NationalConference on

COMPUTATIONALBIOLOGYANDCHEMISTRY 2 3 April2012
nd rd

Organizedby BioinformaticsDivision SchoolofBioSciencesandTechnology VITUniversity,Vellore632014 TamilNadu,India www.vit.ac.in

VITUNIVERSITY Founded in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College, the institutewasdeclaredasaUniversityinrecognitionofits academicexcellencebytheMinistryofHumanResources Development, Government of India in 2001 and was renamed VIT University. The University has since grown by leaps and bounds establishing excellent infrastructure replete with stateofart laboratories, digital library, smart class rooms, hostels, gyms, swimming pools, auditoria, indoor and outdoor stadiums spread over 350 acre ecofriendly campus. To fulfill the vision of the founder and chancellor, Dr. G. Viswanathan, VIT today comprises nine constituent schools and interdisciplinary centers offering graduate, postgraduateandresearchprogramsuptoPh.Dlevel.Of the17,000students,largelyresidential,nearlyonefourth is women. About 1100 qualified faculty members and 1000administrativestafffacilitatetheprocessofshaping thestudentsprofessionalswithaholisticattitude.VITis the first educational institution in India to get international accreditations for its programmes. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), United Kingdom and the Energy Institute, United Kingdom have audited the TeachingLearning Processes at VIT and accreditedtherespectiveprogrammes,intheyear2004. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)ofUSAaccreditedfewprogramsofVITUniversity. ABET accreditation is an assurance that the university programme meets the quality standards established by the profession for which it prepares its students. VIT University obtained the highest possible grade of "A" fromNAACforalltheprogramsofferedbytheUniversity during the reaccreditation process in January 2009. Multinational companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have accredited VIT to the highest level enabling VIT students to earn higher starting salary scales.VIThas80MoUswithinstitutionsinIndiaandfrom countrieslikeAustralia,Canada,France,Germany,UKand USAinvariousdisciplinestowardsexchangeoffacultyand students, joint programs involving courses as well as research and improvement of laboratory and library facilities.

SCHOOLOFBIOSCIENCESANDTECHNOLOGY(SBST) SBSTofVITUniversityoffersB.Tech,M.Tech,M.Sc,M.S (by Research) and Ph.D programmes in Biosciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering and many other allied areas. SBST has adequate infrastructure and experienced faculty members for carrying out teaching, research and developmental activitiesindifferentareasofBiotechnology.Majorareas ofresearchincludeMolecularGenetics,ClinicalGenetics, Plant Biotechnology, Microbiology and Microbial technology, Cancer Biology, Bioinformatics, Bioprocess Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology and Immuno Technology. The School has been identified recently, for support under the FIST programofDST(Govt.ofIndia). DIVISIONOFBIOINFORMATICS Bioinformatics Division offers B. Tech, M.S (by Research) and Ph.D degree in Bioinformatics. The major research areas include investigating the role of conventional and unconventional interactions in protein stability and function, understanding genetic polymorphisms in populations especially with regard to complex diseases, application of computational systems biology in investigating diseases, structure based and ligand based drug discovery. The research findings are published in high impactinternationaljournals.The faculty members andstudentsactivelyengageininternationalcommunity wide activities in bioinformatics and computational biology. ABOUTTHECONFERENCE Lifescienceandinformationsciencearetwomajorfronts of the science advancement in the 21st century. Bioinformaticsandcomputationalbiologyplayimportant rolesintodaysscientificdiscovery.Thisconferenceaims to bring together scientists, researchers, students and to share their research experiences in the field of computational biology and chemistry. This conference aims to provide a good platform for students (undergraduate, masters and PhD) and early career researchersfrombiological,computational,chemicaland

mathematicalsciencesandintroducesparticipantstothe basics and advancements in bioinformatics and computationalbiologyresearch. TOPICS Biologicalsequenceanalysis Structurepredictionofbiologicalmolecules MoleculardockingandDrugdesignstrategies Moleculardynamicsandsimulation QSAR Molecularmimetics Application of quantum and molecular mechanics CALLFORPOSTERPRESENTATION Scientific abstracts (maximum 250 words) are invited for poster presentation. The abstract must include title, authors (the first author is considered as the presenting author) and affiliation. The poster should reflect the theme, Computational Biology and chemistry and could coveranyoftheabovementionedtopics. Abstract should be submitted through Email to nscbc@vit.ac.in on or before March 10, 2012. Selected abstracts will be notified to corresponding authors by March 15, 2012. At least one author must register and attend the conference. Selected abstracts will be considered for a short oral presentation. Best poster awardswillbegivenbasedonoriginalityofthework. WHOSHOULDATTEND? Students, Research Scholars, Faculty members and Scientist working in the area of Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Computer science, Chemistry and allied branches of Life Sciencesareinvitedtoattend. REGISTRATIONFEE Category beforeMarch30afterMarch30 Faculty/Scientist 800 1,000 Students/Scholars500700 Corporates 1,000 1,500

TheregistrationfeeincludesconferenceKit,twoworking lunch,onedinnerandrefreshments.Participantscanalso register online at www.vit.ac.in. The registration fee shouldbepaidbyintheformofcrossedDemandDraftin favor of VIT University payable at Vellore. The registrationformofthestudentsshouldbedulyattested bytheirrespectiveHeadoftheDepartment. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation will be arranged for the participants at theVIThostelonadditionalpaymentof200/day.The requestforaccommodationshouldbeclearlyindicatedin theregistrationform.Theaccommodationchargesshould bepaidalongwiththeregistrationfee. REGISTRATIONFORM(canbeprintedonaseparatesheet) NationalConferenceonComputationalBiologyand Chemistry nd rd 2 &3 April2012 Name: Category: Sex:Male/Female Addressforcommunication Phone: Email: PosterPresentation:Yes/No IfYesTitle:__________________________________ _______________________________________________ Accommodationrequirements:Yes/No PaymentDetails Amount: DD.No: NameoftheBank: Date: (SignatureoftheParticipant)

ORGANIZINGCOMMITTEE ChiefPatron Dr.G.Viswanathan President,VITUniversity Patrons Shri.SankarViswanathan Shri.G.V.Sampath VicePresident VicePresident (Administration)(Operations) Shri.SekarViswanathan Shri.G.V.Selvam VicePresidentVicePresident (UniversityAffairs)(ChennaiCampus) Prof.V.Raju Prof.S.Narayanan ViceChancellor ProViceChancellor Chairperson Convenor Prof.G.Anilkumar Prof.G.Jayaraman OrganizingSecretaries Prof.R.Rajasekaran Prof.K.Ramanathan OrganizingCommittee Prof.RaoSethumadhavanProf.AnandA. Prof.SudandiraDoss Prof.M.Punnagai Prof.SudhaRamaiah Prof.RiturajPurohit Prof.ArnoldEmersonI. Prof.FebinPrabhuDass Prof.IfthikarTayubi Prof.MohanaPriyaA Prof.DeepaMadathil Prof.SajithaLulu Prof.RajiniRaja Importantdates AbstractSubmission :March10,2012 Acceptancenotification : March15,2012 Addressforcommunication OrganizingSecretary ConferenceonComputationalBiologyandChemistry SchoolofBioSciencesandTechnology, VITUniversity,Vellore632014,Tamilnadu Mobile:+919486667687(Dr.K.Ramanathan) +919443491789(Dr.R.Rajasekaran) Email:nscbc@vit.ac.in Updatesontheconferencewillbeavailableat www.vit.ac.in