Bioinformatics OpportunitiesBy

Ajay Vishwakrma

Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics is a sub-field of the Biological Sciences

Bioinformatics is highly interdisciplinary and draws upon the following areas of study to solve biological problems:

Applied MathematicsStatisticsComputer ScienceAlso referred to as Computational Biology

Bioinformatics - Future of Biological Research

21st century is considered to be information technology era that has created an

immense impact in every sphere of life leading to knowledge transfer i.e. outsourcing

of information.

Information is Knowledge and Today’s economy is Knowledge economy.

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary subject between biological information and IT.

Recent developments of the sciences have produced a wealth of experimental data of

sequences and three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules.

Bioinformatics has been defined as the science of examining the structure and function

of genes and proteins through the use of computational analysis, statistics, and pattern

recognition.

A number of recent workforce studies have shown that there is a high current and unmet demand

for people trained to various levels of expertise in bioinformatics, from technicians and technical

librarians to developers of new and improved methodologies and applications

Course Aims & Objectives

The concepts of computer science that relate to problems in biological sciences.

Commercial and academic perspectives on bioinformatics.

The impact of bioinformatics on the methodologies used in biological science.

The influence biological science has on computing science.

Future and Career Opportunities of Bioinformatics Bioinformatics: Key to Science and Technology's Future

Bioinformatics is an emerging interdisciplinary area of Science and

Technology, encompassing a systematic development and application of

IT solution to handle biological information or data obtained by

experiments, modeling, database, search and instrumentation. It touches

all areas of biology, with application to genome analysis, protein

structure, prediction, target identification, drug-design, metabolomics and

systems biology. It is of central importance in the genomic and post-

genomic age because of the vast amounts of information that are

becoming available from different disciplines for example-sequencing of

human, bacterial, rice genomes have unraveled plethora of information

which can be put to best use by using this technology.

Path Breaking Discoveries

Biological processes in organisms How these processes go wrong in

diseases Gene-based drugs discovery Drug designing Disease Diagnosis Pharmacogenomics Toxicogenomics

Bioinformatics promises tremendous potential and plays a crucial Role in the future development of science and technology and job opportunities

Research institutions. Pharmaceutical companies. Chemical industries. Agriculture and allied industries working to expand the realm of information.

Bioinformatics is a career of the future. In India alone, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics is the fastest growing employment sector after computers and multi-media. Some of India’s biggest industrial groups are entering the Bioinformatics field, focusing on research in industrial, agricultural and medical biotechnology, clearly signaling a change in the market dynamics in this sector. Reliance Industries is building a new, world class research and development center, near Mumbai, encompassing research laboratories for all disciplines, laboratories for contract

The following are the job profiles in Biotech, Pharmaceutical and IT industry:

Genomics Head ( Agilent Company) Proteomics Structural and Functional Analyst Bioinformatics Faculty or Head Software Developer Database Management Statistical Analytical Bioinformatics Tool Developer Research Assistant Bioinformatics Consultant R& D Sector Agricultural Sciences Computational Biologist

Benefits of Course: New molecular genetics and information technologies have enabled biologists to produce and to access large and informative data sets. The

courses will provide an introductory understanding of the databases and methods used in computational molecular data analysis. The main

benefit of the course is to provide an insight into the value of rapid access to scientific information for education and research purposes. The

human genome project has been hailed as one of the greatest achievements in scientific history. To date, vast amounts of public, private, human

and financial resources have been invested into the sequencing of the genome. Now that this has been achieved, the emphasis is shifting towards

using this new information to:

develop new drugs create new diagnostics tools arrive at a better understanding of disease.

Bioinformatics – the application of IT to biological problems – is essential to achieve the goals.

These courses aim to provide:

The concepts of computer science that relate to problems in biological sciences.

Commercial and academic perspectives on Bioinformatics. The impact of Bioinformatics on the methodologies used in biological science. The influence biological science has on computing science. The course will be relevant to a wide range of industries that involve

knowledge of the networks and databases in Bioinformatics and the use and development of computer software and to become aware of the tools and techniques used in research and in applications.

One Year Comprehensive Program in Bioinformatics, Biological Databases and its Industrial Applications

Course Content Module-I Concepts of Bioinformatics Module-II Structural Biology Module-III Computational Biology and Phylogenetics Module-IV Database Management Systems and Biological

Databases Module-V Emerging Dimensions and its Industrial Applications Module-VI Drug Designing and Discovery Module-VII Biostatistics and Algorithms

Certificate Program in Bioinformatics [6 Months]

Course Content Module –I Concepts of Bioinformatics Module -II Structural Biology Module –II Database Management Systems

and Biological Databases Module –IV Biostatistics and Algorithms Module –V Research Study

Certificate Program in Bioinformatics[3 Months]

Course ContentModule-I Concepts of BioinformaticsModule-II Database Management Systems

and Biological DatabasesModule-III Research Study

Major Areas of Project Training/Dissertation

Agro-Informatics Molecular Modeling Phylogenetic Analysis Computational Biology. in-silico Drug Designing. Biodiversity Informatics. Database & Software Development. Clinical Trial Data Management. Structural and Functional Genomics. Structural and Functional Proteomics. Dissertation/Project Training on Waste Water Management(ETP/STP)

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