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Certificate Course in Cheminformatics
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Cheminformatics is the application of computational technique to the discovery, management, interpretation and manipulation of chemical information and data extracted there from. Future chemical informatics systems will require a workforce with a solid background in chemistry and an expert grasp of the available computer technology. Chemical, Agrochemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological companies are in great need of people with extensive knowledge of chemistry and the computer skills to handle the data generated by chemical researchers. Companies involved in medical, environmental and chemical instrumentation will increasingly depend on chemical informatics in order to be successful competitors. In addition, database producers, chemical software developers, and those in the primary and secondary chemical publishing areas offer attractive opportunities for graduates of the chemical informatics program.
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Cheminformatics techniques are increasingly being used to analyze the huge volumes of chemical and biological data resulting from combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput screening programs. Cheminformatics techniques have application of informatics methods to solve chemical problems i.e. the static and dynamic aspects of chemistry. Chemoinformatics deals largely with small molecules and helps bioinformatics to design drug targets i.e. from genes to proteins.
Aim and Objective
The aim of this course is to provide graduates in chemistry and associated disciplines with knowledge and skill appropriate to career as cheminformatics specialists in the chemical industry and related fields. At the same time it is designed to offer course units that will be essential to professional chemists working, for example, in the pharmaceutical and allied industries who wish to gain new skills in cheminformatics.
The objective of this course is to provide comprehensive understanding of this fast growing field in science and technology starting from basic principles to the point of application in various fields of chemistry, biotechnology, drug development and material science.
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Apart from the application of information technology in biology it has an immense application in chemical sciences. Cheminformatics has created a total revolution in chemical industry and the skilled professionals are required in this field. The course has been designed to make the students well-versed the subject so that they are able to cope up with changing technologies. Cheminformatics plays a major role in the designing of the new lead compounds and pharmacophores thus the course would endow the knowledge of the applications of cheminformatics which are as follows:
- Informatics integration is the key to unleashing the potential of modern drug discovery.
- Disease targets and chemical information are creating a data-oriented research environment.
As cheminformatics has changed the drug designing from a specialist niche tool to that of an essential corporate technology, therefore, the course would help them in the enhancement of their career.
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