National Institute of Oceanography

   

 

Staff   Achievements  Databases   Databanks   Softwares   Workshops organised

 
 

Bioinformatics is the area of interaction between the information technology and Life-Sciences including Biotechnology. Recognizing the importance and necessity to develop the emerging area of Bioinformatics, the National Biotechnology Board (NBTB) of Government of India recognised that the growing stores of biological data could speed research and ultimately improve health, food production and live stock quality if data were properly collected and maintained. Department of Biotechnology responded to the need for information storage, retrieval and analysis system by establishing the Biotechnology Information System for biotechnologists.

 

The Biotechnology Information System was established to serve as distributed database and network organisation for harnessing the scientific knowledge in various inter-disciplinary areas of Biotechnology and its dissemination to R & D institutions, universities and industry. Presently it is comprises of nine specialised Distributed Information Centres (DICs) in six identified areas of Biotechnology, twenty one Sub-DICs for diffusion of scientific information across the network and an Apex Centre at the Department of Biotechnology to co-ordinate the network activities. DICs have been established with the task of providing subject oriented (disciplines oriented) information to all institutions belonging to the branch and other institutions and individual users interested in the particular subject of information related to the branch.

 

Distributed Information Sub-centres provide an access mechanism for the information to be available at added dimension of access and diffusion of information across the network.

 

The Apex Centre at DBT is responsible for coordinating, organising and providing information services at national level covering a wide range of subjects on large sector of national endeavours in Biotechnology. It coordinates the activities of other DICs and provide a nation-wide communication network between the DICs and other Sub-centres. It also coordinates linkage and cooperation with external sources of Bioinformatics including documentation and information centres abroad.

 
 

Recognising the importance and necessity to develop the emerging areas of Bioinformatics and its application in Marine Sciences, Bioinformatics Centre (Sub-DIC) at National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR) Dona Paula, Goa was  established in January 1990 under the Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) programme. , Bioinformatics Centre at NIO has been engaged in :

• Collection, collation and dissemination of data/information on Marine Biodiversity.
• Assistance to the scientists especially marine biologists and biotechnologists with computer/computational problems.
• Building Database in the subject field related to marine biology and biotechnology.
• Facililating online search through network and offline through CDROMs.
• Networking and communication
• Building up of active network of marine biologists and biotechnologists in the country.
• Training to potential users.
• Development of CD-ROMs on "NIO's Database on Marine Life of India (NIODMLI)"
• Participation in international programmes through centres like ICLARM, Philippines, ETI, The Netherlands.

 

 
 

STAFF OF THE CENTRE

 

	Devanand Kavlekar	Technical Assistant
	Vishwanath Kulkarni	Laboratory Assistant

 
 

Bioinformatics Staff	Staff at Work

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Developed by Devanand Kavlekar, NIO, Goa, INDIA