Bioinformatics Workshop

National Workshop on Bioinformatics Tool and Technique For Life Science and Biotechnology Student

Venue: United Research Center 6th -10th October, 2009

Organised by

Division of Bioinformatics United Research Center UIT Campus Naini, Allahabad

About the Workshop Bioinformatics applies principles of information sciences and technologies to make the vast, diverse, and complex life sciences data more understandable and useful. It deals with research, development, or application of computational tools and approaches for expanding the use of biological, medical, behavioral or health data,including those to acquire, store, organize, archive, analyze, or visualize such data.The overall goal of this data upgrade process is to elucidate cell function and physiology from a comprehensive set of measurements. Various computational methods are being widely used to address a broad spectrum of problems in functional genomics and cell physiology, including; analysis of sequences, (alignment, homology discovery, gene annotation), gene clustering, pattern recognition/discovery in large-scale expression data, elucidation of genetic regulatory circuits, analysis of metabolic networks and signal transduction pathways in metabolic engineering, drug design, and biotechnology.

United Research Center has a well equipped Bioinformatics lab and plans to organize a series of workshops, with a target that at the end of the entire series the growing body of information from molecular biology and genome research is available to the participants in ways that promote scientific progress and in building their careers.

This workshop, the first in the series, will help the participants in their step-wise knowledge building under one roof shared by distinguished speakers from academia as well as the corporate sector. It aims at familiarizing scientists with the enormous potential of IT integration. The highlights of the workshop are the intensive hand-onexperience on real-time problem solving sessions complementing the interactions with the renowned speakers. .

Workshop Highlights

The five days workshop

will focus on how to use public databases and

bioinformatics software to facilitate nucleotide and protein sequence analysis. It will also address the basic questions one can ask starting with a sequence, the types of algorithms that are available, resources for running those algorithms and interpreting the results.

Each day there will be lectures and hands-on computer lab-sessions. The participants would also be provided with workshop materials. The broad areas to be covered during various sessions include:

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Type and organization of biological data

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Data modeling and warehousing needed for biological analysis

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Use of statistical methods for DNA Sequence analysis

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Protein sequence Analysis and Phylogenetic analysis

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3-D structure visualization, structure analysis and prediction

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Interpretation of large-scale gene expression data & applications to comparative genomics

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Transcriptome: Alternate splicing and gene expression

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Emerging business Opportunities across the globe, new language of “omes” and “omics”

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Hands-on experience on related software, case studies, actual real-time problem solving and open discussion session

Level •The workshop is intended for principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and other scientific staff who either work in genomics and proteomics or are interested in understanding how to incorporate such data into their research. • Biotechnology/Life science/pharmaceutical professionals and managers seeking an applied introduction to the areas of bioinformatics. • IT professionals/graduates wishing to expand their skills and experience into the growing field of bioinformatics. Resource Person Resource persons in those fields will deliver lectures and will be followed by demo and hands-on practice sessions where the participants will have an opportunity to interact and learn. Dr. K.P. Mishra

(Ex. Head Bhabha Atomic Research Center Mumbai)

Dr. Alok Mukharjee (Principal United Institute of Pharmacy Allahabad) Dr. N.K. Singh

(H.O.D. Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad )

Mr. Pritish Vardwaj (Asst.Prof.Bioinformatics IIITAllahabad) Mr. Sandeep Kushwaha

(Reseacher MANIT,Bhopal)

About URC: • The United Research Center (URC) is located on the Campus of United Institute of Technology, UPSIDC, Industrial Area Naini, Allahabad U.P. (an adjoining township of Allahabad), which is developing as one of the biggest Educational and entrepreneurial centers in India. Breadth of knowledge, quality and flexibility are the hallmarks of United Research Center. • The program of study provide our students with the skills necessary to meet the demands of a changing and a challenging global environment.

• Each of the Training programmes

prepares students for challenging

careers in the industry and upward mobility for higher studies and research in this subject. • Strong on-campus inputs are provided by the United Research Center and United Institute of Technology for entrepreneurship development and Bioinformatics.

Registration

The forms can be downloaded from: www.unitedresearchcenter.or The forms are also available from URC,UIT Campus, Naini, E-mail:[email protected] To register, the registration fee along with the completed registration form should be sent to the Coordinator at the below given address before 31th September 2009. Workshop fee: (* Includes course material) Rs.1500/-For Faculties and Research Fellowship Rs.1000/-For Students

Note: That the seats are limited and will be allotted according to firstcome basis and industrial/academic/research position. The completed application should be sent to: Brijesh Singh Yadav (Senior Research Associate) Coordinator Bioinformatics Workshop Bioinformatics Division United Research Center UIT Campus,Naini, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Email: [email protected] Phone:9454257130,(0532) 3249931

Registration Form REGISTRATION FORM National workshop on

Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Applications to life Science People August 3-7, 2009 Name:………………..................................................................................................……….. Designation and Organization: ………………………............................................................ Qualification:…………………………………………………………………………………. Experience:…………………….……………………………………………………………... Mailing Address…………….………………………………………………………………… ……………………………….……………………………………………………………….. Phone:..……………………….…...……..….Fax:…………………………………………… Email:………………………….………………………………Sex: M/F……..Age:…….…. Reason for attending the Workshop…………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… **Payment Details: DD No ………..............................………..Date:..…………………....... Rs……………………………Drawn on (Bank Name)……..………………………………. * Accommodation Required : Yes/No ………… Date:

Signature

** Please send a DD of Rs. 1000/- in favour of : The Director, United Research Center payable at Allahabad Mail / Call: The Coordinating

National Workshop on Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Applications to life Science People 2009. Department of Bioinformatics Research Center. United Research Center. Allahabd 211010, E.mail:[email protected] Mob.No.: 09454257130 (Registration Form for the workshop can also be downloaded from the United Research Center website: http://www.unitedresearchcenter.org and completed form can be sent by email to [email protected]) * A very limited accommodation is available in Vimal Sadan on payment basis.