Opportunity for Participation in Scientific Reading & Comprehension Self-Assessment

Opportunity For Students for Direct Participation in MANAV- Scientific Reading & Comprehension Self-Assessment Module

Background: Many students approached us for the opportunity to directly participate in the MANAV Scientific Reading and Comprehension Self-Assessment Module, as they did not have a teacher from their institute who registered as Faculty coordinator with Manav for this activity. Therefore, Manav is opening this module for participation by the students via the following links.

About the module:

MANAV Scientific Reading and Comprehension Self-Assessment Module is a 3-part Survey cum Self-Assessment exercise.

• Part 1 (Non graded Exercise) – Will help get an overview of student’s reading habits and their understanding of scientific literature.
• Part 2 (Graded exercise) – Will evaluate a student’s English proficiency pertaining to scientific text.
• Part 3 (Graded exercise) – Will evaluate a student’s ability to comprehend two research articles in a subject of his/her choice (Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacy).

This module will remain accessible till Sunday, 17th October till 11:00 PM (IST)

Benefits of participation :

• ● You will receive a ‘Certificate of Participation’ from Project Manav, signed by lead scientists of Project
• Manav from all three collaborating institutions (IISER Pune, NCCS and Persistent Systems).
• ● Opportunity to network with faculty, students and scientists from all over the country.
• ● The module will provide you insights on your strengths and weaknesses pertaining to scientific comprehension.
• ● Participation in this module will help you sharpen your critical thinking and reasoning skills – an important skill set to be acquired to excel in your scientific career.
• ● Participation in this module will also enhance your preparedness to contribute towards the building of Manav – The Human Atlas Platform.

INSTRUCTIONS (Please go through the following links before you attempt the module )

1)Link to the PDF of the Presentation (Quick reference): A participation guide for STUDENTS : Click Here

2) Link to the Recorded Participation Guide (English): Click Here

Once you click the above link it will ask you to Enter the Passcode to watch the recording. Please use this Passcode: b8x$.^C@

3) Link to the recorded instructions (Hindi): Click Here

How to participate?

You can click on the subject of interest from the below-mentioned categories and proceed to take the test. The papers that you have to read while undertaking the module have been listed below to help you pick the subject of your interest. We recommend that you download the papers and read them before attempting the questionnaire in the module.

Subject Category: BIOCHEMISTRY –

You will be expected to read the following two research articles papers in the Biochemistry Module

Paper 1 – The underlying mechanism of proinflammatory NF-κB activation by the mTORC2/Akt/IKKα pathway during skin aging. Choi, Yeon Ja, et al., Oncotarget 7.33 (2016): 52685.
Paper 2 – Interplay between c-Src and the APC/C co-activator Cdh1 regulates mammary tumorigenesis. Han, Tao, et al., Nature communications 10.1 (2019): 1-15.

To participate in the BIOCHEMISTRY Subject Category: Click Here

Subject Category: MICROBIOLOGY

You will be expected to read the following two research articles papers in the Microbiology Module

Paper 1 – Analysis of complete genomes of Propionibacterium acnes reveals a novel plasmid and increased pseudogenes in an acne-associated strain. Kasimatis, Gabriela, et al., BioMed Research International (2013).
Paper 2 – TLR-2 recognizes Propionibacterium acnes CAMP factor 1 from highly inflammatory strains. Lheure, Coralie, et al., PloS one 11.11 (2016): e0167237

To participate in the MICROBIOLOGY Subject Category: Click Here

Subject Category: PHARMACY

You will be expected to read the following two research articles papers in the Pharmacy Module

Paper 1 – Comparison of vitamin D levels in patients with and without acne: a case-control study combined with a randomized controlled trial. Lim, Seul-Ki, et al., PLoS One 11.8 (2016): e0161162.
Paper 2 – Lugdunin amplifies innate immune responses in the skin in synergy with host-and microbiota-derived factors.Bitschar, Katharina, et al., Nature communications 10.1 (2019): 1-14.

To participate in the PHARMACY Subject Category: Click Here