Applications in genetic and epidemiological studies . Working with genomes of microbial organisms.
Vaccine development. Bioinformatics and its impact on Drug Discovery, Toxicogenomics and
understanding mechanisms of Toxicity, Pharmacogenomics. including Medical Bioinformatics and
Haplotying, Genotyping and Population Genomics, Identification of susceptibility genes in common
phenotypes of biomedical importance, Classification of tumours and identification of potential therapeutic
targets against cancers using gene expression profiles, Clinical diagnostics, Role of bioinformatics in
providing novel biological insights in pathogenic pathways with a potential for identification of therapeutic
targets or of biomarkers that allow improved disease detection, monitoring of disease progression and
treatment response. Challenges of genetic profiling in clinical practice, Medical Data Mining, Ethical
considerations |
Administrative assistant: RAINA FERHANA HOSSENBUX
Telephone: 4037400
Email: r.hossenbux@uom.ac.mu |