"Accelerating Biology 2012" Organized by C-DAC, Pune

Accelerating Biology 2012 (Computing to Decipher)
(15-17 February, 2012)
Organized by
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),
Pune University Campus, Pune

Background :
During the past decade genomics has made major contributions to the fundamental knowledge about biology and its perturbation in disease.
Biology is information driven science. Large scale data sets from genomics, physiology, population genetics and imaging are driving research at a fast pace. To enable scientists and researchers to achieve breakthrough one needs to provide a stable cyber infrastructure which is a combination of databases, network protocols and high speed computational resources that brings people, information and computational tools together to perform science in this information driven world. High performance computing, Grid & cloud computing, high speed networking are some of the powerful engines driving the progress of this area.
Genomics has grown primarily out of genetics and molecular biology. Genomics aims to generate complete and comprehensive data sets which require large scale effort involving large interdisciplinary consortia, robust data standards to ensure high quality data and exceptionally high computational resources. Technology development has driven genomics both through new methods and higher efficiency. This has been critical for achieving the remarkable increases in throughput and reductions in cost. As a result, today major bottleneck is not longer data generation but the challenges have shifted around data analysis, display and integration. For meeting the above challenges we require scientists with expertise in biology as well as in informatics and computer science.
The science of medicine and the practice of medicine are distinct domains. The increasing knowledge of the human genome is beginning to transform the former and there are already examples where genomic information is now part of standard healthcare. Genomic discoveries will increasingly advance the science of medicine in the coming decades, as important advances are made in developing improved diagnostics, more effective therapeutic strategies, an evidence based approach for demonstrating clinical based efficiency and better decision making tools for patients and providers.
Know Us :
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) with its genesis in the year 1988 as a national initiative of Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MC&IT), Government of India, embodies the spirit of indigenous high-end research and development for state -of -the-art technologies and solutions. As a scientific society, C-DAC has been continuously engaged for over two decades, towards the design, development and deployment of electronics and advanced Information Technology (IT) products and solutions for the benefit of the society. C-DAC's thrust in meeting the national agenda has manifest itself in the execution of several key projects, leading to the creation of a strong brand equity for its inherent expertise and capabilities, in the global context. Presently, this expertise extends to the field of High Performance Computing (HPC) fueling various scientific, engineering and business applications. Fostering an environment of innovation and dealing with cutting edge technologies, C-DAC's PARAM series of supercomputers, the latest being the 54 TF PARAM-YUVA, have been used to address these diverse applications at various national and international institutions. The implementation of the Garuda Grid has seen the optimal usage of HPC resources spread across the nation in a congregated manner accelerating scientific research. In-house developed hardware components in the form of Reconfigurable Computing System (RCS) cards specific for particular scientific applications have accelerated them many fold. Over the years the Bioinformatics Group of C-DAC has developed into an active centre of bioinformatics research, applying HPC to accelerate biological research towards the betterment of human life.
Session Topics :
a. Computational Genomics for Plants and Microbes
b. Molecular Modelling and Simulations
c. Next Generation Sequencing Technology
d. Algorithms, Clusters, Grids, Clouds
Important Dates :

• Registration Start : 4th November 2011
• Registration End : 30th January 2012
• DD-receipt Deadline : 30th January 2012
• Abstract Deadline : 30th January 2012

Contact details :
Ms.Sayali Gongle
Bioinformatics Group,
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),
Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind,
Pune - 411 007, India.
Telephone/Fax: +91-20-25694084/25704196
Email: bio@cdac.in
Web: http://bioinfo-portal.cdac.in 
Deadline : 30.01.12

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