We are very excited to annouce that Advancements in Life Sciences and Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore are organizing one day Web of Sciences conference entitled “International Scholarly Publishing from Pakistan” at National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, Lahore on 11th March 2019 collaboration with HEC.
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