1. REGISTRATION FORM Application should be send to:
International Symposium cum International Symposium
Training Workshop On Prof. Dwijendra K. Gupta
Recent Trends in Bioinformatics, Systems Biology COORDINATOR,
On and Biomolecular Interactions DBT-Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility
Recent Trends in *Name (In block letters) (Dr/Prof. Mr. Ms.)
Center of Bioinformatics
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
Bioinformatics, Systems ………………………………………………………...
University of Allahabad, Allahabad- 211002
*Designation …………………………………………..
Biology and Biomolecular *Date of Birth ……………………*Sex Male/Female Communications:
Telephone : +91-0532-2461861
Interactions *Employer and Address………………………………
………………………………………………………… Mobile : +91-9335150718
January 8-10, 2012 *Address for Correspondence……………………… Fax
Email
: +91-0532-1545733
: dwijenkumar@gmail.com
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*Telephone: Office…….. Residential,………… Important points:
Cell phone …………….. Last date of receipt of applications (including on
*Fax …………………………………………. line submission through email) is 20th December
*Email: 2011.
*Registration Fee Details The applicants should mention their Mobile/
Bank Draft # Landline telephone # , email and Fax #·
Dated: Rs ………….. The candidate will be informed about his/ her
selection in the workshop by email, fax or phone.
(Registration Fee is to be sent along with this form in the form Participants should submit application in proper
Sponsored By of a Bank draft drawn in favor of the Coordinator, Center of format and register early to confirm the spot.
*Department of Biotechnology Bioinformatics, I.I.D.S.University of Allahabad. In case of last minute cancellation by the selected
Government of India, New Delhi candidate due to some unavoidable circumstances,
*Do you need Accommodation at Alld. Univ. Yes/No the organizer may kindly be intimated by email/
* Society of Biological Chemists, INDIA *Academic Background fax or phone by 20th December 2011 so that
Allahabad Chapter Degree Year of University/Institution Other Information participants in waiting list can be accommodated.
Organized by Passing The registration fee is non-refundable.
*Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility A limited accommodation is available in the
*Center of Bioinformatics (I.I.D.S.) Signature of the Applicant University Guest House (UGH). Those desirous of
accommodation in UGH must enclose a separate
University of Allahabad Recommendation of the forwarding Authority
(Signature and Designation) DD for Rs 1000 as accommodation fee.
Allahabad - 211002(U.P.), India
It is recommended to bring your own notebooks
(OS: Linux/Unix) during the hands-on session.

2. About The University About the Symposium Chief Patron: Prof. A.K.Singh
The University personifies and manifests itself in its motto The Center of Bioinformatics is going to organize a 3-day Vice-Chancellor, University of Allahabad
“QUOT RAMI TOT ARBORES” (as many branches, so Symposium on “Systems Biology and Biomolecular International Scientific Committee
many trees) which means the tree of knowledge has so Interactions” for the benefit of teachers/researches/students Prof. Satya Narayan (U. Florida) Dr. T. Madhan Mohan(DBT)
many branches or simply, Knowledge Is Limitless. The from January 8-10, 2012. The program consists of a good Prof. Bruno Samori (U. Bologna) Prof. Dwijendra Gupta(Allahabad)
Prof. R.S.Verma (IIT Madras) Dr. M. Balakrishnan(Port Blair)
alumni include numerous eminent scholars, scientists, men blend of lectures, discussions and hands-on sessions, Dr. Ashok Sharma ( Lucknow) Prof D.Velmurugan(Madras)
of letters and business magnates. conducted by experienced staff and the alumni of the Center Prof. B.Sharma(IVRI-Izatnagar) Prof. P.P.Mathur (Pondicherry)
The University has four campuses namely: Faculty of Arts, from Czech Republic ( S. K. Mishra), Italy ( A, Bhattacharya, Prof. A.K Saxena (IIIM-Jammu) Prof. P.N.Pandey(.Allahabad)
Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law and Faculty of A. Bajpai, D. Kumar & S. Chaurasia) Japan ( V. Gupta) and Prof. A.Chaturvedi(Allahabad)
Commerce running a number of advance courses. The France (R. Singh). The practical training program will enrich Eligibility
University is carrying out a number of post-graduate the knowledge and broaden the research aptitude of Faculty from Universities and constituent/ affiliated
teaching and/or research programs covering thrust and participants undergoing this training course in Biomolecular colleges, Scientists, Scholars from R & D institutes,
emerging areas as well as interfaces of various disciplines: Interactions with special hands-on session on “ In silico professionals from Industries and biotech companies &
these include Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Behavioral Protein Engineering” by Sushil K. Mishra. Postgraduate students holding Graduate/ Master’s
and Cognitive science, Atmospheric, Ocean and Space Advance Lectures will be delivered by Prof. Bruno Samori, Doctorate in any branch of biological sciences can apply.
Sciences, Bio-Medical NMR, Food Technology, Prof. Ashok Sharma, Prof R. S. Verma Prof. Ajit Saxena,
Information and Communication Technology, Intellectual Prof. D. Velmurugan, and IIDS alumni Drs Sushil K. Objective
Property Rights, Nutritional Sciences, Foreign Trades and Mishra, Shailendra Asthana, Deepak Gupta, Amiava The main purpose of this Symposium is to update
Practices, and Nanotechnology etc. Notably the UGC has Bhattacharya, Archana Bajpai, Shilpi Chaurasiya, Anil research/ teachers so that they can use the current updates
selected the University of Allahabad under the scheme of Tomar, Bipin Singh, Vipul Gupta, Rhaghavendra P. in biomolecular modeling and interactions for their
Identifying Universities with Potential for Excellence, for Singh, Sudhanshu S. Srivastava, Sudeep Roy, Dhruv research and teaching. The training course also aims to
developing an island of excellence in “Behavioral and Kumar and others. provide hands-on experience by which engineered
Cognitive Sciences” in the Department of Psychology. The Areas to be covered in symposium: biological systems are prepared in silico. Such
Department of Science and Technology has opened a approaches are being used to understand biomolecular
*Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Genomics
Nanophosphor Application Centre. With the help of *Biomolecular Interactions and their Modeling interactions and assist current drug designing programs.
substantial funds from UGC and DBT the Center of The major emphasis of this workshop is on actual
Bioinformatics is running a Doctoral program in addition to
Registration Fees practical training taking into consideration the facilities
University Students B.Sc. and M.Sc.. Rs. 750 available at the participant’s Institute/ University. The
imparting Postgraduate Program in Bioinformatics since
Research scholars Universities/Institutes: Rs.1000 workshop would provide a common platform for all the
2002.With financial support from DBT under its BTISnet
Faculty/Scientists: Rs 2500 participants to interact and exchange ideas among them
scheme, Center of Bioinformatics has now established a
Delegates from industries : Rs.5000 which will lay the foundation for inter-institutional
Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility.
(30 Seats, Participation is based on First come First Served cooperative research project in future.
About the Center basis). Last date of Registration : 20th December 2011
The Center of Bioinformatics was established in 2002 under Travel
the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (IIDS) now runs all
Accommodation: Allahabad is well connected by trains on the Grand cord
Accommodation for the participants is possible in the from New Delhi to Kolkata and from Mumbai to Kolkata.
the academic programs namely undergraduate (3 year
University Guest House/Hostels on shared basis for the Rajdhani Express pair of trains takes 6.45 hrs from New
Applied Sciences), postgraduate (4 semester M.Sc.
applicable charges (Rs 330 /per person per night). Seating Delhi. Allahabad is well connected by Road by national
Bioinformatics) and the research programs. The center aims
capacity is limited for 15 persons. Please indicate if you want highways NH2 and NH27. Allahabad is also connected
to train students from Mathematical/Biological streams into
accommodation to be arranged in hotel priced at Rs 3000 and by Air with a 6-day service (except Sundays) from Delhi
trained Bioinformaticians with adequate theoretical and
above in double occupancy. by Indian Airlines.
practical knowledge of the field.