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2010-12-09T10:53:00.001-08:00

ICS’s Exams 2009

2009-11-04T00:48:00.000-08:00

Eligible candidate can download their hall ticket from the mention link.

http://www.cheminformaticscentre.org/Hallticktechemno.aspx

2009-02-24T02:56:00.000-08:00

Dear ICS Students,

April 2009 examinations will be held on 11th and 12th April '09 i.e. Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. Last date for submitting Exam form along with the Exam Fees is 28th February 2009.

For any query contact:

ICS Support

Ph. No:-0120-4320801/02 , 9818473366, 9810535368

Chemoinformatics & Information Management

2009-01-22T23:30:00.001-08:00

Chemoinformatics and information management

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November 2008 Examinations

2008-10-20T00:12:00.001-07:00

Dear Students of ICS,

November 2008 examinations will be held on 8th and 9th November'08 i.e. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m to 2 p.m

Hall tickets are getting dispatched to the eligible candidates.

For any query contact:
ICS Support
0120-4320801/02
9818473366, 9810535368

All the Best for Examinations !

Institute of Cheminformatics Studies Exam

2008-03-25T23:15:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

The exams for all the programs will be held on 26th & 27th April 2008.The exam schedule is being provided to all the students along with Hall Ticket.

The Examination Timings will be 10 AM to 2 PM.

The examination schedule for Petrochemical & Refining Program will be as given below:

Day I (26th April 2008)

Introduction to Petroleum Industry
Petroleum and Petrochemicals
Petrochemical Production System

Day II (27th April 2008)
Computational Chemistry
Chemical Information Sources
Petroleum Refining Technology & process

The examination schedule for Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Production Program will be as given below:

Day I (26th April 2008)

Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Modern Combinatorial Chemistry

Day II (27th April 2008)

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Analysis, Evaluation and Testing
Drug Design & discovery

The examination schedule for Cheminformatics Program will be as given below:

Day I (26th April 2008)

Basics of Cheminformatics
Medicinal Chemistry
Modern Combinatorial chemistry
Cheminformatics Database Design & their Management

Day II (27th April 2008)

Chemical Information Sources
Computational Chemistry
Data Sequencing Mining and Visualization
Drug Design and Discovery

The examination schedule for Paint and Coating Technology Program will be as given below:

Day I (26th April 2008)

Introduction to Paint Technology
Chemical database Design and their management
Paint Production and manufacturing Technology

Day II (27th April 2008)

Chemical Information Sources
Formulation Principles and Practices
Coating Technology and Equipments

Institute of Cheminformatics Studies mentioned as Important Cheminformatics Institution in India By Employment News

2008-02-25T02:57:00.000-08:00

CAREER GUIDE - Published in Employment News 19th Feb - 25th Feb 2008
CAREER IN CHEMINFORMATICS

When IT fuses with a branch or discipline of science, there is origin of a new branch of science. The fusion of IT with biology and biotechnology is Bioinformatics, the fusion of IT with Geology is Geoinformatics, Nowadays a new branch is building. It is the fusion of IT and Chemistry. This new branch is called ‘Chemin-formatics’. In Cheminformatics chemical information is stored, managed and chemical problems are solved with the help of Information Technology.
During chemical research a number of new compounds are synthesized continuously and a lot of information and data is generated. This continuously expanding chemical information is referred to as a ‘chemical information explosion’. Therefore, the management, that is, to collect, store, organize and apply this huge chemical information in a systematic manner is necessary. Chemin-formatics plays a great role in the management of chemical information. Cheminformatics is storing and retrieving molecular information about chemical compounds by computational methods alone.
Cheminformatics has wide applications in drug discovery. Drug discovery is a very complex research process which is aimed at making a chemical drug that causes biological effects.
During drug discovery process researchers test several chemicals on biological systems and finds out the desired effects generated by the drugs. If the chemicals (drugs) induce or cause desired biological effects, than are considered as potential chemical candidates for medicinal drug and are called as Drug Leads.
Once the drug leads are identified, they are optimized. In optimization beneficial properties of drug leads are maximized and side-effects are minimized. In this process addition, removal or replacement of chemical components is involved. A drug is developed after optimization but it has to be further tested and studied.
In earlier days a lot of data regarding a single chemical compound had to be obtained from books, journals and periodicals. Researchers had to go through pages after pages. Now everything is available with a click on mouse, thanks to IT.
Drug discovery is a very slow and complex process. In Chemistry there are so many compounds which possess same general molecular formula and have many physical and chemical properties similarities. These compounds or drug leads belong to a family or a group of compounds. In a family or in a group of chemicals (alcohols, acids, bases, ethers, esters etc.) hundreds of chemicals are of similar physical and chemical properties. To identify a drug-lead from the family of chemical compounds is very tedious and difficult. It is just like looking for a needle in hay-stack. Further the drugs have to be tested for their actions on living beings, that is, the biological response they generate in biological sample. For this purpose preparation of control sample, preparation of biological assay, preparation of reagents, monitoring the reactions, recording the observations and reporting results have to be carried out.
The entire procedure is very time consuming. But with the help of cheminformatics these steps have been rendered very simple. One can not only visualize the reactions but now one can also’ see’ the chemical reactions! with the help of appropriate chemical software!
Since a large number of molecules have to be processed for drug synthesis, the methods used must be very fast. To speed up the drug discovery two techniques of cheminformatics are found to be immensely helpful. These are Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening ( HTS). Both are data dependent techniques. In combinatorial chemistry entire information of a drug lead is collected on molecular level and stored. The information may include the biological effects of drug leads, its synthesis, and the bimolecular information may include gene databases, protein databases and various other databases of organic molecules.
Researchers can now access decades of raw data stored in disparate formats from chemical and biochemical databanks and get useful results.
In High Throughput Screening the results of several tests of a drug lead on living beings are compiled, and analyzed.
Cheminformatics is a rapidly developing branch of chemistry. In the coming days the students who have studied Cheminformatics will be required not only in India but in foreign countries too! Though the subject is relatively nascent in India there are some institutes which run some courses in Cheminformatics and the number is very likely to increase. In developed countries Cheminformatics is progressing well.
In pharmaceutical companies there is always a cut-throat competition and cheminformatics will be a fine tool to concur the world of drugs.
1. The Indian institutes which offer training programme diploma courses include : Malabar Christian College, Kozikode.
(1 Year P.G. Diploma in Cheminformatics, Eligibility for the course is M.Sc. (Chemistry)/ M.Sc. (Bio-informatics)/ M.Pharma)
2. Institute of Cheminformatics Studies, Noida.
3. Department of Chemistry,
Jamia Hamdard Deemed University, New Delhi.
In USA and in Britain several universities have started M.Sc. courses in cheminformatics. Some of these are -
1. Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
2. University of Manchester - www.manchester.ac.uk.
3. University of Sheffield- www.shef.ac-uk/is/courses
4. University of Indiana- www.informatics.indiana.edu/aademics/chem.asp.
Cheminformatics helps to increase researchers’ efficiency for designing better drugs faster. Chemical, Agrochemical, Biotechnology and Pharma-ceutical companies are in great need of students with extensive knowledge of chemistry and computer science, that is, cheminformatics. It is very crucial for rapid development of new therapeutics and hence nowadays, unavoidable!
(The author is Lecturer, P.G. Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Phule College, Pimpri Pune-17)Author:Shahaji B. More

April 2008 Examinations

2008-02-22T02:17:00.000-08:00

Dates for April 2008 Exams have been announced, dates are 26th and 27th of April 2008.

Timetable for individual programs will be provided in the first week of March.

Hall tickets will be dispatched in First week of April

ICS

Admission For Current Batch

2008-02-22T02:15:00.000-08:00

Admission for various Institute Programs for the current batch has been announced last date to join is 31st of March 2008. For program details visit www.cheminformaticscentre.org

ICS Admin

Results for November 2007 Exams

2008-01-29T03:14:00.001-08:00

Results for November 2007 exams have been declared on 28th of January. The results are being dispatched to candidates by post. Next exams will be held in April 2008

Notice Board and Interaction

2007-11-21T23:52:00.000-08:00

This blog will serve as both notice board and interaction for ICS students. ICS students are requested to visit this blog from time to time

Reregistration for Autumn 06 Batch

2007-11-21T23:50:00.000-08:00

Dear Participants of Autumn 06 Batch

All those who are not appearing in November 2007 examinations have to reregister for the next session. Reregistration details can be obtained at reply@cheminformaticscentre.org at ICSSupport. Reregistered candidates can appear in April 2008 and November 2008 exams.ICS Support numbers are 0120-43201801 and 4310802, Mobile Numbers are 9810535368 and 9818473366

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2007-11-21T23:47:00.000-08:00

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