Bioinformatics Discipline Involves Application Of Informatics Methods To Solve Problems In Biology. As An Interdisciplinary Field As It Combines All The Techniques In Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics. The Students At Mitbio Are Trained In Areas Of Current Industry Interest Such As Big Data, Hadoop, Cloud Computing Etc. Which Are Then Applied To Datasets In Biology. They Are Taught Programming Languages Such As C, C#, Java, Advanced Java And Scripting Languages Like Python, Spark, Scala To Enable Them To Hone Their It Skills. Database Handling And Management Techniques Are Also Included In The Curriculum. Hands-on Training Is Provided On The State Of Art Modelling Software With Free As Well As Proprietary Packages Such As Moe, Vlife Sciences, Discovery Studios, Gromacs, Mat Lab Toolbox, R, Schrodinger Etc. To Help Students Work On Live Projects Such As Building Predictive Models In Bioinformatics/chemoinformatics.

The basic bioinformatics courses include sequence analysis, introduction to fundamental concepts, phylogeny, machine learning methods etc. Advanced bioinformatics courses are imparted to students opting for bioinformatics specialization in later semesters, such as genomics, proteomics, systems biology, protein modelling and drug design. Research fellows at the institute work on projects involving cutting edge research at the global level. Students trained in this field can find jobs in bioinformatics companies, IT companies in life sciences domain as data scientist, information analysts, software engineers, etc. The scope of bioinformatics is vast as it has applications in agriculture, drug design, material design, toxicity testing etc. and consequently the industry players in this field.