Free Workshop on “BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND BIOINFORMATICS” (BKDBio) –A Perspective from Disease Databases

Biomedical Informatics Center of ICMR, NICED, Kolkata is organizing

A Workshop on

“BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND BIOINFORMATICS” (BKDBio) –A Perspective from Disease Databases

29th & 30th June 2009

Focus on biological disease databases and information mining.

Each day there will be lectures and hands-on computer lab-sessions.

The broad areas to be covered during various sessions include: Type and organization of biological data, Information Mining, Genetic research and disease databases, etc. as well as Hands-on experience on related software, case studies, actual real-time problem solving and open discussion session.

Participation is free and mainly intended for people holding MBBS, M.Pharma, M.Sc.
(Life sciences), M.Tech. (Life sciences) or B.Tech. (Life sciences) degrees who either work in genomics and proteomics or are interested in understanding how to incorporate such tools into their research.

Interested applicants should send their application letter mentioning the benefit of
attending this workshop, along with their complete biodata via email to Dr. Santasabuj Das, Coordinator (email: santasabujdas@yahoo.com) with a copy forwarded to Dr. Surajit Basak, Scientist II (email: basaksurajit@gmail.com). The last date for receipt of applications is 25th June, 2009.

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