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26th- 27th Feb 2011 Workshop groups will study problems with hands-on examples using computational chemistry methods and discuss issues highlighted by examples and Case Studies presented by instructors. A Case Study set with a focus on chemical database creation and filtering drug like compounds will be used to link all workshop activities throughout the workshop. Hands on training on commercial softwares of Drug discovery Application of Chemoinformatics in drug discovery Interaction and guidance from eminent scientist from NCL Training from industry experts from Chemoinformatics domain. Analyzing chemical fingerprint Generating Knowledge from structure and different chemical databases Using various chemical structure drawing and visualization tools Digitizing your chemical Data. Storing molecules in wide array of format Awards for top 3 groups For any queries contact: RASA Life Science Informatics 301, 3rd Floor, Dhanashree Apartment, Opposite Chittaranjan Vatika, ...

A Workshop on Computational Approaches in Biological Data mining is being organised by the Unit Of Simulation and Informatics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The topics to be discussed are:- Introduction to Biological databases  Biological data mining  Concept and application of machine learning techniques in bioinformatics  Tools and techniques for bio-molecular prediction  Future directions in biological data mining.  Dates:- March 23rd-25th, 2011. Application deadline:- February 25th, 2011. Do you wish to know more?

The genome – sequencing and structural genomics efforts worldwide have contributed to huge data on protein sequences and novel protein folds. However, there still remains a wide gap between the number of known protein sequences and three dimensional structures. The conference will deal to protein fold prediction, comparative protein modelling, secondary structure prediction, protein dynamics and simulations, ab-initio prediction and the validation of protein models and various aspects of structure determination and analysis by X – ray crystallography.     Paper submission open December 2, 2010     Paper submission deadline January 20, 2011     Paper acceptance decision January 28, 2011     Poster submission open December 30, 2010     Poster submission deadline January 28, 2011     Poster acceptance decision January 31, 2011     Registratio...

JNU New Delhi, on behalf of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, will conduct the BINC examination on February 26-27, 2011. The objective of this examination is to certify bioinformatics professionals, trained formally as well as self-trained.  R egistration is open from 13-12-2010 to 03-02-2011. After 5 years of conducting this examination by University of Pune, recently in 2010, JNU New Delhi has been identified as a nodal agency by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India to coordinate this examination along with six centres namely, Pune University, Pune; Anna University, Chennai; West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata; Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore; North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong and University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. In the BINC 2009 examination, 519 candidates appeared out of which 30 candidates were certified. This year DBT has agreed to fund Research fellowships for all the BINC qualified Indian na...

Using genome sequencing and other strategies, researchers from Pennsylvania State University and elsewhere are finding genetic clues that they say may be useful for selecting Tasmanian devils for breeding programs aimed at saving the animals from extinction. The team used Roche 454 technology to do  de novo  sequencing of two Tasmanian devil genomes, Penn State biochemistry and molecular biology researcher Stephan Schuster said during Roche Applied Science workshop at the Plant and Animal Genomes conference this week. By looking at SNP data in the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of Tasmanian devils, he explained, the team is tracking down informative markers that they believe may be useful for gauging genetic diversity and managing Tasmanian devil populations through more tailored breeding programs. Do you wish to know more?

The Workshop Drug discovery is an expensive and time taking process and therefore new approaches based on chemoinformatics and bioinformatics are being adopted.The knowledge of the 3D structures of protein targets is now playing a major role at all stages of drug discovery. The distinct nature of biological and chemical information requires the integrated capabilities of both bioinformatics and chemo-informatics to decipher existing and hidden relationships. Bioinformatics and chemo-informatics have largely evolved independently from biology and chemistry. Cheminformatics is an inter-disciplinary subject of storage, processing and retrieval of chemical information. Bioinformatics and chemoinformatics have significantly assisted in lead optimization, fingerprinting, pharmacophore designing, target identification, QSAR and their application can lead to discovery of new molecules. Molecular modeling using 3D graphics and optimization techniques helps the scientists to understand how drug...

In continuation to the earlier story  UK and India Partner on $32M Agriculture Program   The life sciences industry leaders from both India and UK came together in London in early December to strengthen the business ties between the nations in this sector A delegation of biotech industry leaders from India traveled to the UK to meet with their counterparts to renew and forge new ties for a week in December. The Indian delegation’s visit to London was facilitated by the government agency, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).  The visit certainly opened the eyes of Indian entrepreneurs to the opportunities for strategic collaboration with their UK counterparts. Many formal agreements can be expected in 2011. Do you wish to know more?

The UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council will manage a new grant program that will use £20 million ($31.7 million) to fund a range of research projects in the UK and India aimed at improving food security in the developing world, according to BBSRC. Funded by BBSRC, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Department for International Development, and the Indian Department of Biotechnology, the new initiative will award grants to support research approaches, which could include genomics, to improve the sustainability of food crops. The funding under the  Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development Initiative  will be awarded to research teams that can show how their work may improve food security and boost crop sustainability within the next five-to-10 years. The new initiative will place particular emphasis on improving the "sustainable production of staple food crops across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia," Sam Dryde...

Researchers from the International Citrus Genomics Consortium announced this weekend at the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XIX conference in San Diego, California the availability of the sequence assembly and annotation of the first citrus genomes, the sweet orange ( Citrus sinensis ) and the Clementine mandarin ( Citrus clementina ). The sweet orange genome was sequenced and analyzed in joint collaboration between the University of Florida, DOE Joint Genome Institute, the Georgia Institute of Technology and  454 Life Sciences , a Roche Company, using the high-throughput  GS FLX System . Funded in part by the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council, a citrus grower industry organization, the project is expected to assist geneticists and breeders improve these important fruit crops. The assembled and annotated genomes have been added to the publicly available database Phytozome.net, a project of the DOE JGI and the Center for Integrative Genomes. Grown in more than...

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