Dr. P. P. Mathur, Head
The Centre for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University funded by DBT, Government of India has been upgraded as a Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics in Teaching and Research by the Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi (DIT). In the past the Centre has received generous funding support from DBT. The Centre started offering an M.Sc., program in Bioinformatics in 2007 with the funding from the University Grants Commission (UGC) under its scheme of “Innovative Programme - Teaching & Research in Interdisciplinary and Emerging Areas”. The centre started offering Ph.D., Programme in Bioinformatics. In addition to this the Centre is also fully supported by DBT for the past 17 years. The centre offered Advanced P.G. Diploma in Bioinformatics fully supported by DBT between 2001 – 2008. The Centre is offering modular courses from July 2009 in various areas in bioinformatics to various personnel from the Industry and educational institutes under the Centre of Excellence Project. The centre got approval for Network M.Sc., Computational Biology teaching programme fully funded by DBT in collaboration with Madurai Kamaraj University and Anna University. This programme will be first of its kind in the country.
The Centre has so far organized 25 National Level Seminars and Training Programs. The Centre took lead in organizing National Seminars in emerging fields like Intellectual Property Rights in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology and Nanosciences & Nanobiotechnology. The Centre has periodically arranged lectures by many eminent scientists working in the areas of bioinformatics and biotechnology. Several professionals from Industry have also delivered lectures on the opportunities and challenges in the sector of Bioinformatics.
All the students, research scholars and faculty are provided modern computing facility and around the clock separate 8 Mbps dedicated internet connectivity in addition to the regular connectivity provided by the University. Most of the past students have got placements in various leading & research institutions and industries.
In the past few years, the Centre has taken up research activities in the areas of sequence analysis, molecular modeling, database development etc., and several papers have been published in peer-reviewed international and national journals. Recognizing the progress made by the Centre, DBT upgraded the Centre to a full Centre level in 2002 and several new positions were sanctioned and additional funding was allocated.
The Centre is identified as a Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics Teaching and Research by the Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2007 and awarded a special grant of around 3.79 crores. The Centre is offering modular courses in various areas in bioinformatics to various personnel from the Industry and educational institutes under the Centre of Excellence Project. In addition, Centre has taken up research projects under this Grant.
The Centre has so far received grants to the tune of Rs. 4 crores from DBT and 30 lacs from the UGC in addition to Rs.3.79 crores from the DIT.
The University is extending full support for the development of the Centre and the Centre will achieve newer heights and will soon become a leading centre for Bioinformatics teaching and research in this part of the world.
Programmes of Study
M.Sc. Bioinformatics
Ph.D. Bioinformatics
Modular courses in Bioinformatics
Entrance Examination
Ph.D.
Selection of studetns is based on entrance examination conducted at various centers inthe country. The test consists of multiple choice questions in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biophysics, Computer Science, Statistics and Mathematics.
M.Sc. Bioinformatics
Selection of studetns is based on entrance examination conducted at various centers in the country. The test consists of multiple choice questions in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biophysics, Computer Science, Statistics and Mathematics.
Special Grants
- Bioinformatics Centre Grant supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi from 1991
- The M.Sc. (Bioinformatics is supported by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi under the Innovative Programme - Teaching and research in Interdisciplinary & Emerging areas from 2007
- The Centre of Excellence Grant from Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi from 2007
- M.Sc. Computational Biology supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi from 2009
- Advanced P.G. Diploma in Bioinformatics supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2001-2008
Infrastructure Facilities
Servers
Four Servers with Intel Xeon Quad Core@1.6 Ghz processor, three Servers with Xeon@3.2 Ghz Processor and one sever with Itanium @1.7 Ghz processor, AMD Opteron Server, Xeon Server@ 3.0 Ghz processor, Silicon Graphics Fuel Machine
Workstations
Around 70 Intel core 2 duo workstations, 20 Pentium Dual core workstations and 35 Pentium IV Desktop computers which runs on both Windows and Linux Operating Systems
Network Hardware
one Cisco 2800 series and one Cisco 1800 series routers. 8 manageable Switches and one WIFI router.
UPS Backup
The Centre has 5 nos.of UPS of a total 60KVA power backup to the systems and servers.
Wet lab
The Centre has established a wet lab with modern equipments. Having facilities for Protein cloning, expression and purification. The Centre is in the process of furnishing cell culture facilities.
Scientific Software packages
DISCOVERY STUDIO 2.1, Discovery Studio 1.5, SCHRÖDINGER MAESTRO, TRIPOS SYBYL 8.1
Resources & Services
Free Bioinformatics resources are available in the Centre Website www.bicpu.edu.in
Books
500 books ( In addition to the books available in the Central Library)
Journals
Science, Nature, Scientific, American Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Structural Biology, Cell, Linux Magazine.
Thrust Areas of Research
DNA-Protein Interactions, Genome Sequence analysis, Protein Structure Modeling, Molecular modeling, Drug Design. Computational Biology
| Faculty |
Qualification |
Specialization/Interest |
Phone |
| Professor |
| * P.P. Mathur (ppmathur.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D.(Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi) |
Biochemistry of Reproduction, Molecular Biology, Environmental Endocrinology, Bioinformatics |
2654589 |
| Lecturers |
| * R. Krishna (Krishna.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D.(University of Madras, Chennai) |
X-Ray Crystallography (Proteins), Molecular Modeling (Protein & DNA) |
2654580 |
| * M. Suresh Kumar (suresh.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D.(University of Madras, Chennai) |
Structural Studies on Visual Proteins, Promiscuity of Antibodies, Inhibitators for Viral Proteases |
2654583 |
| * Archana Pan (archana.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (Jadavpur University, Kolkata (IICB)) |
Comparative Genome & Proteome Analysis, Pattern Searching in Macromolecular Sequences, Molecular Evolution, Analysis of MicroRNA, Drug Design |
2654584 |
| * R. Amutha (amutha.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
Ph.D. (University of Madras, Chennai) |
Computational Biology, Molecular Dynamics, Simulations, Drug Design |
2654472 |
| V. Amouda (amouda.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
M.Sc., M.S |
Database Management Systems |
2654582 |
| Information Officer |
M. Sundaramohan
(sundaramohan.bic@pondiuni.edu.in) |
B.E..(Bharathidasan University, Trichy) |
Computer Networks, Web Technology |
2654588 |
* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars
leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D.
Contact : (0413), 2655212/211
Website : www.bicpu.edu.in
E.mail : bicpu2001@yahoo.co.in
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