National Workshop on
Statistical Computing in Life Sciences
February 27 - March 4, 2012
(Funded by Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi)
THE GENESIS
Biology has undergone a sea change in the 21st century from a qualitative to a quantitative science. The amount and complexity of data produced in biology far exceeds that of any other scientific field. As a consequence, statistical analysis and mathematical modeling are playing ever more crucial role in many areas of biology, including genomics, systems biology, structural biology and molecular evolution. Statistical computing tools now are being developed that have the potential for addressing complex biological problems and for mining the information currently being collected on biological systems.
R , the open-source software environment for statistical computing and graphics, has become the lingua franca of data analysis. Repositories of contributed R packages in CRAN and Bioconductor provide more than 3355 packages and 460 respectively for data analysis in various areas including comparative genomics, functional genomics and systems biology. The workshop lecture and lab sessions are intended to provide the background required to use statistical computing for data analysis and presentation. The aim of the workshop is to bring together faculty across the country for a hands-on program where we cover various applications of statistical computing in life sciences. The goal is to assist and motivate faculty in incorporating more statistical computing in their research and the existing curriculum in life sciences in Indian Universities. The application of statistical computing in following areas will be covered during the workshop:
• Introduction to R & Bioconductor
• Microarray data Analysis
• Next- generation sequencing data Analysis
• Comparative Genomics
• Systems Biology
THE CENTRE
The Centre for Bioinformatics at the Pondicherry University was started as a Distributed Information Sub-Centre (Sub-DIC) of the DBT in the year 1991 and was upgraded to a full-fledgedcentre in 2001. This Centre was conferred Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics by the Department of Information Technology, Government of India in 2007. The Centre is endowed with 20 staff members including 12 faculty members. This Centre offers Research programs in various branches of bioinformatics such as Molecular Modeling, Drug Design, Systems Biology and Molecular Evolution. The teaching programs offered by the Centre are M.Sc. programs in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (in a network mode with Anna University and Madurai Kamraj University), P.G. Diploma in Bioinformatics and modular courses in Bioinformatics.
REGISTRATION
ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION
Faculties of an Indian University/ National Institute involved in teaching and conducting research in life sciences, biophysics, biochemistry, biostatistics, genomics, biotechnology, bioinformatics and systems biology are welcome for the workshop.
SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
Application for participation can be submitted via Online at http://reg.bicpu.edu.in/ Please include write-up(within 500 words) about your plan of implementing statistical computing in your ongoing or future research programs and curriculum.Either Hard copy or Scanned copy of the application should be sent on or before January 20, 2012 through proper channel by post or by email to the coordinator.All intimations regarding the event will be sent by e-mail. Selection will be based on the interest of the candidates in interdisciplinary research and their plan of incorporating statistical computing in research and teaching. Selected participants will be informed by January 25, 2012.
• Registration fee - 2000/-
Registration Procedure
- Register Online Click here to Register
- After Online Registration, Please send duly signed and forwarded application form by post or scanned copy of it by E-mail to "basant@bicpu.edu.in"
View / Print Registered Application Click Here
PROGRAM SESSIONS
The program includes lecture sessions and hands-on training
FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://reg.bicpu.edu.in/
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