Two students pursuing MS in biotechnology presented their thesis work on 20 March 2017. One of the students Ms. Saifa Sharmin worked on value added poultry feed for improved health of our poultry. Her thesis title was “Application of Lactobacillus Species in the Development of Probiotic Poultry Feed as an Alternative to Antibiotic Growth Promoters”. The research was carried out under the joint supervision of Professor Naiyyum Choudhury, Chairperson, BAERA and Dr. Monzur Morshed Ahmed, Senior Scientific officer, BCSIR. The work was carried out at BCSIR. The second presenter, Ms. Poulomi Das worked in synthesis of artificial bone tissue and validation of the synthetic material with the natural bone. Title of her thesis was Fabrication and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite Based Biocompatible Composite Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering. The research work was carried out at the Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research Unit, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) under the joint supervision of Dr. S. M. Asaduzzaman, Director, TB&BRU, AERE and Professor Naiyyum Choudhury, Chairperson, BAERA. The examination committee was headed by Professor A.A.Z. Ahmad. Professor M. Mahboob Hossain and Dr. Aparna Islam were the other members. Teh committee appreciated the quality of the research work.