National conference on Omics for Biotechnology (NCOB – 2012)
February 22-23, 2012
ORGANIZED BY
Department of Biotechnology
School of Life Sciences
Central University of Rajasthan
Kishangarh – 305 802, Dist. Ajmer
Rajasthan
Omics technologies are collection of methods to study various biomolecules like RNA, proteins, and intermediary metabolites in high-throughput manner with an objective to characterize entire biomolecules in a single analysis. Omics technology has given us unparalleled opportunities for complete assessment of biochemical changes, and objectively compares these findings with other individual and species. The terms 'Ome' and 'Omics' are derivations of the suffix -ome, which has been appended to a variety of previously existing biological terms to create names for fields of endeavor like genome, proteome, transcriptome and metabolome that are either speculative or have some tangible meaning in particular contexts.
Omic’ technologies in a broader view include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Owing to, Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics technologies are inherently high-throughput. They increase substantially the number of proteins/genes that can be detected simultaneously and provides better insight into physiological condition with availability of information about changes at complete genome and/or proteome level, rather than data from single gene or protein.
The Conference would like to reflect the widespread use of various omic technologies in biotechnology, explore the challenge of deriving useful information from integrating information churned out from various omic technology to get a holistic picture of underlying complex biological phenomenon.
Complex biological processes are manifestation of several biochemical events happening at genomic, proteomic and metabolic level; therefore it is of prime importance to study all these events to understand underlying complexities. Omics technologies allow efficient monitoring of gene transcripts, proteins, and intermediary metabolites, making it possible to monitor a large number of key cellular pathways simultaneously and thus equipping us with data to simulate cellular processes and study concerned system in great detail. All the questions arising in the mind of a biotechnologist can be solved by his conference. The medium of presentation however will be English.
The lectures, oral/poster presentations during the conference will highlight the significance on the following topics of field of omics in microbes, plants and animals. Abstracts are invited for presentation on topics related to omics. The following themes have been identified for the conference:
• Genomics
• Transcriptomics
• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Lipidomics
• Toxicogenomics
• Nutricogenomics
• Structural genomics
• Intergromics
• Informatics
IMPORTANT DATES
Registration Opens November 1, 2011
Early bird registration closes November 30, 2011
Registration and abstract submission closes December 15, 2011
Acceptance notification January 1, 2012
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