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3 Days National Level Workshop on "NGS Data Analysis:Variant Calling,RNASEQ,CHIPSEQ"' 8th to 10th March 2019 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM Topics Covered ▪ Introduction to Bioinformatics ▪ Data curation using Biological databases ▪ Understanding the concept of Gene Expression & Genome Editing ▪ Gene Finding Tools ▪ Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing ▪ Searching for SRA Data for genomic samples ▪ Introduction to Sequence alignment, BLAST ▪ Variant Calling to detect mutations ▪ RNA sample studies for gene expression ▪ Introduction to ChIP-Seq technology Our 3 days comprehensive Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis,Variant Calling, RNAseq, ChIPseq : A Practical Introduction aims at providing systematic Hands-on-Training on using Data Analysis application/tools for the NGS data. This workshop had been conceptualized by eminent scientist having substantial experience in the field of Data Analysis. ...

Limited Seats National level Workshop on 'Bioinformatics and Precision Genomics' 18th - 19th January 2019 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM Topics Covered ▪ Introduction to Bioinformatics ▪ CRISPR ▪ Data Mining from Biological Databases ▪ Sequence Alignment ▪ Primer Designing ▪ Concept of Phylodynamics ▪ Gene Expression and Genome editing ▪ EBI Tools ▪ SRA Data for genomic samples Our 2 days comprehensive workshop on “BIOINFORMATICS & PRECISION GENOMICS” aims at providing systematic Hands-on-Training on using advanced Bioinformatics and Genomic application/tools. This workshop had been conceptualized by eminent scientist having substantial experience in the field of structural biology.. Know More Registration Details Early Bird Date - upto 31/12/2018 Graduate and Undergraduate Students - Rs. 2000/- Professors/Researchers/phd research scholar - Rs. 3000/- NRI/Foreign Nationals - Rs .4000/- Regula...

Skill Enhancement in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics within 15 days This summer get expertise in Molecular Biology Techniques and Bio-informatics with RASA LSI  & Central Dogma                                                                                Apply Here The primary goal of this program in this field is to educate students for jobs in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and related industry sectors. The curriculum is extremely flexible, allowing for dual majors with several other disciplines. Revolutions in biotechnology and information technology are changing the world. This pr...

Established in 2011, Bionivid Technology, located in the happening start-up hub of Bangalore, is a genomics and informatics start-up, jointly cofounded by Mr Madavan Vasudevan, Mr Rohit Nandan Shukla and Mr Hitesh Goswami. Mr Madavan is a qualified microbiologist-turned-bioinformatician; His partner Mr Rohit is also a qualified bioinformatician and a certified programmer; and Mr Hitesh is a neurobiologist with a fine business acumen. All three of them make a perfect ingredient for raising a hot bioinformatics start-up. - See more at: http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/features/221910/hot-start-ups-believe-leap-faith#.dpuf

SAP has unveiled an early version of a new standalone application based on its SAP Hana in-memory database technology called Medical Insights that integrates and analyzes clinical and genomic data to help oncologists make better treatment decisions for patients. In addition, SAP has announced a partnership with Canadian firm PHEMI Health Systems to build a solution that would make it possible to provide more personalized treatments for HIV patients. SAP disclosed the development of both products at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference held this week in Orlando. It is hoping to secure additional early adopters for the newly minted Medical Insights software which it plans to bring to market later this year. The company is still mulling pricing details. Participants in the company's early access program will have the chance to test and give feedback on a solution that leverages the Hana infrastructure to extract, integrate, and query both structu...

GATTACA has always been one of my favorites; every now and then I have used it as a reference in many of my posts, this one being the recent! Genome From Birth - Dawn of the GATTACA era! This is what Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says in his latest public address; Speaking at a Liberty University event in Virginia, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that genetic testing could lead to eugenics à la the 1997 movie Gattaca , reports the Associated Press . "In your lifetime, much of your potential — or lack thereof — can be known simply by swabbing the inside of your cheek," Paul said. "Are we prepared to select out the imperfect among us?" He was campaigning in Virginia for gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli. Other aspects of Paul's speech referring to the dystopian movie, though, resembled the Wikipedia entry on the movie, Rachel Maddow pointed out on her show on Monday. USA Today notes that Paul has not responded to those accusations. Paul added tha...

Illumina today announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire clinical software firm NextBio. NextBio, based in Santa Clara, Calif., provides platforms to aggregate and analyze large amounts of phenotypic and genomic data for research and clinical applications. It currently has customers at more than 50 commercial entities and academic institutions. By acquiring the firm, Illumina "will be able to offer customers enterprise-level bioinformatics solutions that accelerate the discovery of new associations between the human genome and disease, and ultimately, enable the application of those discoveries within healthcare," according to a company statement. NextBio's platform allows customers to compare experimental data against existing data sets using a correlation engine, enabling them to discover new associations. It uses "highly scalable" software-as-a-service enterprise technology and is capable of analyzing petabytes of data. Illumina plans ...

National Conference-cum-Workshop on "Search for Antimalarials:Mechanism Based Approach" 27th - 29th April, 2012 The workshop will cover the following topics Malaria Genomics/Proteomics Malaria Vaccine Development Current scenario of Malaria Drug Development Drug Target Validation and Proritization Structural Bioinformatcs/chemoinformatics Malaria Drug Target Database Development Target  Based Drug Designing Target-drug interaction mapping 3DQSAR and Pharmacophore Design Antimalarial Database Development All correspondence for the National Conference cum workshop should be addressed to : Dr. Naidu Subbarao School of Computational and Integrative Sciences Hall No. 6, Lecture Hall Complex Jawaharlal Nehru University New JNU Campus, New Delhi 110 067 Email:nsrao@mail.jnu.ac.in / nsrao.jnu@gmail.com Do you wish to know more?

7 - 19 May, 2012 | Naples | Italy The course topics will include theoretical and practical aspects in: Large-scale genome comparisons Evolutionary analyses Sequence and genome alignments Orthologs prediction and classification Genome data visualization & Next Generation Sequencing tools & analysis Theoretical presentations will be followed by practical sessions, so that the same speaker will ensure links between theory and practice. Reviews on each suggested topic will include their corresponding research perspectives, aiming at helping young scientists to gain insights into ongoing research in this domain. Practical sessions in a Linux environment will involve Unix shell and Perl scripting. Students are assumed to be familiar with this environment. Do you wish to know more?

Bioconcorrenza'12 is a national level technical symposium organised by the Department of Plant Biotechnology and Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. We welcome the students of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics to participate in the symposium and to venture the aurora of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. Themes for Biotechnos RNAi in Plant and Animal Sciences Microbial Biotechnology Nanobiotechnology Cancer Biology Toxicogenomics Themes for Bioinfos Insilico Genomic Investigation Cell signalling pathways Data mining & Data warehousing Protein Structure & Functional analysis Alogrithms and Bioprogramming in Bioinformatics Do you wish to know more?

Genbios welcomes talented and committed people who wish to work alongside the best minds. If you hold a Ph.D or a Masters in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Software Engineering and Business Management, we invite you to be a part of the Genbios team. Please email your resume only to  info@genbios.in Current vacancies: Data curator and Analyst Qualification:  Graduate/ Post-graduate/ Diploma in Bioinformatics The job profile includes Literature survey Collection and curation biological data Bioinformatics analysis of data Database creation and management Skill set: Bioinformatics: A complete knowledge of the most commonly used bioinformatics databases and tools Information Science: Good knowledge in application of various programming languages such as Perl, Perl-CGI, Java, MySQL, PHP and related technologies for Bioinformatics. Experience in Linux environment is an advantage Life sciences: A very sound basic knowledge of biology is necessary. Good communicat...

Pathway analysis has become the first choice for gaining insight into the underlying biology of differentially expressed genes and proteins, as it reduces complexity and has increased explanatory power. We discuss the evolution of knowledge base–driven pathway analysis over its first decade, distinctly divided into three generations. We also discuss the limitations that are specific to each generation, and how they are addressed by successive generations of methods. We identify a number of annotation challenges that must be addressed to enable development of the next generation of pathway analysis methods. Furthermore, we identify a number of methodological challenges that the next generation of methods must tackle to take advantage of the technological advances in genomics and proteomics in order to improve specificity, sensitivity, and relevance of pathway analysis. Do you wish to know more?

The Pune-based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), maker of series of high-end PARAM supercomputer, has developed a new powerful supercomputer called Biochrome to aid computational biology research with an investment of Rs 1 crore, a top official said. “The Biochrome machine is an advanced blade server based high performance computing (HPC) facility developed by our scientists to aid biology researchers in the country and abroad,” Professor Rajat Moona, director general of C-DAC, said. The machine has a peak computing capacity of 5 TeraFlop or the capacity to perform 5 trillion operations per second. “About 10 scientists from C-DAC spent over six months to design and produce Biochrome machine with a total investment of Rs 1 crore funded by the Department of Information Technology, government of India,” Rajendra Joshi, associate director and head of the department of Bioinformatics, C-DAC, who headed the research team, said. He said Biochrome is the latest product ...