Wkicamp '07- jus got over

Wikicamp '07 was all about harnessing and understanding the power of Wikis. It was a one day event aimed to bring together the best minds from the Wiki/Internet space to talk about issues, opportunities and what the future and evolution of this valuable tool. It jus got over yesterday that had a huge number of participants registering and the highlight of the camp was the presence of Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia Organisation.

I was very lucky to take a snap with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. Thanks to the generous man.

Seminar on Protein Engineering @ VIT,Vellore

About the Seminar:

The Seminar aims at inviting eminent speakers from national and foreign institutes, research laboratories and industries working in the related aspects of protein engineering.

Sessions include:

• Protein and Peptide design
• Macromolecular Recognition
• Protein folding & Dynamics
• Production and analysis of recombinant protiens
• Directed Evolution of Proteins &
• Protein Bioinformatics

Scheduled on : 27 - 28th February, 2007

For more information, log on to

http://www.vit.ac.in/Seminars/sbtche/Biotechnology_PE_Seminar/seminar.html

Reliance Life sciences gets 36 patents

Reliance Life Sciences, the Mukesh Ambani-controlled biotechnology-driven life sciences company, has received 36 patents from applications filed for 200 rights. The valuation of these patents could not be ascertained. Of the accepted patents, six are design patents, seven product patents and 23 process patents.


These patents have been filed in 16 countries, including India and the US. "We are in the process of making assessment," said a top executive of the company. Experts said the depth and diversity of the company's patent portfolio were significant for a start-up company with just four years of active research.Reliance Life Sciences is growing its intellectual property portfolio across the medical, plant and industrial biotechnology areas.


Reliance Life Sciences is the *biggest intellectual property holder* in the country in the field of *stem cells*. some of the important patents the company holds include process for* isolation of inner cell mass using laser ablation technique for establishment of human embryonic stem cell lines; growth of human mesenchymal stem cells using cord blood serum; three dimensional dermal construct and diagnostic test to detect low-grade genetic abnormalities of ovaries in follicular fluid, which are usually not reflected in blood test or other biological samples. *

Apply For Bioinformatics Jobs in the following companies

Hello to all my blog readers,

I got this very good informative links of career sites of Bioinformatics, Pharmaceutical companies on searching through the web. I thought this could be useful for everyone... Add this to your favourites for late references...

STRAND GENOMICShttp://www.strandgenomics.com/
Careershttp://www.strandgenomics.com/careers.html

METAHELIX LIFE SCIENCEShttp://www.meta-helix.com/
Careershttp://www.meta-helix.com/jobs.html

BIGTEChttp://bigtec.co.in/

Careershttp://bigtec.co.in/careers.html

WIPROhttp://www.wipro.in/

Mphasishttp://www.mphasis.com/offerings/lifescience.asp

careershttp://www.mphasis.com/careers/overview.asp

bioWORLDwww.gene-pixels.com

Careershttp://www.gene-pixels.com/career.htm

ZENSARhttp://www.zensar.com/

Careershttp://zensar.com/careers.html

AVESTHA GENGRAINE TECHNOLOGIESwww.avesthagen.com/

Careershttp://database.avesthagen.com/jobapp/careers_new.php

IBM INDIA RESEARCH LABS (IRL),http://www.research.ibm.com/irl/

Careershttp://www.research.ibm.com/irl/jobs/

SUN MICROSYSTEMShttp://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/commofinterest/compbio/

Dr Reddy\'s Laboratories Limitedhttp://www.drreddys.com/

Careershttp://www.drreddys.com/careers/careers.htm

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS)-Advanced TechnologyCentre (ATC)http://www.atc.tcs.co.in/
Careershttp://www.atc.tcs.co.in/careers.html

Ranbaxyhttp://www.ranbaxy.com/

Careershttp://www.ranbaxy.com/humanresources.htm

Nicholas piramalhttp://www.nicholaspiramal.com/

careershttp://www.nicholaspiramal.com/career_opportunities.htm

Biocon/syngene/clingenehttp://www.biocon.com/

careershttp://www.biocon.com/biocon_careers.asp

Institute of Bioinformaticshttp://www.ibioinformatics.org/

careershttp://www.ibioinformatics.org/careers.htm

Jubilant Biosys Ltd. (JBL)http://www.jubilantbiosys.com/

Careershttp://www.jubilantbiosys.com/car.htm

Molecular Connectionshttp://www.molecularconnections.com/home.html

Careershttp://www.molecularconnections.com/openings.html

Accelryshttp://www.accelrys.com/

Careershttp://www.accelrys.com/about/careers/

Ocimum biohttp://www.ocimumbio.com/web/default.asp

careerhttp://www.ocimumbio.com/web/careers/careers.aspx

Bioinformatics Institute of Indiahttp://www.bii.in/page/index.asp

SATYAMCOMPUTER SERVICEShttp://www.satyam.com/

Careershttp://careers.satyam.com/c_introduction.html

BrainWavehttp://www.brainwave.in/

Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd.www.bd.com/india

Bhat Bio-Tech India (P) Ltd.http://www.bhatbiotech.com

Reliance Life Scienceshttp://www.relbio.com/

Careerhttp://www.relbio.com/html/careers.html

Labvantagehttp://www.labvantage.com/companyinfo/contactus/index.html

A complete Bioinformatics package from CSIR-TCS team

Bio-Suite is an end-to-end software tool for BioInformatics developed at the Life Sciences division of Advanced Technology Center of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Bio-Suite is developed in collaboration with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and several leading Indian academic institutes under the Government of India funded New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) program. Bio-Suite is versatile, portable and comprehensive software catering to the needs of academics and the research community as well as Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies. The product was launched by His Excellency, The President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Bio-Suite package is a tool that covers all the major functional areas of Bioinformatics. This package can be used to analyze, formulate, predict and provide solutions to specific areas in computational biology. The package comprises of four focus areas: Genomics, Protein modeling & Structural analysis, Simulation and Drug Design.The state of the art Bio-Suite package combines in itself TCS’ best software engineering practices and implements well-established algorithms. The entire package is well documented and comes with easy to use Tutorials, which reduce the learning curve and increase efficiency.

The salient features of the package are:

• Robust Graphical User Interface
• Modular in nature
• Highly user-friendly
• Well documented
• Ease of installation and customization
• Secure system
  

What makes a good biological database?

In the 2007 Database Issue of Nucleic Acids Research (A series dedicated to databases in the field of molecular biology) , Alex Batemen has wriiten about the qualities of a good biological database. He pointed the data and web interference condiderations which make a good database. According to him, The quality, quantity and originality of data as well as the quality of the web interface are the most important. He stressed on comprehensive nature of web database and database should not be overspecialized . He ask to have flat files for huge database. He also added the necessity of having high speed and secure access of database to public domain.

Read more: http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/suppl_1/D1

Info obtained from: http://b4bioinfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Database%20Designing