Applications of Bioinformatics in Drug Designing

Department of Pharmacology in Association with Biovnovem conducted a Hands on workshop on Applications of Bioinformatics in Drug Designing. This workshop was intended to introduce students to the field of Bioinformatics and its applications in real world, implications of software developed for bio-informatics on drug discovery and empower students on drug designing and development. 

Ms.Priya Sankar, CEO of Biovnovem, gave an extensivetalk on bioinformatic tools ,Programmes and databases. Ms.Sivaranjani and Mr.Arun Research Scientists had an elaborative talk on Molecular docking and Drug designing. The students were trained for molecular docking in drug designing. It was a different experience for the students and some of them definitely will inculcate this experience in their future research. The college also has signed an MOU with BIOVNOVEM to have a future prospect in research activities.