Young scientists should utilise bioinformatics through data mining in their research works. The Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) director general Dr Rajendra Dobhal said this while speaking at the inauguration of a three-day training programme organised by Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology on recent trends in bioinformatics and its application in modern biotechnology.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Dobhal spoke on the history of bioinformatics, its development, use of modern information technology, various aspects of bioinformatics and data mining. Speaking on the occasion, the State Medical Education, director, Dr RP Bhatt spoke on the future of biotechnology in the field of medical education.
The Uttarakhand Silk Federation director Dr SS Sharma spoke on the contribution of and possibilities for biotechnology in silk production. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology (UCB) director Dr KP Singh spoke in detail on the scope for biotechnology and bioinformatics in Uttarakhand.
Speaking about the activities of the UCB, Singh also mentioned the purpose behind establishment of a bioinformatics lab in Dehradun. later in the technical sessions, Dr AK Mishra from IARI, Government of India, spoke on big data analytics and cloud computing in bioinformatics while Dr N Yadav from Forest Research Institute spoke on the utility of data mining in bioinformatics and bio diversity. Participants in the training programme also underwent training on the first day at the bioinformatics lab in Dehradun.