Need for ambitious projects in bioinformatics

Research and educational centres, working in the field of bioinformatics, should focus on envisaging ambitious projects with implications in the application-related fields such as agriculture, public health, environment and several others, said Alok Bhattacharya, Task Force Chairman at Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

Interacting with the audience during the inaugural of 26th BTISnet Annual Coordinators Meeting at Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) here on Tuesday, Dr. Bhattacharya urged the participants to think big by coming out of their comfort zones and chart out a path for ambitious projects. Bioinformatics, in the country, has come a long way promoting biological sciences along with its developments. Various centres related to Bioinformatics should come together, by forming clusters, and embark on projects which will change the way, he added.

Dr. Bhattacharya further emphasised on setting up a centralised database to store the research data and maintained that the Super Computer Infrastructure, soon to be set up at a cost of Rs.4,500 crore, would help the research to a great extent.

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Need for ambitious projects in bioinformatics