Puducherry SYMPOSIUM on 25 YEARS of BIOINFORMATICS in INDIA

ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM ON 25 YEARS OF BIOINFORMATICS IN INDIA

February 2, 2011

Centre for Bioinformatics
Pondicherry University
Puducherry-605 014 

The Genesis The rapid development of genomics, proteomics and related technologies has produced enormous amount of biological data. The current high throughput genomics technologies generate large quantities of high dimensional data capturing thousands of data points in a single experiment. The challenge for Bioinformatics is to capture, model, integrate, and analyse these data in a consistent way to provide new and deeper insights into complex biological systems. Moreover, Bioinformatics is all set to unravel the mysteries of life and its implications in health and diseases. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India took up the challenge for developing skilled manpower in Bioinformatics about 25 years ago by starting Distributed Informatics Centres in India. This symposium is organized to celebrate this landmark day in the history of bioinformatics in India. This symposium will be followed by the DBT XXII Bioinformatics Coordinators Meet to mark the Silver Jubilee year of the Bioinformatics programme in India (1986-2011) from February 3-4, 2011. The objective of the symposium is to provide a platform to young researchers and students to discuss the present and future challenges in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

Call for paper Submissions presenting original research in the form of a poster are invited in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology. Topics of interest include but are not limited to

• Biological databases and data integration
• Comparative genomics
• Computational proteomics
• Data mining and visualization
• Gene expression analysis
• Genome analysis
• High-throughput sequencing data analysis
• Molecular evolution
• Molecular modeling and simulation
• Pattern discovery and classification
• Software tools and applications
• Structural biology
• Systems biology
• Synthetic biology

Eligibility of participation: Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, Research Scholars and faculty members interested in impact of computers on life sciences are eligible for participation.

Accommodation: Accommodation may be arranged for registered participants on payment basis.

Registration Fees: A registration fee of Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 250/- should be paid by the presenting authors and the participants respectively in the form of a Demand Draft in the favour of "The Finance Officer, Pondicherry University" payable at Pondicherry on or before January 20, 2011.

Program Sessions The program includes lecture sessions and poster presentations. Lectures will be delivered by invited speakers only. There will be 50 Poster presentations during the session and are open to all registered participants. Three best posters will be selected for award.
 

Guidelines for authors:
1. An electronic version of the manuscript in MS Word format (typed in single space with Times New Roman using a font size of 12) should be submitted via E-mail.
2. The paper should have the title of the paper, name of the author(s), affiliation, complete mailing address, e-mail address and the abstract of no more than 300 words.
 

Contact
 

Prof. P.P. Mathur
Centre for Bioinformatics
Pondicherry University
Pondicherry- 605 014
Tel.: 91-413-2655212
Fax.: 91-413-2655211/2655265
Email: contact@bicpu.edu.in

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