6/24/12

6/13/12

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSTY entrance exam 2012 RESULT..!

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5/23/12

Vitamin A metabolism | NIN Hyderabad JRF Walk In

5/2/12

iisc ph.d 2012 exam key(BS)

IISC Ph.D -2012 KEY

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4/30/12

DELHI STATE CANCER INSTITUTE Recruits BIO-STATISTICIAN

4/16/12

IISC bangalore Ph.D- SYLLABUS 2012

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INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2012

important :

1 . C A N D I D A T E S T O E N S U R E T H E I R E L I G I B I L I T I Y F O R T H E
EXAMINATION:
Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all eligibility
conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the
examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility
conditions.
Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her
candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.
Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up
only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.
2. HOW TO APPLY :C a n d i d a t e s a r e r e q u i r e d t o a p p l y o n l i n e o n l y b y u s i n g t h e w e b s i t e: www.upsconline.nic.in Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form
have been given in Appendix-II. Detailed instructions are available on the above
mentioned website.
3. LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:
The Online Applications can be filled upto 14th May, 2012 till 11.59 PM, after which
the link will be disabled.
4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admission Certificate three
weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e-Admission
Certificate will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for
downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. All
the applicants are required to provide valid active E-Mail I.D. while filling up
Online Application Form as the Commission may use electronic mode for
contacting them at different stages of examination process.

Opportunity to join University of Hyderabad as JRF/SRF

Applications are invited on a plain paper (along with copies of educational qualifications and experience) from eligible candidates for selection for positions of SRF/JRF under the two projects entitled “Development, characterization and validation of nanoparticles for the adsorption of hydrophobic uremic toxins in renal failure patients”, sponsored by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC, 2+2 scheme), and “Immuno-phenotyping of human aortic endothelial cells and monocytes to study anti-atherogenic activity of Boeraavia diffusa and Hemidesmus indicus” sponsored by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) sanctioned to Dr. Sarada D, Tetali, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad
Position :
1. SRF– 2 No.
2. JRF – 1 No.
One JRF and one SRF in IGSTC project and one SRF in ICMR project
Emoluments of the Positions
1. Senior Research Fellow (SRF) @ Rs. 18,000/- + 30% HRA* pm (fixed) for UGC-CSIR-NET qualified appointees; Rs. 14,000 + HRA* pm for non NET qualified appointees
2. Junior Research Fellow (JRF) @ Rs. 16,000 + 30% HRA* pm (fixed) for UGC-CSIR-NET qualified appointees; Rs. 12,000 + HRA* pm for NET-lectureship qualified appointees

>IIT Hyderabad,Ph.D. admissions 2012

Ph.D. admissions in Biotechnology, August 2012

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and highly motivated students willing to pursue research at
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad in the following thrust areas in the department of
Biotechnology:
SNo. Research Areas Faculty
1 DNA Repair Dr. Anindya Roy
2 Protein Engineering / Retrovirology Dr. N K Raghavendra
3* Biomolecular structure & Dynamics
(Computational & NMR)
Dr. Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan

FOR MORE: http://www.iith.ac.in/phdadmissions/PhD-Brochure-Biotech-August-2012.pdf

JNTU,EXTERNAL Ph.D./M.S./M.Phil. RESEARCH PROGRAMMES - 2012

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
KUKATPALLY : HYDERABAD - 500 085.

ADMISSION TO EXTERNAL Ph.D./M.S./M.Phil. RESEARCH PROGRAMMES - 2012
Advt. No. JNTUH/External/Ph.D./M.Phil./M.S./Admns/2012 Dt.09.04.2012
Applications are invited for admissions to the External Ph.D./M.S./M.Phil. Research Programmes in
major areas of Engineering, Science, Technology, English, Physical Education and Management at JNT
University Hyderabad.
Areas of Research & Eligibility : The details of Areas of Research and eligibility are available on JNTUH
website. www.jntuh.ac.in.
Application form and other details can be downloaded from JNTUH web site www.jntuh.ac.in . Filled in
application form with required certificates and a crossed Demand Draft for External Research Programmes, for
1,000/- (non refundable) in favour of “The Registrar, JNT University Hyderabad” payable at Hyderabad dated
not earlier than 09.04.2012 drawn on any Scheduled Bank recognised by RBI should reach “ The Director, Admissions
JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad - 500 085 on or before 7th May, 2012 by 5.00 pm.
for more:http://www.jntuh.ac.in/new/

NIPGR PhD Admissions2012-13

(National-Institute-of-Plant-Genome-Research)
Admission to Ph.D. Programme for 2012-2013

National Institute of Plant Genome Research, is an Autonomous Research Institution, funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, and conducts basic and applied research in the frontier areas of plant biology. The Institute invites applications from candidates who have completed or will be completing M. Sc. or equivalent degree (by August 31, 2012) in Life Sciences and/or in related disciplines with minimum 55% marks, and have cleared the CSIR-UGC NET exam / DBT-JRF (selected through BET/BINC) / ICMR NET exam for JRF (with a valid Junior Research Fellowship as on September 1, 2012), for conducting advanced researches in the frontier areas of Plant Biology such as, Computational Biology, Genome Analysis and Molecular Mapping, Molecular Mechanism of Abiotic Stress Responses, Nutritional Genomics, Plant Development and Architecture, Plant Immunity, Transgenics for Crop improvement, Molecular Breeding and other emerging areas based on plant genomics . Reservations are as per statutory norms. The selection will be made on the basis of interview only.

The selected candidates will be enrolled for Ph.D. program in academic affiliation with the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. NIPGR will provide shared accommodation to selected candidates.

CUCET 2012 (Central Universities Common Entrance Test Dates and Notification (2012-13)

Central Universities of Bihar, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kashmir, Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu (2012-13)

courses: Under Graduate Programme (3 year); Integrated M.A. Programmes; Integrated MBA Programme (5 years); Integrated Law Programme (5 years); Integrated M.Sc Programmes (5 years); Post Graduate M.A. Programmes (2 years); Integrated M.Tech Programme (5 years); M.Sc Programmes (2 years); M.Tech Programme (2 years); M.Arch Programme (2 years); MBA Programme (2 years); M.Phil Programme (1 year)

CUCET 2012 IMPORTANT DATES:
Date of start of on-line application form 11th April, 2012
Date of start of issuing off-line application form 11th April, 2012
Last date for sale of application of off-line/on-line form closes on 15th May, 2012
Last date for receipt of application: 17th May, 2012
Admit card download window: 28th to 30th May, 2012
CUCET-2012 examination (for UG, Integrated and other specified programmes): 03rd June, 2012
CUCET-2012 on-line examination (for all post graduate and research programmes): 09th to 10th June, 2012
Declaration of results and downloading of score card: 15th June, 2012
Counseling sessions and admissions start: 25th June, 2012
for more:http://www.cucet.co.in/index.html

The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : Why April 11 quake was caused by a strike-slip fault

4/11/12

Does Death Exist?

Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate ourselves with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests that death is not the terminal event we think.

One well-known aspect of quantum physics is that certain observations cannot be predicted absolutely. Instead, there is a range of possible observations each with a different probability. One mainstream explanation, the “many-worlds” interpretation, states that each of these possible observations corresponds to a different universe (the ‘multiverse’). A new scientific theory – called biocentrism – refines these ideas. There are an infinite number of universes, and everything that could possibly happen occurs in some universe. Death does not exist in any real sense in these scenarios. All possible universes exist simultaneously, regardless of what happens in any of them. Although individual bodies are destined to self-destruct, the alive feeling – the ‘Who am I?’- is just a 20-watt fountain of energy operating in the brain. But this energy doesn’t go away at death. One of the surest axioms of science is that energy never dies; it can neither be created nor destroyed. But does this energy transcend from one world to the other?

IIT Madras Faculty vacancy April-2012

4/10/12

IISC Old life science papers Download free

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4/9/12

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Does the Bible Contradict Accepted Biological Concepts?

The Heart versus the Brain
In Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, which is a listing of
primary words contained in the King James version of the Bible, the brain is
not mentioned once, whereas the heart is cited 826 times. Thought and
emotions, however, can be said to occur in one's head or mind, and, therefore,
the citations of "head" (360 times) and "mind" (96 times) must be examined.
An analysis shows that although the head contains the brain, in the Bible the
word "head" is used only in two senses: (1) as a reference to that part of the
body that can be, for example, bowed, injured, or crowned, or (2) to represent
leadership when someone is described as being the "head" of a household,
church, or a government. But the "head" is not represented as the site where
all thinking and emotional feelings originate.
This analysis also applies to the word "mind," although in a few places
"mind" is simultaneously used in the same sentence with the word "heart."
In these places, however, it still is not clear from the context that the mind is

WHAT IS EVOLUTION?

In the biological sciences, evolution is a scientific theory that explains the emergence of new varieties of living things in the past and in the present; it is not a "theory of origins" about how life began. Evolution accounts for the striking patterns of similarities and differences among living things over time and across habitats through the action of biological processes such as natural selection, mutation, symbiosis, gene transfer, and genetic drift. Evolution has been subjected to scientific testing for over a century and has been (and continues to be) consistently confirmed by evidence from a wide range of fields.

The National Center for Science Education is the only national organization devoted to defending the teaching of evolution in public schools. This mission is vital because of evolution's central importance to the conceptual foundations of the modern biomedical, life, and earth sciences.

HOW TO LEARN ABOUT EVOLUTION

There are many excellent sources of basic background information on evolution. One of the best places to learn about evolution is the websiteUnderstanding Evolution, sponsored by the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley.

Another good starting point is this set of FAQs about evolution, from PBS. The online notes for Evolution by Mark Ridley provide a more advanced presentation.

NCSE's Evolution Primers are written by NCSE's scientific staff to explain key concepts or findings in evolution that are frequently misrepresented by creationists. Because the emphasis of the collection of primers mirrors the focus of creationists, and not of that of modern evolutionary theory, the collection of primers does not by any means give a complete picture of evolution

Is Jesus relevant today?

Many think that Jesus Christ wants us to become religious. They think Jesus came to take all the fun out of life, and give us impossible rules to live by. They are willing to call him a great leader from the past, but say he is not relevant to their lives today.

Josh McDowell was a college student who thought Jesus was just another religious leader who set up impossible rules to live by. He thought Jesus was totally irrelevant to his life.

Then one day at a student union lunch table McDowell sat next to a vibrant young coed with a radiant smile. Intrigued, he asked her why she was so happy. Her immediate reply was, “Jesus Christ!”

Jesus Christ? McDowell bristled, firing back:

“Oh, for God’s sake, don’t give me that garbage. I’m fed up with religion; I’m fed up with the church; I’m fed up with the Bible. Don’t give me that garbage about religion.”

But the unfazed young coed calmly informed him,

“Mister, I didn’t say religion, I said Jesus Christ.”

McDowell was stunned. He had never considered Jesus more than a religious figure, and didn't want any part of religious hypocrisy. Yet here was this joyful Christian woman talking about Jesus as someone who had brought meaning to her life.

Christ claimed to answer all the deep questions about our existence. At one time or another, we all question what life is all about. Have you ever gazed up at the stars on a pitch-black evening and wondered who put them there? Or have you ever seen a sunset and thought about life’s biggest questions:

“Who am I?”
“Why am I here?”
“Where am I going after I die?”

Although other philosophers and religious leaders have offered their answers to the meaning of life, only Jesus Christ proved his credentials by rising from the dead. Skeptics like McDowell who originally scoffed at Jesus’ resurrection, have discovered that there is compelling evidence that it really occurred.

Jesus offers life with real meaning. He said that life is much more than making money, having fun, being successful, and then ending up in a graveyard. Yet, many people still try to find meaning in fame and success, even the greatest superstars.

Evidence for the Resurrection

by Josh McDowell

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. Many have chosen simply to ignore the central issue of the resurrection. Others have tried to explain it away through various theories. But the historical evidence just can't be discounted.

A student at the University of Uruguay said to me. "Professor McDowell, why can't you refute Christianity?"

"For a very simple reason," I answered. "I am not able to explain away an event in history--the resurrection of Jesus Christ."

How can we explain the empty tomb? Can it possibly be accounted for by any natural cause?

A QUESTION OF HISTORY
After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on the minds of human beings--or it is the most remarkable fact of history.

Here are some of the facts relevant to the resurrection: Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish prophet who claimed to be the Christ prophesied in the Jewish Scriptures, was arrested, was judged a political criminal, and was crucified. Three days after His death and burial, some women who went to His tomb found the body gone. In subsequent weeks, His disciples claimed that God had raised Him from the dead and that He appeared to them various times before ascending into heaven.

From that foundation, Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and has continued to exert great influence down through the centuries.

LIVING WITNESSES
The New Testament accounts of the resurrection were being circulated within the lifetimes of men and women alive at the time of the resurrection. Those people could certainly have confirmed or denied the accuracy of such accounts.

The writers of the four Gospels either had themselves been witnesses or else were relating the accounts of eyewitnesses of the actual events. In advocating their case for the gospel, a word that means "good news," the apostles appealed (even when confronting their most severe opponents) to common knowledge concerning the facts of the resurrection.

F. F. Bruce, Rylands professor of biblical criticism and exegesis at the University of Manchester, says concerning the value of the New Testament records as primary sources: "Had there been any tendency to depart from the facts in any material respect, the possible presence of hostile witnesses in the audience would have served as a further corrective."

IS THE NEW TESTAMENT RELIABLE?
Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents.

By the end of the 1 9th century, however, archaeological discoveries had confirmed the accuracy of the New Testament manuscripts. Discoveries of early papyri bridged the gap between the time of Christ and existing manuscripts from a later date.

Those findings increased scholarly confidence in the reliability of the Bible. William F. Albright, who in his day was the world's foremost biblical archaeologist, said: "We can already say emphatically that there is no longer any solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after about A.D. 80, two full generations before the date between 130 and 150 given by the more radical New Testament critics of today."

Coinciding with the papyri discoveries, an abundance of other manuscripts came to light (over 24,000 copies of early New Testament manuscripts are known to be in existence today). The historian Luke wrote of "authentic evidence" concerning the resurrection. Sir William Ramsay, who spent 15 years attempting to undermine Luke credentials as a historian, and to refute the reliability of the New Testament, finally concluded: "Luke is a historian of the first rank . . . This author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians. "

I claim to be an historian. My approach to Classics is historical. And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . .

E. M. Blaiklock
Professor of Classics
Auckland University

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