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Bioinformatics

What is the Job all about?
Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. Computers are used to gather, store, analyze and integrate biological and genetic information which can then be applied to gene-based drug discovery and development. The need for Bioinformatics capabilities has been precipitated by the explosion of publicly available genomic information resulting from the Human Genome Project.

The goal of this project – determination of the sequence of the entire human genome (approximately three billion base pairs. The science of Bioinformatics, which is the melding of molecular biology with computer science, is essential to the use of genomic information in understanding human diseases and in the identification of new molecular targets for drug discovery.

 

Can I go for it?
If you are keen on genetics and love both Biology & mathematics/statistics as also Computers then this is the right career for you. In experimental molecular biology, bioinformatics techniques such as image and signal processing allow extraction of useful results from large amounts of raw data. In the field of genetics and genomics, it aids in sequencing and annotating genomes and their observed mutations.

 

Is there a future in this field?
As long as Science keeps looking for answers that beset humanity there is always going o be a future in this field. Computers keep improving Data collection & sorting, Scientist keep probing for answers that require solutions to man ever increasing questions

 

Where do I start?

In Goa:
PCM with Computers at the graduate level is the first step
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS GOA),

Outside Goa:
Indian Statistical Institute : Kolkata
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) Chennai
Loyola College Chennai
Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Chennai
St Xavier’s College Mumbai
Christ College Bangalore
Fergusson College Pune
BSc degree in Bio Informatics at DY Patil University and Shivaji Maharaj University – both at Navi Mumbai

Employment Avenues
The subject also opens up opportunities to commerce related fields such as taxation, auditing and accounting. Chartered Accountants, graphic designers, stock broking, and company secretary. After graduation and post-graduation, jobs as teachers are very high due its basic necessity in the educational curriculum.

 

Monies
Good firms and research institutes tend to pay as high as 75,000 INR per month.
Government jobs are available in statistical, analytical and computations related task. Starting pay scale in public sector varies from 20,000 INR to 55,000 INR per month.

 

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