Bioinformatics Centre at RGCB was started in May 2002, as one of the Bioinformatics Distributed Information Sub-Centres, a part of National Bioinformatics network under the programme, Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) established by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Objectives

• To provide a national bio-information network designed to bridge the interdisciplinary gaps in biotechnology information and to establish link among scientists in organizations involved in R&D and manufacturing activities in biotechnology.
• To build up information resources, prepare databases on biotechnology and to develop relevant information handling tools and techniques and provide information services to national community of users.
• To evolve and implement program on education of users and training of information scientists responsible for handling of biotechnology information and its applications to biotechnology research and development.
• To develop, support and enhance public information resources for biotechnology e.g. Gene banks, molecular biology data and related research information resources.

Main Thrust Area

• Database and Software development in biotechnology
• Sequence Analysis and Molecular Modeling
  
  

• Molecular basis of Biological Functions
  
  

• Standard Pentium IV PC - 12 Nos
• Wipro NetPower Server - 1 Nos
• SunBlade Workstation- 3 Nos
• SGI-Octane Workstation - 1 Nos