Dr. Farhat Amin

Incharge/Chairperson

Email:   bioinformatics@sbbwu.edu.pk

Tel:   +92-91-9224790

BIOINFORMATICS

Bioinformatics, by its nature, is multidisciplinary. At the University, we have built a core set of bioinformatics faculty, staff, and students from Pre-Medical and Pre-engineering backgrounds.

In the Bioinformatics discipline, faculty members are involved in acquiring, representing, modeling, integrating, interpreting, and transforming biomedical data.

Their work spans a range of activities including biochemical systems theory, biological process modeling, biomarker identification, machine learning, analysis and interpretation of genomic and proteomic data, text data mining, identification of gene regulatory networks, ontology development, and design and implementation of clinical decision aids. They combine multidisciplinary research and collaborative arrangements with basic and clinical sciences to provide an integrated approach to the development of new ontological approaches and the synthesis of new and existing knowledge in medicine and the biological sciences.

The Department of Bioinformatics is dedicated to advancing the application of computational methods to cutting-edge problems in biology. The new field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology is making critical contributions to diverse areas such as disease detection, drug design, forensics, agriculture, and environmental sciences through the combination of biological analysis and high-performance computing. The Department offers a variety of undergraduate courses in Bioinformatics.

The Department of Bioinformatics engages in education and research activities in the biological sciences. Methodological and applied research activities provide students with unique opportunities to participate in quantitative research in all aspects of public health sciences, including such areas as medicine, dentistry, nursing, and cancer research.

 BACKGROUND:

We are witnessing the birth of a new era in biology and medicine. The confluence of unprecedented measuring capabilities and computational power has dramatically changed the questions that may be addressed in the biological and biomedical sciences and promises to empower clinical practice in fundamental ways.

On the one hand, recent and novel technologies produce biological data sets of ever-increasing resolution that reveal not only genomic sequences, but also RNA and protein abundances, their interactions with each other, their sub-cellular localization, and the identity and abundance of other biological molecules. This requires the development and application of sophisticated computational methods, encompassed by the field of Bioinformatics.

Addressing these challenges requires an interdisciplinary research structure dedicated to developing intellectual and human capacity in Bioinformatics. As such, there is an enormous need for trained professionals who are experts in biology, biomedicine, and computing. To address this need, the Bioinformatics Graduate Program at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar was founded in 2007.

The Department of Bioinformatics aims to apply its knowledge and expertise to the cost-effective development, implementation, support, and improvement of the Bioinformatics infrastructure to meet the present and future requirements of life sciences & to educate and produce graduate students in the field of bioinformatics and computational biology who are skilled & able to integrate research and education on the use of information technologies by developing/using bioinformatics tools.

VISION

Provide a benchmark to promote the creation & dissemination of knowledge and research that blends life and medical sciences to develop Bioinformatics professionals and researchers with interdisciplinary approaches, enabling them to meet national and international challenges.

MISSION

To accelerate progress in life and health sciences by promoting scientific initiatives that:

• Challenge our understanding of bioinformatics fundamentals through integrated approaches as an interdisciplinary science.
• Allow progress in developing a common framework for the effective and responsible exchange of biological information and related data within clinical treatment and the agri-food industry.
• To ensure collaboration among the academic world, research, healthcare systems, and industry is of the maximum effectiveness especially among the local academic and industries for strengthening the local business.

Programme of Study

BS Bio-Informatics (4-Year Programme)

Curriculum Session 2023_Bioinformatics UEP 2023

Curriculum Certificate 2023

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Curriculum Certificate

BS Scheme of Studies 2015 and onward

Rectified curriculum 2015 onward

Scheme of studies 2018 onward

Rectified curriculum 2018 onward