Bioinformatics or computational biology is an interdisciplinary field of science that combines computer science, engineering, mathematics, and statistics to understand and interpret biological information. It is the application of computer technology to the management of biological data. Bioinformatics provides globally accessible databases that enable scientists to submit, search and analyze information. It offers analysis software for data studies and comparisons and provides tools for modeling, visualizing, exploring and interpreting data.
The importance of Bioinformatics is unlimited in the genomic era. It plays a very important role not only in biomedical research but has several applications in the area of environment, agriculture, health, and biotechnology. Current biological and medical labs use methods that produce extremely large data sets, which cannot be analyzed manually, for instance, sequencing human genomes. Thus modern biological, as well as medical research and development, cannot work without bioinformatics. Research work in the area of genetic diseases and medical genomics is rapidly increasing and the future of personalized medicine depends on bioinformatics approaches. Therefore, Bioinformatics is an emerging scientific discipline as well as a rapidly growing career field. It has wide applications and promising role in sectors of pharmaceutical biomedical organizations, hospitals, research institutions, biotechnology industry and even government and non-government organizations (NGOs).
Importance / Benefits of the course in terms of career advancement:
Bioinformatics has now become an important part of several areas of biology. It plays a major role in experimental molecular biology. Techniques such as image and signal processing help in the extraction of necessary results from raw data. It aids in sequencing and annotating genomes and their observed mutations in the field of genetics and genomics. It plays a role in the analysis of gene and protein expression and regulation. Bioinformatics tools aid in the comparison of genetic and genomic data and more generally in the understanding of evolutionary aspects of molecular biology. It helps analyze and catalog the biological pathways and networks that are an important part of systems biology at a more integrative level. In structural biology, it aids in the simulation and modeling of DNA, RNA, and protein structures as well as molecular interactions. Researchers affiliated with our program conduct research in systems biology, genomics, and proteomics.
Eligibility
Any science enthusiastic who has set their mind and wishes to have a career in the field of biology but still wants to remain in the engineering sector can opt for this course. Students in their B.Sc / B.Tech / M.Sc / M.Tech who aspire to work on computational biology. Aspiring scientists who look forward to innovating bioinformatics approaches. Science enthusiasts who like to stay updated about the recent research updates using the most talked-about processes. Any candidate who is looking for a career in computational biology.
Career options in Bioinformatics-
After doing bioinformatics course there are various career opportunities such as:
- Professor
- Science Technician
- Research Assistant
- Bioinformatics Scientist
- Bioinformatics Analyst
- Junior Research Fellow
- Research Associate Bioinformatics
- Software Developer
- Database Programmer
Top Recruiters :
- Wipro
- Reliance
- Satyam
- Tata Consultancy Services
- IBM Life Sciences
- Ranbaxy
- GVK Biosciences
- Torrent Pharmaceuticals
- Strand Life Sciences
- Abbott Laboratories
- Jubilant Biosys
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lupin
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Ranbaxy
- Unilever