KARACHI - Karachi University is going to invite hundreds of scientists and experts from all over the country to review the problems faced by the experts in the their disciplines. All the problems pertaining to medical as well as veterinary sciences, animal sciences, plant sciences, environmental-biotechnology and bioremediation, chemical sciences, physical sciences, earth and atmospheric sciences and general sciences, will be discussed through genomics, which is the study of gene sequences in living organisms and being able to read and interpret them. These views were expressed by Prof Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi, while talking to The Nation on Sunday at her office. She observed that all the disciplinary problems could be solved with the help of strong interaction and exchange of ideas among the scientists and experts of said subjects. Keeping in view the efficacy of the gathering of the experts at one platform, she expressed that KU was going to hold a gathering of the scientists at the varsity in December 2008 to concentrate on their problems, adding that such gathering would be held under the title of the 35th All Pakistan Science Conference on Genomics for Health and Prosperity. It is scheduled to be held during December 20 to 23, 2008 at the KU. Talking about the importance of the genomics, Dr Kazmi said that the human genome had been the biggest project undertaken to date but there were many research projects around the world trying to map the gene sequences of other organisms. This genomic mapping enables us to develop new preventative and therapeutic approaches to the treatment of disease and understand the mechanics of cell biology, she said and added that genomics was generating a lot of excitement not only in the scientific research institutes and pharmaceutical companies but also in the financial and insurance worlds. She said that the basic aim of the event is to identify the difficulties in the disciplines. The conference program includes lectures by invited speakers, workshops, and research papers/poster presentations, covering all the major areas of science, including medical and veterinary sciences (microbiology, biochemistry, nutrition, medicine, dentistry, veterinary and pharmaceutical sciences), animal sciences (animal husbandry, animal health, zoology, marine sciences, poultry and fisheries), plant sciences (botany, agriculture and forestry), environmental biotechnology and bioremediation, chemical sciences (chemistry -pure and applied, technology, chemical engineering), physical sciences (pure and applied mathematics, physics, computer sciences, space sciences and engineering sciences), earth and atmospheric sciences (geology and geography) and general sciences (anthropology, social sciences and education).