Description

The event "Informatica" was organised on 2nd December 2024 by the Professional Development team of RACMCC in the GJB Audi of Mount Carmel College at 11am. Informatica was organised with the motive of highlighting or throwing light on a very important but unpopular topic of Bioinformatics . The guest speaker of the event was Dr. Saranya Jayaram who is a professor at Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bangalore and has a great experience in the field of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is a field where computational world comes with the biological universe to create new systems that can improve and transform human lives . The term was first coined in 1960 by ben and hogewey. Dr.Saranya Jayaram enlightened the audience by explaining what exactly is bioinformatics and then it's applications and scope which included genomics analysis, structural bioinformatics, health care, pharma companies related, drugs design and development, software development,etc The speaker also talked about the problems which one can face while working in the field like data leak, etc. The later half of the event was questioning which made it a very interactive The questions where regarding the future tool development, current working companies, the startup ecosystem surrounding the field, etc To conclude it was a very interesting event which added knowledge about a field which is less talked about. The speaker Dr. Jayaram made it very easy understanding and it was her excellence that made the event a great success with over 120 participants and every one learned valuable insights on bioinformatics.