5th National Symposium cum Workshop on “Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design” [SBCADD’2013]
19th- 22rd February, 2013
Organized by
Department of Bioinformatics
ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY
(Reaccredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC )
KARAIKUDI – 630003, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
SYMPOSIUM THEME
Human Genome Project is largely
complete, so the problem facing by scientists is how to maximize the use
of the newly acquired data for improving health care. It is estimated
that the number of therapeutic targets available for drug discovery will
increase from the current number of 600 to 1000 to perhaps as many as
5000 to 10,000. In addition to the challenges that this number provides
to the pharmaceutical industry, there is the issue of sequence variation
through Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), some of which may
impact upon the way that the body handles drug treatment. This may be
due to a direct effect on the binding site of the protein target through
non-conservative alterations of the amino acid sequence, or else
through indirect effects on drug metabolizing enzymes. In order to meet
these challenges, the combination of structural proteomics and
computer-aided small molecule design provides opportunities for creating
new molecules in silico; these may be designed to bind to selected
pharmacogenetic variants of a protein in order to overcome the
non-responsiveness of certain patient groups to a particular medicine.
CALL FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The prospective participants are requested to submit the
extended abstracts on various aspects on the theme of the symposium (not
exceeding 250 words) to the organizing secretary on or before February
5th, 2013. The abstract must be sent to
dbi...@gmail.com
PARTICIPANTS
Students, Research Scholars, Research Scientists and Faculty members
from the Universities, Colleges, Institutes and Industries.
REGISTRATION
The participants are requested to send the filled in
registration form along with registration fee on or before February 5th,
2013. The DD should be drawn in favour of Organizing Secretary
SBCADD'13, payable at Karaikudi.
Students : Rs. 750
Research scholars : Rs. 1000
Faculties from Academic Institution : Rs. 1500
Faculties from Non Academic Institution / Industry : Rs. 2000
Tentative Speakers List
Dr. Arpita Yadav, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur
Dr. N. Gautham, University of Madras, Chennai
Dr. P. Gautham, Anna University, Chennai
Dr. P. Karthe, University of Madras, Chennai
Dr. N. Manoj, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
Dr. Mukesh Doble, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
Dr. Punit Kaur, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Dr. K. Sekar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Dr. S. Selvaraj, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Dr. K. Sivakumar, Anna University, Chennai
Dr. V. Subramanian, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
Dr. D. Sundar, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Dr. B. Syed Ibrahim, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
Dr. B. K. Tiwary, Pondicherry University, Pudhucherry
Dr. D. Velmurugan, University of Madras, Chennai
Mr. R. Raghu, Schrodinger GmbH, USA