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SUMMER SCHOOL ON

MHRD/AICTE Sponsored

BIOINFORMATICS

Summer School

7th July – 18th July 2008

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REGISTRATION FORM

BIOINFORMATICS

Name: _____________________________________________________

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7th July – 18th July 2008

Under Staff Development Programme

____________________________________(O) 4. E-Mail Address:_______________________________________ 5. Qualification: ____________________________________________________ 6. Specialization: _________________________________________________ 7. Designation & Experience: _________________________________________

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9. Whether Accommodation required: Yes / No 10. Gender: M/F,

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Signature of Applicant

Organized By: Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology Durgapur Mahatma Gandhi Avenue Durgapur 713 209

Signature of Head of the Institution with seal

Patron Prof. S Bhattacharya Director National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

Coordinator Prof. Gautam Sanyal Dean, Alumni Affairs & Resource Generation, Professor, Computer Science & Engineering,

About NIT Durgapur The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur), was established by an Act of Parliament in 1960 as one of the eight such colleges aimed to function as a pace setter for engineering education in the country and to foster national integration. It is a fully funded premier Technological Institution of the Government of India and is administered by an autonomous Board of Governors. About the summer school The summer school is designed for faculty members of Engineering/Management Institutes who are actively engaged in research in bioinformatics or are interested in learning the subject for academic or research interest. The course will cover fundamentals of the subject for the participants having little knowledge of both biology and programming and will then go for in-depth discussion on the present research scenario with a futuristic vision. Course contents

Course Coordinators Dr. Surabhi Chaudhuri, Head Department of Biotechnology

Fundamentals of bioinformatics, sequence analysis, dynamic programming, protein secondary and tertiary structure prediction, homology modeling, genome analysis, computer aided rational drug design, molecular modeling, molecular dynamics, molecular simulation techniques, molecular mechanics, basics of chemiinformatics, immunoinformatics and agriinformatics, system biology.

Dr. Debjani Dutta, Department of Biotechnology

General information Deadline for submission of registration form - 20th June 2008 There is no course fee for attending the summer school. Boarding and lodging will be provided. TA will be provided for attending the school on production of train/bus ticket as per entitlement (AC 3 tier maximum). Eligibility

Please address all communications to: Dr. Surabhi Chaudhuri/ Dr. Debjani Dutta, Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology, Durgapur Durgapur 713209 Tel: 0343 275 5394/5209, Fax: 0343 254 7375 Email: [email protected]

Full time Faculty members of Engineering and Management Institutes/Departments of Universities, including Polytechnics. Experts: Senior Professors from leading Universities/Research Institutes will deliver lectures that will be followed by interactive session on the subject matter. Lab sessions will also be arranged.