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Over the past decade, major advances in the field of molecular biology, coupled with advances in genomic technologies e.g. Next Generation Sequencing, have led to an explosive growth in the biological information generation by researchers. This deluge of genomic information has, in turn, led to an absolute requirement for computer based databases to store, organise and index the data, and for specialised tools and algorithms to view and analyse the data. This has evolved into a new multidisciplinary field of research by combining biological sciences, mathematics, computer sciences and statistics, named as bioinformatics.
Bioinformatics involves the integration of computers, software tools, and databases in an effort to address biological questions. Bioinformatics approaches are often used for major initiatives that generate large data sets. Two important large-scale activities that use bioinformatics are genomics and proteomics. In addition to genomics and proteomics, there are many more areas of Biology where bioinformatics is being applied e.g. Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, Interactomics, Metagenomics and large scale comparative and evolutionary genomics studies. Each of these important areas aims to understand complex biological systems. Computer aided high throughput analysis using various bioinformatics tools and pipelines are required for
for processing such complex and large amount of Biological data in an effective and efficient manner.
Many scientists today refer to the next wave in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology as Systems Biology, an approach to tackle new and complex Biological questions. Systems Biology involves the integration of genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics information to create a whole system's view of a biological entity. So it is highly important for scientists and researchers working in these areas especially to develop a basic understanding and join an inter-disciplinary social network of experts in this area to address their versatile problems.
NIBGE is highly interested to promote such an inter-disciplinary platform; therefore, a collaborative effort has been made by computer and biological scientists. The workshop will have a focus on the end user, which are biologists, with the flavor of methods development, which makes it equally important for biologists, computer scientists, statisticians and mathematicians.
Workshop on use of Bioinformatics in high
throughput sequencing, Genomics, proteomics and
Transcriptomics
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015at
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box 577,
Jhang Road, Faisalabad.
Tel: +925 41 2651475 Cell: +92 03009656495
+92 03445399512
Email:[email protected] , farooq .nibge @nibge.org
Web: www.nibge.org
Objectives: 1- Introduction to Bioinformatics methods
and their applications in Biological data analysis problems
2- Next Generation Sequencing and its applications
3- Introduction to data analysis strategies4- Machine learning approaches for
prediction problems in Bioinformatics Who should participate?
a) Graduates and Post Graduate students, researchers, faculty members with knowledge of at least one or more of the following fields: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Proteomics, Biotechnology, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics. Candidates that are employed by a university, or an institute, as a faculty member and who have research experience supported by research publications in peer reviewed journals will be preferred.
b) The candidate should have a working knowledge of computer, statistics, and internet applications related to Bioinformatics
Lectures:1- Bioinformatics in Genomics (Dr.
Shahid Mansoor, S.I.)2- High throughput sequencing, data
generation its handling and genome assembly (Dr. Imran Amin, PS, NIBGE)
3- Applications of Next Generation Sequencing GBS, Exome Sequencing (Dr. Muhammad Asif, PS, NIBGE)
4- Using machine Learning approaches for Bioinformatics methods development (Dr. Fayyaz-ul-amir Afsar Minhas, SS, PIEAS)
5- Genomics and transcriptomics data analysis approaches for NGS (Mr. Muhammad Farooq, SS, NIBGE)
Practical session / Demonstrations:Dr. Imran Amin, PS, NIBGEMr. Muhammad Farooq, SS, NIBGE
Chair of the Organizing Committee: Dr. Shahid Mansoor, S.I. Director, NIBGE
Advisory Committee:Dr. Shahid Mansoor, S.I. Director, NIBGE Dr. Zahid Mukhtar, Head, ABD, NIBGEDr. Imran Amin, Principal Scientist, NIBGE Mr. M. Farooq, Senior Scientist, NIBGE
Organizers: Dr. Imran Amin, Principal Scientist, NIBGE Mr. M. Farooq, Senior Scientist, NIBGEMolecular Virology and Gene Silencing Laboratory, NIBGE, Faisalabad
Registration Closing Date: March 20th, 2015
Registration Fee: For Students: Rs. 300/- Employees / Faculty Members: Rs. 500/-
Note:All dues should be paid after selection, before or at the time of registration by the participant in the form of cash / Bank Draft in favour of “Accounts Officer, NIBGE, Faisalabad”
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Preference will be given to the most relevant applicants and the selection will be intimated through emails.
Important Note:All Participants MUST bring their original CNIC as it is compulsory for entrance at NIBGE, Faisalabad.
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