Nobel laureate for JU talk
The Nobel laureate virologist credited with the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be in the city next month to attend a seminar organised by Jadavpur University (JU).
On his first visit to India, Luc Antoine Montagnier will deliver the keynote address at the 12th International Congress of Ethnopharmacology at Science City auditorium on February 17. The congress, being held in India for the first time, is being organised by JU’s School of Natural Product Studies and will be inaugurated by former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Virologists in the city are eagerly awaiting the visit of the French scientist, who received the Nobel in 2008 in physiology or medicine.
“We are looking forward to the interaction between Luc Montagnier and drug companies and researchers on developing effective vaccines for combating the dreaded disease. The interface may even lead to the development of an effective and cheap vaccine in India,” said Dhrubo Niyogi, the former director of the Indian School of Tropical Medicine.
Pulak Mukherjee, the organising secretary of the congress and the director of the school, said Gerard Bailly, the assistant professor working under Montagnier, will also address the meet. “Representatives from over 50 countries will take part in the congress with more than 1,000 delegates from across the world,” said JU VC Pradip Narayan Ghosh.
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