Several new technologies in functional genomics have emerged in recent years and are contributing enormously to our understanding of the molecular processes of life. Using the basic principles of molecular biology different genomics platforms are currently being used such as gene expression microarrays, tissue microarrays and array comparative genomic hybridization. These are leading to theidentification of useful prognostic and predictive markers and helping to achieve the goal of molecularanalysis. As the use of the new techniques becomes more widespread the large amount of data being produced from such high throughput systems has necessitated the use of complex computational tools for management and analysis of this data and bioinformatics has therefore emerged as a vital and rapidly developing field.

With the advent of the Human Genome Mapping Project, genomics (molecular and disease based) studies and invention of new technologies such as Microarrays, requirements on Bioinformatics has given rise to various platforms to analyze Gene expression profiles, Genetic Linkage analysis, Polymorphism identification, protein pathway analysis and drug discoveries. Bioinformatics involves the use of computer technology to apply techniques arising from statistics, mathematics and computer science to address problems in Molecular Biology. This involves the creation of databases, algorithms, theory and computational methods to manage vast amounts of data inherent in Biological systems. With the advent of the Human Genome Mapping Project, genomics (molecular and disease based) studies and invention of new technologies such as Microarrays, requirements on Bioinformatics has given rise to various platforms to analyze Gene expression profiles, Genetic Linkage analysis, Polymorphism identification, protein pathway analysis and drug discoveries.

Invention of breakthrough techniques/ technologies such as the Polymerase Chain Reaction in the early 1990s by Kary Mullis, has seen the rapid expansion of the use of DNA and protein based studies in various fields including human, veterinary and plant research. With the advent of the latest high throughput technologies research that would have taken years to complete in these fields is now aimed to be analysed in a matter of months.

People with developing interests in these fields are not only required to have the knowledge but will also need to have the ability to carry out latest bioinformatics analyses. This course will equip you with the basics of handling ‘genome to proteome data’ with useful hands on examples to follow and step by step tutorials in video format for the first time. This course will also give the registered users an opportunity to clear their doubts using tailored Webinars!