Dr. Bikramjit Pal

Director, Pal's Retina Centre

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Dr. Bikramjit P Pal has done his post-graduation DO from RIO Chennai and then did his DNB from Aravind Eye care Tirunelveli. With a keen interest in retina , he pursued his retinal training from SN Chennai. Dr. Pal was the first Indian ophthalmologist to be chosen by Eye cancer Foundation NY to undergo Oncology fellowship under their fellowship program. He completed the same from Helsinki and then set up the oncology unit in the SN Kolkata branch. Dr Pal has started his own exclusive Retina clinic in Ranchi and aims to make the same the best in the region

  1. Students Gallery 2 Apr 2021 9 min read

    How to Excel In Microsoft Excel

    Introduction: Microsoft Excel is a vital tool for collecting and analyzing research data. It is available on the Windows platform and seamlessly works on different versions of the Windows operating system. It comes as a part of the Microsoft Office suite and is available with most basic Office versions. Though working on Excel does not require extraordinary knowledge of computers; it does require basic knowledge of the controls on the Excel workbook. Apart from that, Excel has a jargon of its own which needs to be understood to make use of all its features. The aim of this chapter is to enable readers to understand entry, storage, and analysis of data in the Excel sheet. The chapter is divided into three sections dealing with various aspects of Excel. Readers are suggested to use this chapter for a basic overall understanding of Microsoft Excel workspace. At any point, clicking on the “Help” button in Excel will guide them to the Windows Help link on that issue. Section 1: Excel Compon

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  2. Articles 1 Apr 2021 19 min read

    A (VAST)IN Saga

    Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A is a key mediator of angiogenesis. The discovery of VEGF-A, like many other major discoveries in medicine, happened partly by observations and partly by chance. Napoleone Ferrara and his team were working on a population of non-hormone-secreting cells from the anterior pituitary of cows. (1) One day Ferrara mixed some isolates from cultures of follicular cells with endothelial cells. Ferrara was surprised to see the rapidly proliferating endothelial cells started rapidly. Ferrara understood that the pituitary cells were secreting an angiogenic protein. With this observation, Ferrara worked on the isolation and cloning of this angiogenic protein. In 1989, Napoleone Ferrara and Hazel at Genentech laboratory were the first to isolate and clone vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Ferrara recalls, “I worked on the isolation of VEGF in my spare time during my first six months to a year at Genentech. Once we cloned VEGF in 1989, the company b

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