About School of Biological Sciences : MKU, established in 1966, has 18 schools comprising 74 Departments, 66 affliated colleges and 15 institutions. UGC has recognized MKU as a "University with Potential for Excellenece". Founded by late Prof S.Krishnaswamy, School of Biological Sciences stands as an internaationally reputed Centre of Excellence in research in modern biology. The SBS had pioneered in teaching Integrated Biology and Genomic Sciences.
About the On-site Workshop : Technological advances over the past two decades have led to the accumulation of whole genome sequence data. As the number of sequenced genomes rapidly increases, searching and comparing sequence features within and between species has become a part of most biological enquiries. Comparative genomics helps identifying potential neew drug targets, such as putative essential genes or those affecting the cell viability that are conserved in pathogenic organisms. Complete genome sequences will be retrieved, analyzed through genome browsers to get the required functional information. Available genomic data can be utilized to design molecular biological experiments, using in silico simulations can be efficiently used to check the specificity of the designed experiments. Awareness on the available genomic data is limited. Submission of indigenous sequences derived from the experiments using Sakura and other tools is limited and the participants will be given training on the above aspects. The main objective of this "On Site" workshop program is to introduce the resource available in public domain with their applications in the advance functional genomic studies.
Nature of the Course : The course will consist of expert lectures and hands-on practical training in Computational Genomics with their applications, so that the participants can apply them in their research programmes. The training will be techniques oriented and 80% of the time will be given for the practical sessions and the participants will be allowed to carry out the laboratory exercises individually.
Contact :
Prof P. Gunasekaran
Coordinator
UGC-Networking Resource Centre in Biological Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Madurai Kamraj University
Madurai-625021
Email : ugcnrcbsmku@gmail.com
Tel : 0452-2458478/2459873
Deadline : 15.09.2011
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