INSTITUTES IN INDIA OFFERING BIOINFORMATICS

BIC at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi :

Is among the pioneers of bioinformatics education in the nation.

BIC was set up in 1989 funded under the Biotechnology Information Systems Programme (BTIS) of DBT.

The center, which was functioning at the School of Computer Systems Sciences building from its inception in 1988, shifted to its present location in 1995.

The centre is well equipped with all the necessary facilities in terms of hardware, software, networking, etc.

BIC-JNU is offering :

• one-year post MSc Diploma in Bioinformatics
• PhD program in bioinformatics.

Computational genomics is the thrust area of BIC.

Bioinformatics Institute of India, Noida UP:

This institute is engaged in education and training services in bioinformatic sciences.

· It offers three PG Diploma courses via distance learning program to graduates, biologists, software professionals and professionals in other related fields.

These courses are provided through local study centers in cheminformatics, bioinformatics and biomedical informatics all over the country.

The total number of students enrolled in BII’s regular and distant learning programs has reached up to 5,000.

The courseware and methodologies of BII have been developed on par with international standards in consultation with industry experts and academicians.

It plans to set up of a state-of-the-art development center to provide a world class R&D facility to budding scientists.

The R&D areas of the organization are wide ranging from biotech to pharmaceuticals and medicine.

The institute assists in technology outsourcing, identification of joint ventures and marketing tie-ups for various products and services of pharmaceutical and other product organizations.

CBT at Anna University, Chennai:

The Center for Biotechnology (CBT) at Anna University, Chennai is one of the oldest biotech education institutions in the country.

Started in 1987 with funds from the University Grants Commission, Department of Biotechnology and Anna Univesity, CBT has played a pioneering role in biotech education.

In 1992, the center started a B Tech program in industrial biotechnology. It is supported by a large consortium of industries who have set up a corpus fund to the run the program. Recently, CBT got a boost with more funds donated by a well-known biotech company, Amersham Biosciences.

Two more positions of lecturers were created using these funds.

· CBT also offers a two-year M Tech (biotech) and PhD programs in biotechnology. Students are admitted through an entrance examination.

Anna University is the largest Technology University in the country with 222 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu affiliated to it.

Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics:

This is an autonomous institution supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). It is India’s premier center providing services in the areas of DNA fingerprinting, molecular diagnostics, and bioinformatics.

CDFD is now poised to initiate basic research in fields relevant to its objectives.

CDFD is also the bioinformatics national node for the European Molecular Biology network (EMBnet).

The node currently provides bioinformatics services in the form of browsing biomolecular sequence databanks, macromolecular structure databank, genome and other useful databases.

Indraprastha University, Delhi:

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) is offering BTech course in bioinformatics.

It has some unique features in its course curriculum. This special academic program is a result of successful alliance between School of Information Technology and School of Biotechnology at GGSIU. The four-year B Tech program in Bioinformatics was first started in 1999 with 30 students. Recently, a fourth year student of School of Biotechnology, Amit Aggarwal, was selected for the PhD program in neuro sciences at Cottingham University, Germany. The university is also offering an integrated five-and-half year M Tech program in biotechnology.

University of Pune (MBA Biotechnology):

University of Pune has taken a path-breaking initiative to catalyze the biotechnology revolution. It has launched a two-year full-time MBA program in biotechnology in the academic year 2002-03. This is the first such program by any Indian university or institute. This is probably the first in Asia too. The course has been envisaged to create managers with domain specific knowledge for the biotech industry. The syllabus is based on the requirements of the industry. Sixty percent of the syllabus covers the managerial aspects and 40 percent biotechnology. The institute received overwhelming response for the course during the first year. The program admits 60 students each year. There will be a provision to admit international students also. The fee per year is Rs 18,500.

VG Vaze college, Mumbai:

Kelkar Education Trust’s VG Vaze College offers degree-level courses in biotechnology. The college has a state-of-the-art biotechnology lab and a scientific research center. The center under takes research in areas relating to medical, aromatics, cosmetics and environmental biotechnology. DST and University of Mumbai have bestowed the center as a recognized institution for research. Students will be admitted at the center for MSc (by research) and PhD in life sciences. The center is focusing on the development and mass propagation of medicinal and aromatic plants. The college, in collaboration with the research center and industry, has plans to offer certificate and diploma courses and training in perfumery, cosmetics, horticulture and tissue culture techniques, agricultural applications, etc. These courses are expected to commence from this academic year 2003-04. They will be offered to the science stream students. These diploma courses will be simultaneously offered to the students pursuing other degree.

Rai University, Bangalore:

Founded by Rai Foundation, this group has spread its educational arms across the nation with campuses in Bangalore, Behror, Bhopal, Dehradun, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkatta, Kosi, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pathankot and Pune. It is offering BSc in biotechnology, BSc( Hons) in environment management studies, Graduate Diploma (Hons) in biotechnology and patent laws and GPD (Hon) in forensic sciences. It also offers post graduate diploma in bioinformatics and in industrial microbiology.

RGCB, Kerala:

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology ( RGCB ) is an autonomous research institute that functions under the umbrella of Science, Technology and Environment department of the Government of Kerala. Established in its present form in 1994, RGCB has come to occupy an important position among the research institutes of the country devoted to research in the cutting edge areas of modern biology and biotechnology. It occupied a new building in January 2002. With the support of the DBT it has established research facilities required for carrying out modern biological research. Currently, the research activities are being carried out in seven major divisions: infectious diseases, plant molecular biology, environmental biotechnology, molecular human genetics, neurobiology, cancer biology and molecular endocrinology.

East West Institute of Technology:

Recognized by the Government of Karnataka, affiliated to Vishwe-shwaraiah Technological University and approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, the East-West institutions have been functioning in Bangalore for over three decades catering to the needs of quality and integrated system of education. All the institutions are having their own buildings and are centrally located.

The East West Educational institutions have earned very good reputation for providing meaningful education and for maintaining high standards—both in professional and nonprofessional courses.

East West offers Bachelor of Engineering courses in biotechnology engineering. This is an eight-semester course, affiliated to Vishweshwaraiah Technological University. It also offers graduate and postgraduate courses in biotechnology.

Edubiotech:

Edubiotech is a technology driven organization, providing world-class biotech technical support to educational institutions and corporate sectors. Edubiotech accelerates innovative ideas by providing good quality R&D and lab facilities. Each one has a place and is given the opportunity to excel in their field of interest.

Oxford Group, Bangalore:

The Oxford Group of Educational Institutions is a group that yearns at strengthening the concept of value based education. There are 22 educational institutions in all the branches of this institution. The Group has a separate College of Engineering as well as a college of Science in Bangalore. Today the Group is offering engineering as well as graduate and postgraduate programs in biotechnology. The Oxford College of Engineering is affiliated to Vishweshwaraiah Technological University and approved by AICTE, New Delhi and offers four-year BE in biotechnology engineering. The Oxford College of Science offers BSc in biotechnology and related fields such as microbiology, genetics and biochemistry. It also offers postgraduate courses in microbiology, biotechnology, and biochemistry.

RK Institute of Management and Computer Science

RK Institute of Management and Computer Science, recognized by the Government of Karnataka, affiliated to Bangalore University and approved by AICTE is offering courses in biotechnology at both under graduate and post graduate levels. The institute has a highly sophisticated research lab. The lab meets the requirements of the Bangalore University curriculum. The labs are well equipped with air conditioned tissue culture chamber and advanced models of laminar flow bench, UV-Vis Spectro photometer, incubators, autoclave, microscopes, electrophoretic units, optical instruments charts, models and other useful instrument to impart and enhance the practical aspects. Such progressive instruments and equipment contribute to the richness and variety of the courses offered by the institute.

Wageningen, Bangalore

Europe’s premier institution, Wageningen University, recently launched its educational module for biotechnology in Bangalore for the first time. Wageningen University in the Netherlands was established in 1918 and had over 10,000 students emerging from its portals annually. As one of the leading centers of education and research in plant, animal, environmental, agro-technological, food and social sciences, Wageningen had been offering quality programs in Asia. The mission statement of the university is to develop and disseminate scientific knowledge needed to sustain and supply society’s demands for sufficient healthy food and a good environment for humans, animals, and plants. Wageningen had tied up with two service providers in India—Bioinfraa and C-Lift, both Bangalore-based companies.

SS Infotech, Bangalore

SS Infotech started in the year 1999 as a non-profitable organization to provide high quality education to less fortunate students at an economical cost. Started with MSc (IT), BSc (IT), MBA and BBA courses, presently it is offering one year PG diploma in bioinformatics through Bioinformatics Institute of India, Noida. The objective of the course is to provide adequate knowledge and training to the student with hands on experience in the field of bio-informatics. The institute has developed a course keeping in mind the requirements of the industries and to equip the students with the latest advances in the field of bioinformatics. The institute also offers correspondence courses in biomedical-informatics, bioinformatics and cheminformatics.

Biotech Education Services &Training (BEST), Bangalore

BEST was started as a company incorporated to undertake activities in imparting quality research and training in biotechnology. The objective of BEST is to promote quality hands on training program in biotech education. Besides training the company has successfully forged into contract research services, protocol development, water analysis and waster water management. BEST is equipped with state of art facilities, competent and dedicated technical manpower. Its network has helps the students in placements and career counseling. It offers one-year PG diploma, short-term course of 10-50 days and advanced diploma courses of three months duration in biotechnology.

BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS IN LINUX

Sure have to try it...!!!!!!!!!

QLUCORE

ELECTRONIC PCR

e-PCR identifies sequence tagged sites(STSs)within DNA sequences. Using e-PCR, you can search for sub-sequences that closely match the PCR primers and have the correct order, orientation, and spacing.

BLAST

The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) for comparing gene and protein sequences against others in public databases, now comes in several types including PSI-BLAST, PHI-BLAST, and BLAST 2 sequences. Specialized BLASTs are also available for human, microbial, malaria, and other genomes, as well as for vector contamination, immunoglobulins, and tentative human consensus sequences.

Masters programes in various Bioinfo fields(United States)

Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona

•MS in Computational Biosciences

Boston University Boston, Massachusetts

•Bioinformatics Graduate Program; MS, PhD

Brandeis University's Rabb School of Summer and Continuing Studies Waltham, Massachusetts

•MS in Bioinformatics

•Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

•Merck Computational Biology and Chemistry Program; BS, MS, PhD tracks

Columbia University New York, New York

•Medical Informatics; MS, PhD

Duke University Durham, North Carolina

•Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Postdoctoral, Certificate, PhD

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

•Biomedical Mathematics; MS, PhD

George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia

•PhD in Computational Sciences and Informatics

•PhD in Bioinformatics

•MS in Bioinformatics

•MNPS in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, and Forensic Biosciences

Georgetown University Washington, D.C.

•Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; MS track

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia

•Bioinformatics; BS, MS, PhD tracks

•MS in Bioinformatics

•PhD in Bioinformatics

Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts

•Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics; PhD track

Indiana University School of Informatics Bloomington, Indiana

•BS in Informatics

•MS in Bioinformatics

•MS in Chemical Informatics

International Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Programs From the Web site of the International Society for Computational Biology, a listing of universities worldwide that offer degrees in bioinformatics and computational biology.

Iowa State University Ames, Iowa

•Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; MS, PhD

Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland

•Program in Computational Biology; PhD track

Keck Graduate School Claremont, Southern California

•MS in Bioscience

Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin

•Special Interdisciplinary Major/Minor (Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science); BS

•Bioinformatics Graduate Program (with the Medical College of Wisconsin and UW Parkside); MS

McGill University Montreal, Canada

•Centre for Bioinformatics; BS minor; proposed MS and PhD

Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin

•Bioinformatics Graduate Program; MS

Montana State University Bozeman, Montana

•Center for Computational Biology; MS, PhD track

New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey

•MS in Computational Biology

•PhD in Computational Biology

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina

•Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics

•PhD in Bioinformatics

•Master of Bioinformatics

•Program in Statistical Genetics

Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts

•Bioinformatics Essentials Graduate Certificate

•Graduate Certificate in Pharmacogenetics

Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois

•Bioinformatics Specialization and Certificate; MS, Certificate

Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon

•Medical Informatics; MS

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York

•Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology; BS, MS, PhD

Rice University’s Keck Center for Computational Biology Houston, Texas

•An Integrated Training Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program, and Computational Biology Research Training Program; PhD track

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York

•Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Programs; BS, MS

Rutgers University Camden, New Jersey

•Graduate Studies in Computational Molecular Biology; PhD

Stanford University Stanford, California

•Biomedical Informatics; MS, PhD

•Bioinformatics Certificate

University of California, Davis Davis, California

•Graduate Program in Medical Informatics; MS

•Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology; PhD

•Summer Short Courses in Bioinformatics and Proteomics

University of California, Irvine Irvine, California

•Informatics in Biology and Medicine; MS and PhD track

University of California, San Diego San Diego, California

•Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Program; PhD

•Certificate in Bioinformatics

University of California, San Francisco San Franciso, California

•Graduate Program in Biological and Medical Informatics; MS, PhD

University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California

•Program in Bioinformatics; BS; Proposed MS and PhD

University of Colorado at Denver Denver, Colorado

•Center for Computational Biology; Certificate, MS, PhD

University of Illinois, Chicago Chicago, Illinois

•Bioinformatics; BS, MS, PhD

University of Massachusetts, Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts

•Bioinformatics; BS, MS, PhD

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Newark, New Jersey

• Graduate Programs in Biomedical Informatics; PhD, MS, MSN, certificate

University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee

•Masters Degree Concentration in Bioinformatics

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

•Bioinformatics; MS, PhD

University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minnesota

•Graduate Program in Bioinformatics; MS and PhD minor

University of Nebraska, Omaha Omaha, Nebraska

•Bioinformatics; MS and PhD track

University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

•BS in Engineering (Bioinformatics)

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

•Computational Biology; BS, MS, PhD track

University of Southern California Los Angeles, California

•MS in Computational Molecular Biology

•Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; PhD track

University of Texas, Austin Austin, Texas

•Graduate Program in Cell & Molecular Biology, with specialized track in Bioinformatics; PhD track

University of Texas, El Paso El Paso, Texas

•Bioinformatics; MS

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

•Bioinformatics; BS, MS

University of Washington Seattle, Washington

•Biomedical and Health Informatics; MS; PhD and certificates proposed

•Computational Molecular Biology; PhD track

University of Waterloo Ontario, Canada

•Bioinformatics; BS, MS, PhD

University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin

•Biostatistics and Medical Informatics; MS, PhD

•Graduate Certificate/Capstone Certificate in Bioinformatics; Certificate programs for graduate and post-doctoral students

Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee

•Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics; MS, PhD

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia

•Graduate Options in Bioinformatics; MS and PhD track

Washington University in Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

•Computational Biology; PhD

Masters programes in various Bioinfo fields

• California State University Channel Islands Camarillo,

CA Programs in Biotechnology

• George Mason University Fairfax,
• VA College of Science
• The George Washington University Washington, DC Program in Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics
• Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA School of Biology
• Iowa State University of Science and Technology Ames, IA Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program
• The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Part-time Program in Bioinformatics
• The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Program in Computer Science
• North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Program in Bioinformatics
• Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology
• Polytechnic Institute of NYU Brooklyn, NY Major in Bioinformatics University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Program in Bioinformatics
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Urbana,
• IL Graduate School of Library and Information Science
• University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Programs in Molecular Biology
• The University of Toledo Toledo, OH Program in Bioinformatics and Proteomics/Genomics
• University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Department of Biomedical Informatics
• Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA Centre for the Study of Biological Complexity
• Clemson University Clemson, SC School of Computing Clemson University Clemson, SC Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Clemson University Clemson,SC Program in Genetics
• Columbia University New York, NY Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the College of Physicians and Surgeons
• New York Medical College Valhalla, NY Program in Health Informatics Stony Brook University,
• State University of New York Stony Brook, NY Department of Biomedical Engineering

Stony Brook University, State University of New York Stony Brook, NY Department of Computer Science Stony Brook University,

State University of New York Stony Brook, NY Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Toledo Toledo, OH Department of Bioengineering The University of Toledo Toledo, OH Department of Chemistry

• Boston University Boston, MA Intercollegiate Program in Bioinformatics
• Brandeis University Waltham, MA Bioinformatics Program
• California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson, CA Department of Biology

Classes in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Africa:

South Afica

South African National Bioinformatics Institute, Honours Bioinformatics Course

Asia

Israel

Technion, Algorithms for Computational Biology (236606)

Tel Aviv University, Algorithms in Molecular Biology

Australia

Australian National Genomic Information Service courses in Bioinformatics

University of Melbourne, Macromolecular Structure ∓ Bioinformatics (521-203)

Europe

France

Pasteur Institute, Bioinformatics

Norway

Bergen University, Bioinformatics

United Kingdom

University of Nottingham, Bioinformatics Tools

Oxford University, Bioinformatics Centre Courses

North America

Canada

Ontario

University of Waterloo, Computational Biology (CS798)

United States

Arizona

University of Arizona, Bioinformatics and Genomic Analysis (MCB 416/516)

California

University of California-Santa Cruz, Bioinformatics (CMP 243)

University of California-Santa Cruz, Bioinformatics Research Seminar (CMP 280)

University of California-San Diego, Computational Biology (CSE 290)

Stanford Center for Professional Development, Academic Courses

Connecticut

Yale University, Bioinformatics(MB∓B 447b/747b)

Delaware

University of Delaware, Bioinformatics (ANSC 667)

Indiana

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Introduction to Bioinformatics (CSCI 590)

Purdue University, Topics in Bioinformatics (CS 690B)

Massachusetts

Boston University, BF 527: Bioinformatic Applications

Harvard University, Biophysics 101: Genomics and Computational Biology

MIT, 18.417 Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology

Missouri

University of Missouri, Bioinformatics (CECS 401)

Washington University at St. Louis

Computational Molecular Bioinformatics (Bio 5495/BME 537)

Biology 560, Introduction to Bioinformatics

New Mexico

New Mexico State University, Bioinformatics and Genome Analysis (MOLB 550)

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University, Computational Biology (CB03-510)

Washington

University of Washington, CSE 527: Computational Biology

Washington, D.C.

Howard University: Computational Biology

LIST OF UNIVERSITIES OFFERING DEGREES IN BIOINFORMATICS

• Australia
  • South Australia
    • Bachelor's Program in Bioinformatics at Flinders University
    • The International Office
      Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001
      Tel (+ 618) 8201 2727
      Fax (+ 618) 8201 3177
      Email: Intl.Office@flinders.edu.au
      
      
    • Europe
    • Austria
    • Bioinformatics at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Graz University of Technology
      
      
    • Denmark
    • Technical University of Denmark, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis
      
      
    • Finland
    • Helsinki University, Graduate School in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biometry
      
      
    • Germany
    • Univ.of Bielefeld, Naturwissenschaftliche Informatik
    • University of Tuebingen, Bioinformatics
      
      
    • Norway
    • University of Bergen, Bioinformatics at the Department of Informatics
      
      
    • Sweden
    • Gothenburg
    • Chalmers University Masters Program in Bioinformatics
      
      
    • United Kingdom
    • University of Exeter - MSc, Diploma and Certificate in Bioinformatics
    • For Graduate admissions (Computer Science): Contact Sheila Watkin, Department of Computer Science, Harrison Building, University of Exeter EX4 4QF
    • Telephone: (+44)-(0)1392-264061
    • Fax: (+44)-(0)1392-264067
    • E-mail: dcs-gradinfo@ex.ac.uk
      
      
    • University of Leeds, M.Res. in Bioinformatics
    • In all cases, you should submit a full application, including a completed application form, a full C.V. and covering letter to our Graduate School. Your letter should highlight your interest in any of the funding sources below. The application form and submission details are available from the Graduate Office. The telephone and FAX numbers are respectively (0/+44) 113 343 1417 and (0/+44) 113 343 1407; alternatively e-mail.
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    • University of Liverpool, M. Sc. in Biosystems and Informatics
    • If you need details regarding applications for next year please contact Dr P Miller (pmiller@liv.ac.uk)
      
      
      
    • University of Manchester, Masters Program
    • Check the On-line Tutorial, BioActivity, an interactive exercise that aims to provide a taste of Bioinformatics resources around the world.
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    • University of Nottingham, Master of Philosophy in Molecular Biology with Bioinformatics
    • University of York, MRes in Bioinformatics
      
      
      
    • North America
    • Canada
    • Ontario
    • Waterloo University,Graduate Program in Bioinformatics
    • Quebec
    • University of Montreal, Biologie informatique et thÈorique
    • Vacouver
    • Bioinformatics Training Program for Health Research
      
      
    • United States
    • California
    • Keck Graduate Institute, Professional Masters in Applied Biosciences
    • Stanford University Biomedical Informatics Program
    • University of California-Irvine Biomedical Informatics program
    • University of California-Los Angeles Bioinformatics
    • University of California-San Diego
    • Computational Neurobiology Graduate Program, Division of Biology
    • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Bioengineering
    • University of California-Santa Cruz
    • UCSC Bioinformatics
    • BS curriculum
    • University of California-San Francisco Program in Medical Information Sciences
    • University of Southern California, Center for Computational and Experimental Genomics
    • San Francisco State University
    • University of California-Davis Medical Informatics Graduate Program
    • University of California-Berkeley
    • Program in Genomics and Computational Biology
      
      
    • Colorado
    • University of Colorado at Denver
    • Certificate for Computational Biology, Center for Computational Biology
    • M.S. in Computer Science with Computational Biology Option
    • M.S. in Applied Mathematics with Computational Biology Option
    • University of Colorado School of Medicine
    • Ph.D. in Analytical Health Sciences - Bioinformatics Track
    • Connecticut
    • Bioinformatics at Yale
      
      
    • Delaware
    • Bioinformatics at CAPSAL, University of Delaware
    • Florida
    • Florida State University program in Computational Biology
    • Florida International University
    • Georgia
    • Bioinformatics program at Georgia Tech University
    • Illinois
    • Bioinformatics at University of Illinois at Chicago
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology
    • W.M. Keck Center for Bioinformatics
    • University of Chicago
    • Northern Illinois University
    • Indiana
    • Bioinformatics MS degree at Indiana University School of Informatics
    • Computatioanl Biology at Purdue University
    • Iowa
    • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Iowa State University
    • Maryland
    • Computational Biology at Johns Hopkins University
    • University of Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Boston University Bioinformatics Program
    • Harvard University Computational Biology Program (part of Biophysics)
    • MIT Department of Biology
    • MIT Whitehead Center for Genome Research
    • MIT Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
    • Bioinformatics masters degree at Northeastern University
      
      
    • Michigan
    • University of Michigan:
    • Graduate Program in Bioinformatics
    • Medical School
    • Computational Biophysics
      
      
    • Minnesota
    • University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Bioinformatics
      
      
    • Missouri
    • Computational Molecular Biology Program at Washington University in St. Louis
    • Bioinformatics at University of Missouri at Columbia
      
      
    • Nebraska
    • Bioinformatics graduate studies at The University of Nebraska
      
      
    • New Jersey
    • Graduate Studies in Computational Molecular Biology at Rutgers University
    • Genomics and Computational Biology at Princeton
    • NJIT Sloan Masters in Computational Biology
    • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
      
      
    • New York
    • University of Albany
    • Rockefeller University Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program
    • Cornell University Genomics Program
    • Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology program at Rensselaer
    • Computational Biology at NYU
    • Columbia University:
    • Department of Computer Science
    • Department of Medical Informatics
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo
    • Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics
    • Center for Computational Research
      
      
    • North Carolina
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Program in Bioinformatics and Computation Biology
    • North Carolina State University Genomics
    • North Carolina State University Bioinformatics
    • Clemson University, Genomics Institute
    • Duke University Center For Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
      
      
    • Ohio
    • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Ohio State University
    • Bioinformatics at University of Cincinnati
    • Pennsylvania
    • Keck Center for Advanced Training in Computational Biology
    • Undergraduate Computational Biology Program at Carnegie Mellon University
    • Merck Computational Biology and Chemistry Program
    • Carnegie Mellon University Professional Masters in Computational Biology
    • University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioinformatics
    • Graduate Bioinformatics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
    • Penn State University Center for Computational Biology
    • South Carolina
    • Clemson University, Genomics Institute
      
      
    • Texas
    • W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology at Rice University
    • Computational Biology at Baylor College of Medicine
    • Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working group
    • Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, at the University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas, El Paso
      
      
    • Tennessee
    • U of Memphis MS in Bioinformatics
    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Labs
    • Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University
    • Virginia
    • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Ph.D. Program at George Mason
    • Graduate Options in Bioinformatics at Virginia Tech
      
      
    • Washington
    • Graduate Program in Computational Molecular Biology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington
    • Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington
    • Wisconsin
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine Training Program
    • Medical College of Wisconsin / Marquette University

Downloads and Upgrades

As part of its new SOLiD3 Plus sequencing system, Life Technologies has released BioScope, software that provides an "integrated framework for data analysis,"

GenBank 174.0 is available via FTP from the National Center for Biotechnology.

The new release contains 108,560,236,506 base pairs of non-whole-genome-shotgun sequence and 149,348,923,035 base pairs of WGS sequence. Uncompressed, the new release flatfiles require roughly 416 GB (sequence files only) or 445 GB including the 'short directory,' 'index,' and the *.txt files.

The total number of sequence data files increased by 31, and the number of index files by three with this release.

A new haplogroup qualifier, which is a group of similar haplotypes that share a common ancestor with a SNP mutation, has been introduced as of this GenBank release.

NCBI noted that because GSS sequences are maintained in two different systems, there is a "discrepancy between the filenames and file headers" for 78 of the GSS flatfiles in release 174.0.

NCBI has also released Blast 2.2.22, which includes new Blast+ command-line applications built with the NCBI C++ toolkit.

Other changes include a new entrez_query command line option for restricting remote BLAST databases, user interface improvements to windowmasker, a provision for long words with blastp, and added support for best-hit algorithm parameters in strategy files.

Temis has launched Luxid 5.1, the latest version of its content mining application that has been enhanced so it is easier-to-use, with "more powerful analytics."

Luxid 5.1 offers content enrichment capabilities through Temis' new software-as-a- service offering. The application also has an enhanced knowledge browser, with "wider" methods to customize Skill Cartridges to include "vocabulary lists and entity attributes, combining them with semantic rules," the company said.

Tripos has released version 5.0 of its Benchware Discovery 360 platform, which includes expanded data access and analysis capabilities with "full featured forms-based querying and browsing, a data access dashboard for data searches, and a range of integration options," the company said.

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What is direct-to-consumer genetic testing?

Traditionally, genetic tests have been available only through healthcare providers such as physicians, nurse practitioners, and genetic counselors. Healthcare providers order the appropriate test from a laboratory, collect and send the samples, and interpret the test results. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing refers to genetic tests that are marketed directly to consumers via television, print advertisements, or the Internet. This form of testing, which is also known as at-home genetic testing, provides access to a person’s genetic information without necessarily involving a doctor or insurance company in the process.

If a consumer chooses to purchase a genetic test directly, the test kit is mailed to the consumer instead of being ordered through a doctor’s office. The test typically involves collecting a DNA sample at home, often by swabbing the inside of the cheek, and mailing the sample back to the laboratory. In some cases, the person must visit a health clinic to have blood drawn. Consumers are notified of their results by mail or over the telephone, or the results are posted online. In some cases, a genetic counselor or other healthcare provider is available to explain the results and answer questions. The price for this type of at-home genetic testing ranges from several hundred dollars to more than a thousand dollars.

The growing market for direct-to-consumer genetic testing may promote awareness of genetic diseases, allow consumers to take a more proactive role in their health care, and offer a means for people to learn about their ancestral origins. At-home genetic tests, however, have significant risks and limitations. Consumers are vulnerable to being misled by the results of unproven or invalid tests. Without guidance from a healthcare provider, they may make important decisions about treatment or prevention based on inaccurate, incomplete, or misunderstood information about their health. Consumers may also experience an invasion of genetic privacy if testing companies use their genetic information in an unauthorized way.

Genetic testing provides only one piece of information about a person’s health—other genetic and environmental factors, lifestyle choices, and family medical history also affect a person’s risk of developing many disorders. These factors are discussed during a consultation with a doctor or genetic counselor, but in many cases are not addressed by at-home genetic tests. More research is needed to fully understand the benefits and limitations of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.