(Registration Dates are Extended)
National Training Programme
Computational Analysis of Protein Structures (CAPS)
9th to 13th December, 2019
Bioinformatics centre at CSIR-IMTECH is organizing a training programme to familiarize and train the participants in computational techniques on Biomacromolecular structures. This programme shall enable participants to get advanced training in the field of bioinformatics and prepare them for their career.
There are limited seats in this training programme. Candidates shall be selected on the basis of recommendation letter and write-up uploaded by them. Selected candidates will be intimated by email separately detailing about fee submission and other related formalities. Registration form will be considered if it is complete in all respects i.e. registration form accompanied by letter of recommendation and one page write-up.
PhD student or Project Fellow/Assistant or University/College Faculty/Staff/Scientist/Research Associate or equivalent can apply to participate in this training programme.
It will include expert lectures as well as practical sessions employing in sillico techniques on the following.
Head, Bioinformatics Centre, CSIR - Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Sector 39-A, Chandigarh Phone: 0172-6665452; Fax no.: 0172-2690632 E-mail: bvs@imtech.res.in
Prof TP Singh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Prof N Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Prof R Sowdhamini, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru
Dr Ashutosh Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Dr Shashi Bhushan Pandit, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Dr Ehesan Ali, Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali
Dr Amit Nargotra, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu
Dr Manoj Kumar, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Dr Ashish, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Dr Krishan Gopal, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Dr Beena Krishnan, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Dr Anshu Bhardwaj, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Dr S Srikrishna, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Mr Chander Shekhar Sharma, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Dr Balvinder Singh, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
9th December, 2019
09:00 Registration
09:30 Introduction to Training Programme – B Singh
09:35 Welcome –Director, CSIR-IMTECH
09:40 Bioinformatics Centre at IMTECH: Highlights and Introduction of Speaker – S Srikrishna
09:45 Protein structure to Bioinformatics to Drug Discovery– TP Singh
10:30 High Tea
11:00 Computational analysis of protein-protein interactions – R Sowdhamini
12:00 Revisiting India's pride: The Ramachandran map - all over again – N Srinivasan
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Bridging the islands of protein families in sequence space using artificial sequences – N Srinivasan
14:45 Introduction to Linux/UNIX – C Sharma/A Yadav
15:30 Tea
16:00 Installation of Linux – Demo -Hands on Session – C Sharma/A Yadav
20:00 Dinner
10th December, 2019
09:30 A Talk by K Gopal
10:15 Demo and Hands on session – K Gopal
11:00 Tea
11:30 Merging low resolution (SAXS) information with low confidence (MD or modeling) data to understand proteins - Ashish
12:15 Landscape of intra-chain domain-domain Interfaces – SB Pandit
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Demo and Hands on session – SB Pandit
16:00 Tea
16:30 Demo and Hands on Session – Ashish
20:00 Dinner
11th December, 2019
09:30 Computational mutagenesis reveals amino acids that play a role in the entry of ion in active site of DHBPS: Mechanistic insights from MD Simulations – B Singh
10:15 Modeling Protein Structures – Demo cum-Lecture– S Beriwal
11:00 Tea
11:30 Demo and Hands on Session – B Singh
12:15 In Silico Investigations of Antimalarial Activities of Artemisinin: A Bi-radical Perspective – Ehesan Ali
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Demo and Hands on Session – Ehesan Ali
15:30 Tea
16:00 Demo and Hands on Session – Ehesan Ali
20:00 Dinner
12th December, 2019
09:30 Quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) models development using machine learning for antiviral drug discover Talk - M Kumar
10:15 Application of cheminformatics in drug discovery– A Nargotra
11:00 Tea
11:30 Protein Sequence Structure function Analysis: Noteworthy examples of Zn finger proteins by S Srikrishna
12:15 Demo and Hands on session – A Nargotra
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Tour to IMTECH facilities- Virtual Reality and 3D Printing – Demo- S Srikrishna
15:30 Tea
16:00 Demo and Hands on Session – A Nargotra
20:00 Dinner
13th December, 2019
09:30 Dynamic Hybrid Pharmacophore Approach for Discovery of New Drugs - A Bhardwaj
10:30 Combining bioinformatics and experimental approaches to understand "protein sequence to function and disease" relationships - Beena Krishnan
11:15 Tea
11:45 Structure-Toxicity link of protein aggregates in human diseases - A Kumar
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Interactive Session
15:00 Valedictory Function
15:30 Tea
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