Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, 173234 www.juit.ac.in

About the Institute Speakers JUIT is spread over 25 acres of lush green picturesque slopes of Waknaghat, in the district Solan

of , creating a tranquil environment that heightens the spirit and energy level of all learners and inspire them to optimize their learning efforts. Dr. Alok Bhattacharya, JNU, New Delhi

Important Dates About the Department Dr. Debasis Mohanty, NII, New Delhi Early Registration: Up to February 20, 2016 The Department is actively involved in research by having the distinction of running externally Dr. GPS Raghava, IMTECH, Regular Registration: From February 21, 2016 funded R & D projects worth Rs. 250 million from various Govt. of agencies such as the Registration Closed: March 10, 2016 Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science & Technology, DRDO, Ministry of Dr. Somdatta Sinha, IISER, Mohali Venue: Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Environment and Forest, ICMR, and Industries. The department has a strong doctoral research Waknaghat, Solan, H.P., India program wherein 40 Ph.D. scholars are registered with faculty members. The Department has Dr. Suresh Sharma, PU, Chandigarh About the Symposium been recognized as a Center of Excellence for research in medicinal herbs by the DBT, Govt. of Dr. Debasis Dash, IGIB, New Delhi The symposium accommodates a series of lectures to be delivered by eminent experts from all India. The department has also been included from 2011 by DST, Govt. of India under the FIST over India. The lecture series aims at networking scientists working in the area of computational program. Dr. Vinod Scaria, IGIB, New Delhi systems biology to apply hybrid modeling approaches to solve the mystery of biological systems, Dr. Tulika Srivastava, IIT, Mandi in order to discuss about achieved goals, current challenges and future possible developments. Who Can Apply The program is meant to initiate students and young researchers into the interdisciplinary field of The symposium is intended for academics, as well as targeted towards researchers of varied Dr. Vikram Singh, CUHP, Dharmashala Computational Biology. The lectures will give overview of the area for beginners and also expose professions such as Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Biotechnology, them to the frontier areas in Computational Systems Biology. The symposium will definitely Dr. Pritish varadwas, IIIT, Allahabad Biomedical informatics, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry etc. Faculty members, scientists, and benefit the biologists, biomedical scientists, and biotechnologists to add another dimension to students from various institutes, and universities can apply. It will be beneficial for bachelors, their research arena. Current focus of research is shifting from components of biology to systems Abstract masters, and PhD scholars to gain knowledge from various experts of the discipline. biology and it is evident that applications of top down and bottom up approaches are working to st Submission deadline: 1 March, 2016 excel the output through various annotation schemes. Computational systems biology, the main Topics to be covered Size of abstract: Maximum 250 words theme of this symposium, will help to analyze myriad of large and complex biological pathways Abstract should contain title, authors and their affiliations, email of the corresponding author, Biological networks, Protein-protein interactions, Signal transduction pathways, Metabolic towards their organizational and functional elucidation. presenting author’s name underlined and 5-6 relevant keywords. pathways, Network motifs, computational models for biological systems and their simulations, About NNMCB Statistical techniques for biological network analyses, biological networks and their role in The Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India has funded a myriad of plant and human diseases. Network biology approaches and their applications to National Network for Mathematical and Computational Biology (NNMCB). The primary goal of understand the complexity of diseases. this network is to promote research activities and provide training in mathematical and computational biology throughout India. This network has seven nodes spread across India: Dr. R.S. Chauhan Poster Presentation Organizing Chairman Bangalore (principal node), Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mohali and Pune. Each node Poster size: 2.5’*3.5’. Based upon the quality of research work, few posters will be selected to Dean Biotechnology and Professor & Head organizes national and international visitors programes, lecture programes in nearby colleges and Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics submit their full length papers, which will later be published by International Journal for short workshops. Each node also hosts student interns interested in pursuing a research career in Jaypee University Of Information Technology, Computational Biology (IJCB: ISSN: 2278-8115) after peer review. It will provide an Waknaghat, 173234, H.P.,INDIA mathematical or computational biology at institutions located in its region. These interns are paid opportunity to participants to publish their research work. Phone: +91-01792-239231 a generous fellowship during the period of their internship. In addition, instructional workshops, a Fax: +91-01792-245362 national conference and an international conference are also organized. E-mail: [email protected]

Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, Solan 173234

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District Solan-173234 For further clarification please contact: Himachal Pradesh, INDIA DATE Dr. Tiratha Raj Singh [email protected] Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) Contact Number: (91) 01792-239385 Email: [email protected]