DBT SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME ON STRUCTURAL AND MEDICAL BIOINFORMATICS @ Karunya University, Coimbatore

January 24, 2010

Department of Bioinformatics
KARUNYA UNIVERSITY
(Declared as a Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956)
Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore – 641114

SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME ON STRUCTURAL AND MEDICAL BIOINFORMATICS

23rd Feb-05 March 2010

Sponsored by

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
GOVT. OF INDIA
NEW DELHI.

ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAM:

Research in the Structural Bioinformatics focuses on the recognition of proteins and small molecules. Studying protein-protein interactions is crucial for a better understanding of processes such as metabolic control, signal transduction and gene regulation, whereas the ability to dock small ligands (drug molecule) to proteins is the key to rational drug and vaccine design strategies. Structural bioinformatics also deals with computational methods to explore the relationship between structure and function in enzymes and proteins. Another area where Structural Bioinformatics deals is computer simulations which allow proteins to 'come alive' - that is, we can simulate the motions of proteins and use this to explore the relationship between (static) structure and dynamic function. This is relevant to a number of areas ranging from biomedicine to nanotechnology.

Recent advances of high throughput genome sequencing, digital imaging technologies, biocomputing and drug design, has made a tremendous impact on how biomedical research will be conducted towards the improvement of human health and prolonging of human life in the future.