Coordinator
Dr. T. Mowna Sundari MPhil., PGDBMD., PhD
Email: mownasundari@ldc.edu.in
Co-coordinator
Dr. J. Ananthi Msc., PhD
Email: jananthi@ldc.edu.in
History
• Established in Nov, 2006 at LDC • Act as bioinformatics hub for the teachers and UG, PG, M.Phil and PhD students of various departments and nearby colleges and research institutes.. • Various projects were carried out using BIF centre. • 34 computers (Under DBT-BIF: 29) with one high end server, photocopier, printer and scanner. • Internet facility at a speed of 100 Mbps with ethernet connectivity.
1. Molecular informatics and Mycology
Bioprospection of basidiomycetes
Mycosynthesized AgNPs for ocular applications
Endophytes for biomedical application
Genome analysis of macro fungi
Parasporin in cancer therapeutics
Peptide inhibitors for controlling Dengue
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)
Chitosan
Organizing seminars and workshops for students and research scholars to teach bioinformatics with hands on training.
To promote research among the students and faculty from various departments and other (ICMR institute, Madurai) institute/ colleges.
Development of databases : MEDDB, DENvirDB
No. of projects completed: 5
No. of ongoing projects: 8
No. of conference/workshops Organized: 23
Projects completed: PhD - 2; PG Diploma - 31; M.Phil - 13; PG -15; UG - 14; Miniproject - 4.
Students trained: 39 (studentship & traineeship)
923 participants of college students, school teachers, assistant professors, research scholars and scientists were benefitted.