Status of Bioinformatics Education in South Asia: Past and Present.

Bioinformatics education has been a hot topic in South Asia, and the interest in this education peaks with the start of the 21st century. The governments of South Asian countries had a systematic effort for bioinformatics. They developed the infrastructures to provide maximum facility to the scienti...

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Publicado en:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Ali, Muhammad Muddassir, Hamid, Muhammad, Saleem, Muhammad, Malik, Saadia, Mian, Natash Ali, Ihsan, Muhammad Ahmed, Tabassum, Nadia, Mehmood, Khalid, Awan, Furqan
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 4/27/2021
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          Ali, Muhammad Muddassir
          Hamid, Muhammad
          Saleem, Muhammad
          Malik, Saadia
          Mian, Natash Ali
          Ihsan, Muhammad Ahmed
          Tabassum, Nadia
          Mehmood, Khalid
          Awan, Furqan
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          Bioinformatics Education
          Asia
          World Wide Web
          Geographic Factors
          Colleges and Universities
          Facility Design and Construction Standards
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      ab: Bioinformatics education has been a hot topic in South Asia, and the interest in this education peaks with the start of the 21st century. The governments of South Asian countries had a systematic effort for bioinformatics. They developed the infrastructures to provide maximum facility to the scientific community to gain maximum output in this field. This article renders bioinformatics, measures, and its importance of implementation in South Asia with proper ways of improving bioinformatics education flaws. It also addresses the problems faced in South Asia and proposes some recommendations regarding bioinformatics education. The information regarding bioinformatics education and institutes was collected from different existing research papers, databases, and surveys. The information was then confirmed by visiting each institution's website, while problems and solutions displayed in the article are mostly in line with South Asian bioinformatics conferences and institutions' objectives. Among South Asian countries, India and Pakistan have developed infrastructure and education regarding bioinformatics rapidly as compared to other countries, whereas Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal are still in a progressing phase in this field. To advance in a different sector, the bioinformatics industry has to be revolutionized, and it will contribute to strengthening the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and molecular sectors in South Asia. To advance in bioinformatics, universities' infrastructure needs to be on a par with the current international standards, which will produce well-trained professionals with skills in multiple fields like biotechnology, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. The bioinformatics industry has revolutionized and strengthened the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and molecular sectors in South Asia, and it will serve as the standard of education increases in the South Asian countries. A framework for developing a centralized database is suggested after the literature review to collect and store the information on the current status of South Asian bioinformatics education. This will be named as the South Asian Bioinformatics Education Database (SABE). This will provide comprehensive information regarding the bioinformatics in South Asian countries by the country name, the experts of this field, and the university name to explore the top-ranked outputs relevant to queries.
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