The program includes lectures and hands on practical sessions with input from faculty from CMC Vellore and IIT Madras
Each session will consist of a short introduction explaining the use of the equipment and the principles behind the experiment. This will be followed by hands on training in small groups. Schedule Lunch will be provided for all participants between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm on all days of the workshop. Participants are free to spend time in the respective departments on September 6th (the day following the workshop) during which no organized sessions are planned.
List of participants updated 14 August, 2008
| Day 1 |
Studies in solute transport across the frog skin. Ionic currents across the frog skin will be recorded under voltage-clamp conditions in a mini Ussing's chamber. This preparation is an equivalent of renal epithelium. Demonstration of the force frequency relation in the frog heart using force transducers in a frog ventricular strip. Recording of intracellular action potentials in the frog heart using suction electrodes. Rhythm generating mechanisms in the frog heart will be demonstrated. |
| Day 2 |
Demonstration of continuous recording of ECG, BP and respiration in rats Human ECG and cardiac autonomic tests; Blood flow using Pulse Plethysmography |
| Day 3 |
Experiments on human skeletal muscle. These experiments are analogous to experiments done currently on the frog skeletal muscle. Motor Nerve conduction velocity; EMG analysis |