MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY
UGC-Networking Resource Centre in Biological Sciences
‘On-Site’ workshop on “Advances in Computational Genomics”
February 13-20, 2012
Venue: Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa - 516 003
Applications are invited from research scholars, post-docs, young faculty members and scientists from Universities / Research Institutions in Kadapa for the UGC-NRCBS ‘On-Site’ workshop on “Advances in Computational Genomics” to be held from February, 13-20, 2012.
ELIGIBILITY Applications are invited from research scholars doing Ph. D, young faculty members and scientists working in research Departments of Colleges or Universities/Research Institutes in Kadapa. Preference will be given to the candidates working or intended to work in the area of Genomics and related areas.
APPLICATION & SELECTION PROCEDURE The application form can be downloaded from www.nrcbsmku.org or www.yogivemanauniversity.ac.in Candidates should submit the filled in application form to Dr. A. Chandra Sekhar, Local Organizer, On-Site UGC-NRCBS workshop on “Advances in Computational Genomics”, Department of Biotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa - 516 003 on or before 8th February, 2012. Applications should be forwarded by their research supervisors/Head of the Department or Head of the Institution. The candidates will be selected based on their qualification and research interests.
REMUNERATION AND TRAVEL
UGC-NRCBS, MKU will provide course material, lab manual and working lunch to the participants as per Madurai Kamaraj University regulations. The participants has to take care of their travel and stay.
The training period shall be considered as 'On Duty' by the participant's parent institution.
GENESIS OF “ON-SITE” WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
As there is a great demand for these training programme, conducted by NRCBS MKU and recently, we proposed to conduct these workshops ‘On Site’ to cater the need of large number of research scholars/faculty in remote places who are deprived of the modern research facility / mentoring support in Biological Sciences. The faculty and NRCBS team of SBS will visit and conduct the ‘On Site’
workshop at the selected Institute/ University and provide ‘Hands On’ training and mentoring the researchers working in Biological Sciences. The proposed "On Site" workshop is on the theme of "Advances in Computational Genomics” as per the request received from YV University, Kadapa to train their researchers.
workshop at the selected Institute/ University and provide ‘Hands On’ training and mentoring the researchers working in Biological Sciences. The proposed "On Site" workshop is on the theme of "Advances in Computational Genomics” as per the request received from YV University, Kadapa to train their researchers.
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 inquires. Comparative genomics helps identifying potential new drug targets, such as putative essential genes and/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. PCR primer designing and 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 the 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 resources 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 sessions in Computational Genomics with their applications to facilitate the participants to 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 computational exercises individually.
Application Form: www.nrcbsmku.org/docs/on%20site%20app%20form%202.pdf
