Meyanungsang Kichu Dimapur, November 6 (MExN): A Naga scholar Meyanungsang Kichu, a final year PhD researcher from Macquarie University in Sydney, on October 2 won the first prize in a poster presentation competition by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Incorporated. The institute had conducted its annual one-day symposium on Natural Products Chemistry, in the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales. A total of one hundred and fifty participants from universities and companies around Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, attended the conference.
Meyanungsang Kichu, who is currently working on Nagaland medicinal plants, won the first prize in the best poster presentation competition. The prize was awarded for his work entitled “TLC-bioautography-guided isolation of antibacterial compounds from a Nagaland medicinal plant.” It describes his research on the isolation and identification of 11 known compounds with biological activity against pathogenic microorganisms from a plant being used by Chungtia villagers for treating skin related infections.
This work is part of his PhD thesis on Nagaland medicinal plants. His major objectives are to systematically document first-hand ethno-medicinal plant knowledge of Chungtia village and to apply this knowledge to identify medicinally important compounds following targeted chemical and biological studies. For this project, he has established a collaborative research partnership with Chungtia Senso Mokokchung Town (CSMT) and Macquarie University for best ethical practices. They follow the principles of the Convention of Biological Diversity Act and the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, to conduct research with indigenous people.
Associate Professors Joanne Jamie, Jim Kohen and Subramanyam Vemulpad, who supervised Kichu’s research work, are very proud of his achievements and his commitment to help his community in Nagaland. Kichu has presented his research findings at international and national conferences in Australia and India. Prior to pursuing his research at Macquarie University, Australia, he had worked as a lecturer in Biotechnology at St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore.
Meyanungsang Kichu, who is currently working on Nagaland medicinal plants, won the first prize in the best poster presentation competition. The prize was awarded for his work entitled “TLC-bioautography-guided isolation of antibacterial compounds from a Nagaland medicinal plant.” It describes his research on the isolation and identification of 11 known compounds with biological activity against pathogenic microorganisms from a plant being used by Chungtia villagers for treating skin related infections.
This work is part of his PhD thesis on Nagaland medicinal plants. His major objectives are to systematically document first-hand ethno-medicinal plant knowledge of Chungtia village and to apply this knowledge to identify medicinally important compounds following targeted chemical and biological studies. For this project, he has established a collaborative research partnership with Chungtia Senso Mokokchung Town (CSMT) and Macquarie University for best ethical practices. They follow the principles of the Convention of Biological Diversity Act and the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, to conduct research with indigenous people.
Associate Professors Joanne Jamie, Jim Kohen and Subramanyam Vemulpad, who supervised Kichu’s research work, are very proud of his achievements and his commitment to help his community in Nagaland. Kichu has presented his research findings at international and national conferences in Australia and India. Prior to pursuing his research at Macquarie University, Australia, he had worked as a lecturer in Biotechnology at St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore.
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