PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
A three-day International SPARC symposium on Advanced Biomedical and Translational Research concluded at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, bringing together leading scientists, clinicians and policymakers from India and abroad to strengthen global academic and research collaboration.
The symposium was jointly organised by the Amrita School of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, University of Melbourne, and the Ministry of Education, under the Government of India’s SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration). The symposium featured intensive discussions on molecular therapeutics, diagnostics, disease biology, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), computational and AI tools in medicine, immunity, and clinical translation. Speaking on the significance of the collaboration, Richard Strugnell, professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne said,
“SPARC provides a powerful framework to bring together complementary strengths across institutions and countries. Our engagement with Amrita and IIT Kanpur demonstrates how international collaboration can accelerate discoveries in areas such as infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and immune-mediated disorders, while ensuring that research outcomes translate into real-world health impact.”
