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Dr Abdus Salam – the ‘mystic’ scientist
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:29 am | 0 Comment
Zainab Mahmood Dr Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his research in ‘Grand unification theory’. This theory was inspired by his spiritual beliefs that all forces emanate from a single source IN 1925, a peasant belonging to Jhang had a prophetic dream. In response to his prayers, an infant was put in his lap. He inquired after his name and was told it more...
Banquet Speech
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:26 am | 0 Comment
Following is the speech of Dr. Abdus Salam at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1979 Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my colleagues, Professor Glashow and Weinberg, I thank the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Academy of Sciences for the great honour and the courtesies extended to us, including the courtesy to me of being addressed in my more...
SUPARCO in revolutionising Pak socio-economic uplift
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:23 am | 0 Comment
Ahmed Bilal Chairman SUPARCO SUPARCO - the Space Agency of Pakistan was established on September 1961 under the advice of no other than the Noble Laureate Dr Abdus Salam, shortly after the first-ever manned flight by Yuri Gagarin from erstwhile USSR. This speaks volumes about the vision of our founding forefathers. Notwithstanding the difficult road traversed, more...
A journey from Electronics Department to Abdus Salam International Centre
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:20 am | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_13091" align="alignright" width="142" caption="Dr. B S Chowdhry"][/caption] I HAVE deep interest in the fields of Microprocessor based Real-time applications, Sensors & Transducers, Data Communication and Networking, Embedded Systems, FPGA Design, Intelligent Instrumentations, Telemedicine, Simulation & Modeling. It was ICTP more...
In memory of Dr Salam
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:14 am | 0 Comment
Dr. Abdus Salam & Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy Dr. Salam served as Scientific Secretary of the UN Atoms for Peace Conference and remained Chief Scientific Advisor to President of Pakistan from 1961 to 1974. He was instrumental in setting up PINSTECH and SUPARCO and remained a board member of PAEC for quite a long time as well. With the IAEA’s support, Dr. Salam established more...
COMSATS’ role in science-led sustainable development in the South
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:10 am | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_13079" align="alignright" width="142" caption="Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi"][/caption] THE COMMISSION on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) is an Inter-Governmental Organization (IGO) with its permanent Secretariat in Islamabad. The organization was established in 1994 as a realization of more...
Paying homage through rituals
By admin at February 22, 2012 | 11:04 am | 0 Comment
Dr. Abdus Salam & Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy “Scientific development" has come to be virtually an article of faith, and paying homage to it is a familiar ritual in the third world countries. The incense, however, is frequently burned at the wrong altar because it is only certain particularized applications of science – not the absorption and internalization of its more...
Decoding Pakistani human genome
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 2:23 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_6667" align="alignright" width="85" caption="Muhammad Ilyas"][/caption] “WE HAVE sequenced the genome of the first Pakistani person”, beamed Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi. To a packed audience, Dr. Choudhary continued that Pakistan became more...
Personal Genome ID Cards
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 2:12 pm | 1 Comments
AN IDENTITY document is any document which may be used to verify various aspects of a person's personal identity. This document includes the bearer's full name, birth date, age, address, a photo, an identification number, religion, profession and citizenship status etc. In this modern world, where new technologies are in practice, identity cards may also include more...
Banquet of benefits for the post genomic era
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 2:07 pm | 0 Comment
“Humans seem more interested in discovering life on Mars than we are on this planet. Yet understanding life on this planet is critical. It is said that modern medicine didn't begin until the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP). Likewise, we can say that modern biology won't begin until we understand who we share this planet with.” Brian L. Fisher. Fisher more...
Genomic achievements timeline
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 2:03 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_6650" align="alignright" width="85" caption="Atta-ur Rehman "][/caption] 1866: Gregor Mendel published the results of his investigations of the inheritance of "factors" in pea plants. 1953: Watson and Crick made a model of the DNA molecule and proved that genes determine heredity 1963: F. Sanger (1918- ) of Britain more...
Criminal genes and the human genome
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 1:52 pm | 5 Comments
IN THE movie, Minority Report, the PreCrime police prevent crimes and arrest people before they commit the crime. It sounds incredible and almost impossible that it would ever happen in the real world. But rethink. It is very much possible and may be put into routine use in the very near future albeit the technology to prevent crime will be entirely different from that more...
Some Reasons to Celebrate 14th August!
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 1:41 pm | 0 Comment
FROM 14TH AUGUST 2010 till 14th August 2011, Pakistan has made a number of World records and achieved many other targets. World Record in O level On February 1 2011, the result of O level examination was announced and it was learnt that a Pakistani boy had topped the examination in the world by making a world record by achieving 23 ‘A’s in a total of 24 more...
The dream comes true: an interview with Dr. Kamran Azim
By admin at August 14, 2011 | 1:34 pm | 0 Comment
Technology Times: Brief about your educational and professional activities. Dr. Muhammad Kamran Azim: I received my Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1999 from Karachi University, Pakistan. I worked as Humboldt Research Fellow (2001-02) in Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, Germany. I’ve also worked as visiting scientist in several research organizations in UK more...
