Date: December 19, 2025 Time: 09:00 AM Location: 10-304 (19th December 2025) & 10-301 (20th and 21st December 2025)
Speaker: Dr Amir Faisal
This practical workshop is designed to teach and train students and researchers in basic cell culture techniques. The workshop will provide a fundamental understanding of cell culture and its use in modern biology through daily lectures, followed by demonstration of these techniques through extended laboratory sessions. These sessions will aim to equip the participants with basic cell culture techniques, including cell harvesting, subculturing, seeding, cryopreservation, transfections, cytotoxicity assays, and immunofluorescence. Cell culture techniques are fundamental to various fields of medical and biological research. Training in this area will enable students and researchers to conduct basic research, effectively investigate diseases and develop new drugs or vaccines. Cell culture training will allow scientists to work with disease-causing agents in a controlled environment, enabling them to understand the pathogens better and develop disease control and prevention strategies.
With the global biotechnology industry booming, there is a high demand for cell culture expertise. By training students in cell culture, Pakistani universities will develop a skilled human resource in this area. In addition, cell culture is integral in medical diagnostics, including cancer screening and genetic testing. Training in cell culture will enhance the capacity of local healthcare facilities to offer advanced diagnostic services, leading to improved patient care and disease management. This training will not only benefit researchers and scientists but also provide opportunities for students to learn fundamental techniques and contribute to scientific progress
HARDWARE-X: ADVANCED WORKSHOP ON CIRCUIT THEORY, MEASUREMENTS AND DESIGN
Date: December 22, 2025 Time: 09:00 AM Location: 10-301 and 10-304 Third Floor SSE Building
Speaker: Prof. Asad Ali. Abidi, Distinguished Chancellor’s Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Supervisor: Dr. Zubair Khalid Student(s): Participants from all over the Pakistan
The workshop will be conducted at LUMS Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering from Dec 22 - 26, 2025. Applicants need to be students, full/part-time faculty members at HEC recognized universities or degree awarding institutes or working in the industry in the capacity of an Electrical/Electronic Engineer or relevant technical post.
Topics to be covered are:
Maxwell-to-lumped circuit abstraction; RLCM constitutive relations
Equivalent circuits including parasitics and noise
Large-signal transistor models: Ebers-Moll (BJT), EKV (FET)
Elementary transistor building-block circuits; balanced/differential stages
Feedback, Middlebrook loop-gain method, and Nyquist stability
Oscilloscopes, network analysis; probing and RLC measurement techniques
Ring and crystal oscillators; tuning methods and frequency-control loops
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Dec
Date: December 19, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM
Location: 10-304 (19th December 2025) & 10-301 (20th and 21st December 2025)
Speaker: Dr Amir Faisal
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Dec
Date: December 22, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM
Location: 10-301 and 10-304 Third Floor SSE Building
Speaker: Prof. Asad Ali. Abidi, Distinguished Chancellor’s Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Supervisor: Dr. Zubair Khalid
Student(s): Participants from all over the Pakistan