STAFF REPORT LAHORE: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IBBT) has developed a bioinformatics software for the analysis of molecular biology data.
“The bioinformatics software will be used to develop phylogenetic trees to deal with identifying and understanding the evolutionary relationships among different organisms,” UVAS Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nawaz said this during a briefing on the HEC conference on “Setting standards for the 21st centaury Pakistan; Universities building economy” here. The conference was attended by all faculty members.
In his remarks, Dr Nawaz said that the UVAS had entered a new era of development of bioinformatics software and the has first time in Pakistan developed unique bioinformatics software adding that UVAS foreseeing the importance of emerging fields of science took the initiative of establishing and initiation of new disciplines like bioinformatics.
He said that the universities are producing finished products of leadership, innovative mindset and intellectual who were playing their role in addressing national challenges and problems.
Earlier, IBBT Director Prof, Dr Masroor Elahi said that the software was developed by using BioJava and Forester, the latest Java-based platforms for software development which understand problems and analyse molecular biology data.
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