Subject Code: CY7L036 Subject Name: Chemo and Bio Informatics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Introduction to Bioinformatics: Definition and History of Bioinformatics, Internet and Bioinformatics, Introduction to Data Mining, Applications of Data Mining to Bioinformatics Problems and Applications of Bioinformatics; Bioinformatics Softwares: Clustal V, Clustal W 1.7, RasMol, Oligo, Molscript, Treeview, Alscript, Genetic Analysis Software, Phylip; Biocomputing: Introduction to String Matching Algorithms, Database Search Techniques, Sequence Comparison and Alignment Techniques, Use of Biochemical Scoring Matrices, Introduction to Graph Matching Algorithms, Automated Genome Comparison and its Implication, Automated Gene Prediction,
 Automated Identification of Bacterial Operons and Pathways; Introduction to Signaling Pathways and Pathway Regulation. Gene Arrays, Analysis of Gene Arrays; Systems Biology-an introduction; Markov chains and applications: Machine Learning Methods,Hidden Markov models,Applications of HMM in gene identification and Profiles HMMs, Neural Networks and Support Vector machines; Exploring current chemoinformatics resources for synthetic polymers, pigments, pesticides, herbicides, diagnostic markers, biodegradable materials, biomimetics; Primary, secondary and tertiary sources of chemical information; Database search methods: chemical indexing, proximity searching, 2D and 3D structure and substructure searching; Introduction to quantum methods, combinatorial chemistry (library design, synthesis and deconvolution), spectroscopic methods and analytical techniques. Analysis and use of chemical reaction information, chemical property information, spectroscopic information, analytical chemistry information, chemical safety information.  Representing intermolecular forces: ab initio potentials, statistical potentials, forcefields, molecular mechanics. Monte Carlo methods, simulated annealing, molecular dynamics.High throughput synthesis of molecules and automated analysis of NMR spectra.Predicting reactivity of biologically important molecules, combining screening and structure - 'SAR by NMR', computer storage of chemical information, data formats, OLE, XML, web design and delivery.
Text/ Reference Books:
  1. Baldi P. and Brunak S. Bioinformatics, MIT Press.
  2. Setubal J. and Meidanis J. Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology, PWS Publishing Co.
  3. Lesk A. M. Introduction to Bioinformatics, Oxford University Press.
  4. Claverie J. M. and Notredame C. Bioinformatics for Dummies, Wiley.
  5. Letovsky S. I. Bioinformatics, Kluwer Academic Publishers.