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BIO - INFORMATICS (UGC APPROVED)

Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the field of biology and medicine. It is used in drug designing and drug development. Bioinformatics has become one of the fastest growing fields, which will certainly reveal the mysteries of life and will bring cure for many diseases. Bioinformatics is been an inevitable part of Biotechnology in the current era.

Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the field of biology and medicine. It is used in drug designing and drug development. Bioinformatics has become one of the fastest growing fields, which will certainly reveal the mysteries of life and will bring cure for many diseases. Bioinformatics is been an inevitable part of Biotechnology in the current era.2

The syllabus for the Certificate course include, an Introduction to Bioinformatics, Biological databases, NCBI, PDB, SWISSPROT, Sequence Alignment and Multiple Sequence Alignment.


Diploma course consists of Phylogenetic Analysis, Gene Prediction, Prediction of Physical and Chemical Properties of Proteins, Protein Motifs, Protein Secondary Structure Prediction etc.


Advanced Diploma includes the Homology Modelling of Protein, Computer Aided Drug Designing, Docking, Molecular Visualization etc.


The course materials are provided for the students.

Course Fees
Certificate Course ₹3000/-
Diploma Course ₹3500/-
Advanced Diploma Course ₹4000/-
Faculty /Students from outside Mercy campus doing the above 3 courses together in 1 year ₹12,000/-

The Bioinformatics lab consists of 8 computers with internet facility and an LCD projector.

Sl. No Software
1 Clustal X for Multiple Sequence Alignment.
2 Phylodraw and NJPlot for Phylogenetic Analysis.
3 Swiss PDB Viewer for homology Modelling.
4 Chemsketch for molecule Building.
5 Rasmol, Pymol for molecular Visualization.
6 CHMR Viewer, Chembasic, Tree Finder etc.
Sl. No Year Certificate Diploma Adv. Diploma
1 2010-2011 35 -- --
2 2011-2012 25 17 --
3 2012-2013 47 16 11
4 2013-2014 28 15 9
5 2014-2015 24 14 12
6 2015-2016 72 07 11
7 2016-2017 56 27 07
8 2017-2018 53 48 09
9 2018-2019 55 44 09

Bioinformatics Exam Result with A Grade


Sl. No Year Certificate Diploma Adv. Diploma
1 2010-2011 11 -- --
2 2011-2012 22 05 --
3 2012-2013 45 13 05
4 2013-2014 17 20 7
5 2014-2015 23 13 12
6 2015-2016 55 07 11
7 2016-2017 56 27 06
8 2017-2018 50 48 09

Dr. Jayasree. S.
Associate Professor, Dept of Zoology & Co-ordinator of Bioinformatics Add on Course Bioinformatics Lab, Mercy College, Palakkad.
: 0491 2541149
: deptofzoologymercy@gmail.com , drjayasree9@gmail.com