Prof. J. Jeyakanthan Head of Department The Department of Bioinformatics has emerged as an excellent vibrant academic department and research centre in Alagappa University. Department aim is to develop the advance strengthens teaching and research environment to the emerging desires of the scientific community.
Our Department The Department of Bioinformatics was established in the year 2008 to facilitate teaching, learning and research in the interdisciplinary areas of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, and to create an intellectual environment for interdisciplinary education and training. The Department has been nationally recognized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under schemes such as the Fund for Improvement of S & T infrastructure in universities & higher educational institutions (FIST) - Level I for five years from 2017-2022, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center, National Network Project and the Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) for two consecutive periods from 2011-2015 and 2016 - 2023). The Department of Bioinformatics is offering two year M.Sc., and one year M.Phil., programmes in Bioinformatics. Doctoral programme leading to Ph.D. is also being offered in interdisciplinary areas of Bioinformatics. The Department is comprised of well experienced faculty members with research interests and expertise in Small and Macro Molecule X-ray Crystallography, Structural Biology, Molecular Modelling, Computer Aided Drug Design, Pharmacogenomics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Proteomics, Chemoinformatics, Bio-computing, Database and Software development. Department faculties are having international collaborations with School of Science, Osaka University, Japan; RIKEN Harima Institute, SPring-8, Japan; National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan; Institute for Protein Research (IPR), Japan; Nanyang Technological University for Research, Singapore; Konkuk University, Republic of Korea; School of Biological Science, Anyang institute of Technology, China. The Department is undertaking research projects in the fields of Structural Bioinformatics, Structural Biology and Bio-computing funds from various agencies such as University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST), Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Moreover, the faculty members have attracted more than 1,496.60 lakhs through research projects. The novel research findings emerged from the coordination of the faculty members and scholars are reflected more than 700 research publications in highly reputed journals with h-index of 43. Department has received major research projects and funds in the fields of Structural Bioinformatics, Human Molecular Genetics, Structural Biology and Bio-computingfrom various funding agencies such as: * Alagappa Univeristy Research Fund (AURF) * Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) * Department of Science and Technology (DST) * Department of Biotechnology (DBT) * Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) * Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST) * University Grants Commission (UGC) * Department of Atomic Energy- Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (DAE BRNS) * Department of Science & Technology- Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (DST FIST)