the mission and Amma-Magical and Wonderful!
Michelle Hermiston, MD, Ph.D.Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics University of California San Francisco, USA -
It is wonderful to be back at Amrita. The meeting has been a great learning experience for me.
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A truly impressive conference in terms of organization and speakers. Hope to be back in two years
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A very fabulous and rewarding five days in Kochi and Amritapuri. Congrats. Intellectually brilliant; Gave a great opportunity to network, interact and learn. Thank you!
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Good arrangement, and wonderful volunteers Thank you!
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Great Conference. Wonderful hospitality. Had a very good time. Look forward to visiting again
Chancellor Amma

The Chancellor of Amrita University is our beloved Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) who is a world-renowned humanitarian leader. She was awarded with a Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo,
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