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Bioinformatics has become an essential component of computationally intensive functional genomics, comparative genomics, gene discovery, transcriptional regulatory net works, biochemical pathway analysis, molecular modeling, proteomics and rational drug design. It helps to analyze genes on a massive scale to dissect the precise understanding of the biological processes at the molecular level. Bioinformatics is widely regarded as the key to decipher the staggering functional genomic and genotyping data in the 21st century.

Envisaging the potential of bioinformatics in modern biological research, KBIRVO, Sankara Nethralaya has decided to establish a Center for Bioinformatics, to provide a platform for education and research in bioinformatics and its application to Vision Science. The ultimate goal of this nascent, multidisciplinary center is to focus on research and education in the rapidly emerging fields of bioinformatics and computational biology which deal with the analysis, integration and management of biological or biomedical data generated by high-throughput techniques in genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics (with potential application to ocular diseases).