mysore the centre for information science and technology cist attached to mysore university will commence a oneyear post graduate diploma course in bioinformatics from october 1 this course intends to provide training on biological analysis software development and use of bioinformatics datamodels and web resources the programme will be conducted under trisemester system 4month terms the courses contents include computers and operating systems data structure c and c numerical and statistical analysis introduction of bioinformatics tools for informatics object oriented programming with c data bases biological databases and databanks computer graphicsm simulation and modelling in life systems with a mini project the graduates and post graduates in all branches of life science and related disciplines are eligible to attend the course according to a release from cist computers have become an essential component of modern biology they help to manage the vast and increasing amount of biological data and continue to play an integral role in the discovery of new biological relationships the release said there was growing demand for bioinformatics professionals to help develop software and use software resources on various themes of gene banks sequence analysis and biological simulation to meet the demand of bioinformatics professionals in the new scenario the cist of mysore university has designed a new frontline programme the press release said admission is open till september 25 call 415836 for details