IBBT develops Bioinformatics Software

LAHORE: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology(IBBT) has developed bioinformatics software for the analysis of Molecular Biology data.

This technology will be used to develop Phylogenetic Trees to deal with identifying and understanding the evolutionary relationships among different organisms.

This was stated by UVAS Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Nawaz during briefing about the HEC conference/exhibition on setting standard for the 21st centaury Pakistan; Universities building economy on Monday at Syndicate room. All faculty members were present on the occasion.

Dr Nawaz said that the UVAS had entered a new era of development of Bioinformatics software and first time in Pakistan developed unique Bioinformatics Software adding that UVAS foreseeing the importance of new emerging fields of science and took initiative of establishing and initiation of new disciplines like bioinformatics.

He said that the Universities were producing of leaders for the future, innovative mindset and intellectuals who were playing their role to solve the national challenges and problems.

Earlier, IBBT director Prof Dr Masroor Elahi Baber said that this software was developed by using the Bio Java and Forester, the latest Java based platforms for software development which understand the problems and analyze of molecular biology data. New software is vibrant, comparatively easy to learn, operate and understand.