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MANIKANTESH B – 2003-07 Biotechnology Batch
RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
THANDALAM, CHENNAI – 602 104
Contact email ID: manikantesh@gmail.com
Phone Number: +1-713-494-6264
Present university: The University of Houston, Texas, USA
I’m penning down my experiences, and what I feel. But, it might not be the same opinion from other’s perspective. So, do not solely rely on this article. But, if you need anything in detail, contact me, I can surely tell you.
I appreciate the effort taken by the present senior batch to start the Biotech Alumni association. I congratulate Suresh especially for his work because it is very difficult to start anything at REC.
I did Bachelor’s in Industrial Biotechnology (2003-2007) at REC, Chennai. I’m doing Master’s in Petroleum Engineering at The University of Houston, Texas, USA.
Firstly, decide what do you want to do after completing Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology – You want to
1) Write GATE and do Master’s in India - Think of job prospects after doing master’s
2) Write CAT and do MBA in India – Think of job prospects after doing master’s
3) Get placed in a Software company by changing the stream
4) Get a job in the Biotech field
5) Write IELTS (International English language Testing System) and apply for universities in UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, New Zealand etc
6) Write GRE (Graduate Record Examination) and TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) and apply for Master’s programs in USA, Canada, and Germany.
7) Write GMAT and apply for MBA in US universities – generally require some work experience to get an admit for MBA in USA.
Talking about the admissions in UK, Australian universities, it is easy to get admits in these countries. The visa process is also simple, can do Part time job for sure and earn money for living expenses or to cover tuition. There are lot of consultancies which can easily help to get an admit in UK. Students can work off-campus legally for 20 hours/week in UK, Australia, Germany. But, the problem with these countries is – Biotech is not very much developed in these countries (including Germany). So, ultimate place is USA again. German education is cheap, I think it is around 4-6 lakhs for the entire master’s program. Canada education is also good. But, people say that it is kind of difficult to get an admit in Canadian university. It is easy to get Permanent Resident status in Canada. But, I have not tried much about Canada, as USA is going to be the ultimate place.
So, I felt that USA would be the best place to do higher education; moreover getting funding chances in most of the USA universities are good. Here are some of the FAQs and answers.
1) When to apply for GRE and TOEFL?
It is ideal to start thinking and working on higher education from Bachelor’s second year or third year. Start working on GRE verbal. If you are interested to go for coaching, you can. You might learn at least something from coaching. But, GRE – Barrons book helps a lot. Typically, most people write GRE after completing third year or beginning of fourth year. But, try to block the date before 3 months or so because blocking the date for test is difficult due to heavy competition around that time. If you do not get good score in the 1st attempt of GRE, try to make a second attempt. So, see that you have time to re take GRE to improve your score. It is advisable to take TOEFL after GRE because GRE is advanced than TOEFL and most of the topics in GRE are there in TOEFL. But make sure you are ready with your scores by December of the final year. You can still write GRE in March of Final year and still can apply for August intake.
The best GRE coaching institutes are Kaplan, Princeton Review, Datamatics, Visu etc.
www.prometric.com is the website to register for GRE and TOEFL.
Reading daily English newspaper helps to get familiarize with lot of words and its context.
2) What are the application fees for GRE and TOEFL?
It is around 140 to 160 US dollars.
3) What is the mark system in GRE and TOEFL?
GRE is for 1600. Verbal is for 800 and Math is for 800. There is an essay writing, which is rated out of 6. TOEFL is for 120.
4) What are the scores of GRE and TOEFL required to get an admit?
There are no minimum scores to get an admit. The best GRE score is above 1400. But, people do get admits for a score of 800 + too. It depends up on the university to which one applies. Best universities require best GRE scores. There are universities which do accept students with low GRE scores. I got admits for a GRE score of 1020. Some programs are there which do not consider GRE. For example, University of Utah and Univ. of Northern Iowa do not require GRE for Biotechnology program.
The minimum TOEFL required is between 60 and 70 out of 120 for most of the universities. But, it might differ for some universities.
5) How to shortlist the universities?
Short listing of the universities has to be done based up on Academic percentage, arrears, GRE, TOEFL scores. There are some useful websites like
To select the universities based up on scores - http://i20fever.com/school.htm
To select based up on subject and school – http://www.gradschools.com/
To select the universities based on location - www.univ.cc
To short list – www.f1study.com
The other sites are
www.campusdirt.com
www.princetonreview.com
www.petersons.com
The first two sites have helped me a lot. Decide which program you want to do and then proceed accordingly. For instance, do you want to specialize in Bioinformatics, Genetic Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering or just Biotechnology?
6) What are the documents required for an admission?
List of documents to be sent in the application package:
· Transcripts – Mark sheets signed and sealed by the Anna University officials
· Statement of Purpose – 1-2 page write up saying why do you want to do that course
· Resume
· Three Recommendation letters – from faculty or from Employer if you have worked
· GRE, TOEFL – scores official reporting by ETS and photocopies
· Passport first and last page photocopies
· 2 passport sized photographs (not required for all universities)
· A print out of the application form submitted online (not a must – only if required by the univ.)
7) What is the ideal time for applying?
It is advisable to start applying in December for August in take because some universities have deadlines in December but some universities have deadlines till April for August intake. For getting funding, it is advisable to apply soon, because scholarships have earlier deadlines rather than the normal deadlines. But, if you are still waiting to get your GRE and TOEFL scores, then one can still apply in April too, if they have deadlines for August intake.
For instance, I have applied in December to some universities and to some in April for August in take.
Typically, universities take 1-2 months to make a decision on the application.
Where does one find the details about deadlines and application requirements?
The website of the university has all the details saying the deadline and what are the scores required for admission etc.
Go to the university website > Admissions > Graduate or International admissions > requirements
If you have any question, you can email or call the admissions office and they respond well.
9) Is it advisable to go through Consultancies?
All the information is available on line in the universities’ website. You can ask them by email about what is the minimum GRE and TOEFL required to get an admit in that university. So, I feel it is better to apply by oneself rather through consultancy.
If the GRE and TOEFL scores are less, then it might be better to approach consultancy.
10) How much does it cost to apply for an university?
It costs around 3000-5000 rs to apply for an university based up on the application fees, GRE and TOEFL score reporting, Postal charges etc.
11) How do we select major or program?
If you want to continue in Biotechnology, you can continue by choosing your own subject like Molecular biology, Bioinformatics etc. It all depends up on individual. Our ultimate goal is to get a job after completing the program so it is always advisable to find out the scope of that particular field and then choose it.
I have applied for Bioinformatics first, but I came to know that Bioinformatics does not have good job prospects even in USA, and then thought to apply for Biotechnology. I came to know that Biotechnology jobs are little to find, so decided to find some other filed. So, I chose to go to Petroleum Engineering program based up on some suggestions from seniors that Petroleum Engineering jobs are globally there. But, ultimately it depends upon luck whether you can find a job or not. People with Master’s in Biotechnology can find a job if one applies to all the companies online. It is all hard work and talent.
12) Can one change his stream of education in Masters?
Yes, it is absolutely possible to change the stream in Master’s. For instance, I changed from Biotechnology to Petroleum Engineering. But, one needs to take some pre-requisite courses in order to change the stream. I took around 4 pre requisite courses as I changed the stream.
13) How do I select a university after getting multiple admits?
It is always better to contact seniors in the university from which one got an admit and ask for the job prospects after completing that particular program in that university, also ask about funding scenario and on campus jobs in the university. Then decide based up on that. Do not solely depend up on the rankings of the university, because an university with less rank might have good placement chances based up on the location of the university. For instance, I got an admit in the fourth best university for Petroleum Engineering program in USA but I did not choose that university because I got an admit from University of Houston, which is in Houston, The energy capital of world, where most of the Petroleum companies are located. So, I chose University of Houston.
Some students select university based up on the student organizations on campus.
14) Can I transfer from one university to another university?
Yes, one can absolutely transfer from one university to another university. This can be done immediately after coming to USA, if one has an admit from another university too. One can also transfer after one or two semesters too.
For instance, for Fall 2007, I went to The University of Louisiana, Lafayette but for Spring 2008 semester, I transferred to The University f Houston, Texas. I transferred because Houston is the best place for Petroleum.
15) What is the procedure to transfer from one university to other university?
The procedure for transferring is same as the procedure to apply for a university, i.e., the way one has done before coming to USA. Has to send all the documents and get an admit but no visa is required again.
16) What about funding and part time jobs?
In USA, students are NOT allowed to work off-campus. They are allowed to work on-campus for 20 hours per week. So, one has to get a part time job in the university. It is illegal to work off-campus and if caught, there are chances of sending back to India. But, in most of the places, students work off-campus and the cops do not bother about it too. It depends up on the state and place. Some students get scholarships, with which they get part/complete tuition waiver.
The positions like Graduate Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, and Instructional Assistant get mostly complete tuition waiver plus a monthly stipend. So, the student will not be spending any money from the pocket and can save. But, this scenario might not be in all the universities.
In most of the universities, students with thesis option get full funding.
17) How long does it take to complete Masters’ degree?
It typically takes around 2 years to complete Masters’ degree. It might take more than two years if one is doing a thesis option. In a non thesis option, there are students who complete the course in one and half years. It all depends up on how many courses can one take per semester.
18) What is Thesis and non thesis option?
In thesis option, you are required to do research on some particular topic with the advisor. In non thesis option, the student has to just take courses to get a Master’s degree. But, in non thesis option, the student has to take more courses than in the thesis option.
It is better to do Thesis option if one is interested to do PhD or post doc in the future because some universities give importance to students with thesis option for PhD. Some companies prefer Thesis option students but might not be in all the cases. There are many students who do non thesis option.
For Biotechnology students, the non thesis degree is called as PSM – Professional Science Master’s degree, which is intended to have industrial career rather than Academic career.
19) How much money does it cost to study in USA?
The tuition fees is around 20,000 – 50,000 USD for the entire program. The living expenses will be around 20,000 – 30,000. But, the living expenses can be covered with on campus jobs/part time jobs. Some students do not pay tuition fees too because of on campus jobs. Living expenses vary from 350-700 USD based up on the place.
20) What are the general job prospects in USA after completing Master’s?
After completing Master’s, one needs an H1 B visa to work in USA. The company has to sponsor for H1 B, which is done by some companies. But, without getting H1 B processed, one can work in USA for almost 29 months and go back to India (this is the recent rule). There are many consultancies in USA to give IT jobs, so that one can stay in USA if one does not get a job related to one’s major, after getting H1 B visa using IT jobs, one can try for his own field’s job. But, if one applies online to all the companies, one might get at least one call for an interview. It also depends up on the talent of the person.
But, students with Biotechnology/Biology background has an advantage to get jobs in Academic areas like doing research in some research center or so, which also requires H1B but this is Academic H1B, which is easy to get but the pay is less when compared to industrial jobs. If one is interested to proceed in research, then they will not have any job problems in USA.
Contact the present seniors who are doing Biotechnology and ask them about the job prospects in Biotechnology.
21) How does one follow up after applying to a university?
After applying to a university, one can look in to the website of the department and can find the research going on in that department and can contact the professor who is doing that research saying that one is interested in that topic, and one wants to work on that topic. If the professor likes one’s background and interest, he gives an admit and mostly gets funding before going to USA.
After getting admits and choosing the university, it is the VISA time, which is the most crucial part.
22) How do I apply for the visa?
For August (Fall) intake, it is better to start the process of visa around May or June. If you did not get admission documents(I-20), then you need to wait for it, without which one cannot apply for visa. It is better to go early for a visa interview, because if the visa gets rejected once, you can still try for the second time. Getting a visa slot is very difficult, so try to book the slot as soon as possible. It costs around 5000 rs to apply for visa.
23) What are the documents that are required for Visa Interview?
The documents for the visa are
· Mark sheets/Provisional certificate/degree certificate
· Bank Statement with 1 year transaction summary, Pass books original, Fixed Deposits bonds
· Father’s/mother’s salary certificate
· 2 years’ IT returns
· Civil Engineer Statement for House or property Valuation
· LIC policies surrender values
· Shares
· Chartered Accountant certificate
· Bank Loan statement (if one has)
· Sevis fee payment
· Jewellery certificate, if U think ur property is less then include this else forget it.
24) How much money should be shown in the visa interview?
The fees per year are mentioned in the I-20 admission document from the university. So, it should be double the fees for Master’s program as the course is for two years. One has to show typically around 15 – 30 lakhs based upon the university fees. It can be in the form of savings, fixed deposits, loan etc. But, it is not advisable to show complete loan as the source.
25) Is it advisable to go through consultancy for visa interview?
I went to Nobel consultancy, Chennai to get visa guidance and he charged 2500 rs but it was useful. He told me what documents to prepare and how to prepare. But, I prepared all my documents on my own. If one knows how to prepare the documents then it is not required to go to any consultancy. People go through consultancy as they help to show 20 lakhs or 30 lakhs in father’s or mother’s account by opening an account with the father’s or mother’s name. Some people go to get fraud documents but it is very dangerous if caught because one cannot enter USA in the life if caught for fraud documents.
26) What questions are asked in the visa interview typically?
The following questions might be asked in the visa interview
· Which university and what program?
· Why USA?
· Why this university?
· Why this program?
The answer for the above three questions can be – I saw an article in some journal about this particular topic from this university. So, I’m interested to work on that topic. The answers might vary from person to person.
· Who is funding your education?
My parents and bank loan.
· How much do you have as bank loan?
I have …… rs as bank loan
· What is the security you kept to get the loan?
My father’s building of ……..rs is the proof/security for the bank loan.
· What is your father?
· Can I see your bank transactions summary and pass book?
· Why there are no much transactions?
We had fixed deposit in a non – nationalized bank, as they do not accept non –nationalized bank deposits, I have dissolved the deposit and have deposited in this bank recently.
· What are your plans after completing the course?
Come back to India and start a company or work in India
· Can I see your parents IT returns?
· Can I see your CA statement?
· How many backlogs (arrears) do you have?
Say the exact number because they count the arrears. If you have had an arrear in on subject twice, then count it as two but not as one because he just counts the number of fails in the transcripts/mark sheets.
27) How much does it cost for flight charges?
It costs 30,000 – 50,000 rs
28) What are the arrangements that I need to do before coming to USA after getting the visa?
Contact the Indian students association of the university through orkut or through the university website and ask for pick up request from the airport and also for the temporary accommodation. Some universities do free pick ups from the airport.
29) What about housing information?
In some universities, on- campus Housing is cheap and in some other universities off- campus housing is cheap. So, it depends up on the place.
30) What are the things that are to be done in India before coming to USA?
Learn to drive and get International Driving permit, get all the medical check ups as medical care is costly in USA, some universities ask for some immunizations, so do that, do less shopping as clothes and other stuff are cheap in USA. But toiletries are bit costly.
31) What are the things to be done after coming to USA?
Register for classes; look for housing, main thing is search for an on campus job.
32) Is there any Racism feeling in USA?
There is no racism in USA. Moreover, people are friendly.
33) How is the education system different in USA from India?
In India, one can study only before the day of exam and still can score good marks but in USA, one has to study throughout the semester as assignments are given throughout the semester, which has weightage for the final grading. Even the normal tests have weightage for the final grading. So, the grade is based up on the performance in the entire semester but not based up on the final exam performance.
I think I have almost covered all the parts right from GRE till the arrival in USA. So, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
I just wrote this based up on my experiences/ what I feel. But, this may not be true in all the cases. Different people have different views/opinions. So, consider all the things and decide.
Good luck‼‼‼‼‼!
Manikantesh B
The University of Houston
Houston, TX – USA
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Anti Microbial and antioxidant activity of ssuvium portulacastrum and salicornia brachiata
Vijayalakshmi
200420025
Raj Matriculation Higher Secondary School.
Career Interest: Research Work.
Category: Microbiology/ Plant Biotech
Institute: Central Leather Research Institute.
Address: CLRI, Adyar.
Time to approach: 7 or 8 semester
Work Experience: Not so good
Abstract:
Sesivium pertulacastrum and salicornai brachiata are the two halophytic plants, possessing antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) activities against microbes. It has been used as traditional medicine in olden days. Based upon this, we have analysed the antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of these two plants.
The halo-tolerant plants Sesuvium portulacastrum and Salicornia brachiata were screened for their anti-microbial and anti-oxidant activities. 5 different types of solvents were used to prepare the extracts – methanol, chloroform, petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and water. 12 bacteria and 5 fungi were used for this experiment. The chloroform extract was found to show maximum anti-microbial property. Methanol and petroleum ether showed moderate activity against the microbes. The phosphomolybdenum method was used to determine the anti-oxidant activity of Sesuvium portulacastrum. Phytochemical analysis was done on the crude extracts of both the plants to determine the presence of saponins, tannins, alkaloids, flavanoids and glycosides. The results suggest that the extracts of Sesuvium portulacastrum and Salicornia brachiata could be the potential source of chemotherapeutic agents.
Posted in Project Area | Tagged bioplants, biotech, chennai, clri, leather, viji | Leave a Comment »
Protein Model profiling and gene expression level for epilepsy.
By:
B.Damodharan
200410009
School: The Hindu Higher Secondary School
Career Interest: Employee
Future Plan: Become Rich
Category: Bioinformatics.
Institute: Mr.Balaji,
Biosciences Research Institute, Anna Nagar.
Time to approach: 7 to 8 semester.
Experience: good
Abstract: epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that can be characterized by unproved seizures. These seizures happens when abnormal neuronal activity in the brain. About 10 million people in world wide have epilepsy. There is no proper medicine for this disease and surgery may also difficult. So, the highly expressive gene is the best candidate gene for drug discovery.
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Reverse phase HPLC to estimate a drug in the dosage Form.
R.Thirumurugan
200410024
vidya vikas hr.sec.school
Future: marketing in pharmaceuticals
Category: Pharmaceuticals.
Institute: Huclin.
Contact: Ticel Biopark, Tharamani.
Experience: Had a good experience in technical and instruments
Description: Study about the Drug ( Ondencetron )
Its pharmacodynamics and kinetics
To estimate the drug present in the dosage form through HPLC.
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Project Title: Study of Effect on Nacl on growth of the Plant Sesuvium portulacastrum and on its antioxidant activity.
Name: D.Reshma
Roll No: 200410019
Mail: reshmadesikan@gmail.com
School: D.A.V.Bhel School & SRK.Bhel school,Ranipet
Career Interest: Industrialist.
Project Title: Study of Effect on Nacl on growth of the Plant Sesuvium portulacastrum and on its antioxidant activity.
Category: Biochemical /Plant Biotech
Institute: Central Leather Research Institute.
Contact Address: CHORD-Department HOD,
Central Leather Research Institute.
Adyar, Chennai.
Experience: very worst.
No proper guidance
Students were treated as attendants. Some of the official works given to students.
There were no chemicals and it was very tough to work in CLRI
Description about project: Collecting the plant from ennore sea areas growing it in various concentrations of Nacl and after every 15 days their shoot, root, length fresh and dry weights were measured with their antioxidant enzyme activity was estimated.
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*PUBLISHING*
From:
R.Naveen Prasad,2004 biotech
Dear Members of Advaitha,
Best Wishes to you.
I am writing this document in reply to the invitation for helping you in publications. Thanks for Mr. Suresh (Administrator of Advaitha Site) for finding me as a person to write these things. I think this document will tell him that his decisions are right. I also hope that this will help you for your further scientific writing Process.
I am writing for basic learners. The things written here are what I learnt these days, However if you have any thing more which is not discussed here you can tell me those things, so that it will enable me to learn many things.
Kindly give your feed back about this document.
Publishing is not at all a tough job. However remember it should meet standards. Don’t ever try to make a cut-paste jobs or plagiarism. What ever comes in a journal/ Recognized publishers citing your name is a publication and gives you credit. I am concentrating many things for journal papers. You can also write chapters of book if you are specialized in the field and are not needed as of now. First decide what to publish.
Publication can be of many types,
1.0 Research Papers
1.1 Original Full Length Research Paper:
It is a paper that you have carried out. Set the parameters. Measured the results and interpreted, compared with the previous results.
1.2 Short Correspondence/ Letter to Editor:
You have set some parameters to be measured. In due course you need to publish it or found some thing new to be corresponded to the scientific community. Then write this sort of manuscripts.
2.0 Reviews:
You generally generalize all the research done on the topic of interest. Clearly define the problem of interest and comment on it. You comment on contradicting results, Key implications from two different research papers etc., though it seems easier to write reviews it’s tougher.
Preparing your manuscript:
After getting your results or literatures for reviews, Plan for which journal you are going to prepare M/S. My advice for you is to plan the journal before you start. This is because each journal follows some standard formats in references and M/S flow. Changing the reference styles will always becomes tedious. Reviewers usually don’t take care to read your paper if is not in the format. Don’t always make the job easy for them.
How to select a Journal?
v First read the aim and scope
v Identify the journals audience
v These things are given in their respective web page or in the journals in instructions for authors.
v Get the copy of instructions to authors.
v See the instructions when writing your paper
Advanced Preferences:
ü Whether National or International Journal
ü See abstracting and indexing services
These services help in better recognition of your paper and reach many persons. Some common abstracting and indexing services include
1. Indian Science Abstracts
2. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Abstracts.
3. Science Direct
4. Pub Med
5. Cambridge Science Abstracts
6. Toxicology Abstracts
7. Bios-Science Information Service
8. Pollution Abstracts
9. Paryavaran Abstracts
10. Biological Abstracts
11. Chemical Abstracts
12. Environment Abstracts
13. Geo Abstracts etc.,
In all these abstracts and indexing services your abstract gets listed out and hence viewed by many authors and scientist.
ü Second Criteria is the Impact Factor: Impact Factor is a function of number of readers from different countries, Number of citation of articles from the journal etc., more the impact more the audience. It is preferred always to have higher Impact journals. To begin with I advise you to concentrate on publishing than to concentrate on high impact journals.
Parts of an M/S:
A research articles has the following parts,
Title: A self explanatory heading
Running Title*: A short comment. Not always necessary. Adds meaning to the title.
Author Details: Name of all the authors, Affiliations, Address. Correspondence author should be denoted.
Cover letter: Always send your M/S with a cover letter. Declaration is a main part of it. Always you have to assure in writing that the paper does not form a major part of any other paper, Is not published else where and not under consideration for publication else where duly signed by all the coauthors.
Don’t ever think of publishing a single paper in two journals. It is an offense against law. Remember that by signing the declaration you obey to the rules and regulations imparted by the journals like copyright transfer, publish if accepted etc.,
Abstract:
Briefings of the content of papers. It should have small introduction, Method descriptions, Results, Scope of future. Only after reading your abstract any person will decide to go through the M/S further. Within 200 word limit (most often).
Introduction/ Background:
Contains information to understand the manuscripts. Gives some basic details and some previous reaches etc.,
Materials and Methods:
Give the materials used and methods followed.
Results:
Give the results of your experiment either as wordings, Tables, Figures, Graphs or charts. Don’t tell the same result in different forms only one form which is more appropriate is sufficient.
Discussion:
This in some cases mingled as Results and Discussion. Here discuss some key results. Problems faced during experiments. Compare and comment with other similar works etc.,
Conclusion:
Briefly conclude about the uses of your results and tell about scopes for future.
Acknowledgement:
If any one has helped in funding or revision or by any other forms and not have done a part of experimental work should be acknowledged here. If they have done experimental works then they should be included as co-authors.
Reference:
Site inside the text the references. Give the details of the cited reference in reference section. A typical reference includes Author names, Title of M/S, Journal name, Year, Volume No, and Issue Number, page Numbers.
Common referencing style includes, numbered putting numbers as 1,2 in square brackets or as superscripts [1] or 1
Second way is the author and year method,
1. Single author, (Naveen Prasad, 2008)
2. Two authors, (Naveen and Viswanathan, 2008)
3. More than two authors (Naveen Prasad et al, 2008)
Referencing in end should give all the authors name and other details.,
Many follow different styles for example:
Authors: Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Ranuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar and Vijayashree Nayak.
Title: Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase
Journal: Bioinformatics Research
Year: 2008
Volume: 19
Issue number: 4
Pages: 23-30
This is referenced in the following journals as:
Plant Disease:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, and Vijayashree Nayak. 2008. Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19 (4):23-30.
Microbial Biotechnology:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, and Vijayashree Nayak (2008) Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19: 23-30.
British Journal of Pharmacology:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, Vijayashree Nayak (2008) Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19(4): 23-30.
IEEE Journals:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, and Vijayashree Nayak: ‘Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase ’, Bioinformatics Research, 2008, 19, (4), pp. 23-30
Advances in Agronomy:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, and Vijayashree Nayak (2008). Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19, 23-30.
Nature Biotechnology
Naveen Prasad et al. Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19, 23-30 (2008).
Plant Cell Reports
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, Vijayashree Nayak (2008) Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19:23-30
Zygote:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar and Vijayashree Nayak (2008) Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research, 19, 23-30.
Gene Therapy:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar, Vijayashree Nayak. Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 2008; 19: 23-30.
Gene:
Naveen Prasad, Viswanathan, Renuka Devi, Parthasarathy, Johanna Rajkumar and Vijayashree Nayak Analysis and Modeling of Pyrimidine kinase Bioinformatics Research 19 (2008), pp. 23-30.
See the minute difference in referencing style like
1. Use of ‘’ / . /() / , / : <B> , all these things should be correctly followed for journals
2. See that in some cases the journal name is written in italics. These should also be clearly followed
3. In some journals issue numbers need not be mentioned (see: microbial Biotechnology) and in some other cases not all the authors to be mentioned if it is beyond certain limits (see Nature Biotechnology)
Check with a professor before submitting your manuscripts. You can also include his comments.
What happens after submission?
After submission the editor sends you the manuscript handling number for future correspondence. This he gives to a number of reviewers for peer review process.
The results of peer review process are like this.
___ Accepted as it is (Article is best as it is)
___ Accepted with minor revisions (The article has minor spelling and few mistakes that can be easily corrected)
___ Accepted with major revisions (Science is good but not in acceptable form needs a major rework completely from beginning)
___ Rejected / Not accepted (Science is not acceptable, Blunders)
What is the process named?
Your M/S after submitted can be said as Corresponded Manuscript/ Submitted
After the formal acceptance (any of the first three decisions), the article is said as accepted publication
In print form is called Published manuscript.
The credit is always there from acceptance however the full fruit of publication is only after publication in print.
How long it will take:
Submission, Review and publishing take a minimum of 2 months to 2 years or more also. Opt for monthly publications for quicker publications.
How much is it cost?
For certain journals they impose you to join their official society and to buy certain reprints from 25-50. Reprints are the printed copy of your manuscript. There is a minimum reprint to be brought as imposed by each journal. These things are mentioned in instructions to authors. Always you can pay more and get as many reprints you need. For many journals you need to pay handling charges after acceptance. Some may impose page charges if the numbers of final pages are beyond certain limits.
There are many things to get to know. For further help regarding the above aspects you can post the questions.
Note:
Dear Under graduates I further like to ask you to see the Journal of Young Investigators to get knowledge on manuscripts and other procedure. The aim and scope of this is to publish undergraduate research articles. Here we always try to make the review process a learning process so that we don’t always neglect the M/S unless of much blunders. The reviewers train you through critical areas so as to make the manuscript publishable and then publish. It is a monthly journal. You can also join as a staff. Many materials available in the site might be useful to you.
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