Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College has organized a Guest Lecture entitled “Genetic Influences in Sport & Physical Performance” for I year BDS students on 22nd September 2018 at 12.00pm. The Speaker for the Guest lecture was Dr. B. Anandan, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai.
Dr Ganesh Lakshmanan, Senior Lecturer, Department of anatomy, gave the welcome address and introduced the speaker to the students. As the CDE program lecture started, the speaker put forth a volley of questions on heredity, genetics and sports to the students. The students started interacting by answering those questions. Dr.Anadan went on explaining, the endurance versus strength training in sports. Later he introduced different genes and their mutations responsible for various enhanced sports performances. He also pointed on certain unfavorable mutations for sports and physical performances. He cited the geographical advantage in certain sports and their genetic reason behind that. Finally he concluded with the concepts of genetic screening and genetic doping. Overall it was a very informative lecture on an innovative topic and the students actively participated in discussions during and after the lecture.
Dr. B. Anandan was felicitated and presented with gifts by Mrs. M. S. Thenmozhi, Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy. Mrs S. Sangeetha, from Department of Anatomy, gave the Vote of Thanks
