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Hey everyone!!

BioBytes is organizing a placement/internship series in collaboration with Coding Ninjas for everyone who wants to prepare/assess their level of preparation.
The test would be held on Coding Ninjas platform and there would be a 3hrs login window between 9 AM-3 PM for a 1hr test on 25th Sept. We would also be having a doubt clearing session on the next day,i.e., 26th Sept from 5 pm-6 pm. Perks would also be provided.
We invite all the coding geeks to be a part of this placement/internship series. All batches are allowed.

Link for the registration: https://www.codingninjas.com/events/placement-checker-indraprastha-institute-of-information-technology-delhi
Telegram Link: https://t.me/biobytes

Hi Everyone!

We are organising a session on "Pandas & Data Analysis" where we will be doing the analyis of a particlar dataset using different functions of the pandas library.

Looking forward to a great participation!
Discuss | Learn | Grow

WHERE : Google Meet
WHEN : 3rd July, 5PM
Link to join the session: https://meet.google.com/zxs-zfdm-gra

Hi Everyone!

We are organising a quiz on "Introduction to Computational Biology" where you will be required to answer a few interesting questions related to Computational Biology. Participate and get a chance to win prize money worth Rs 500 (1st prize), Rs 300 (2nd prize) and Rs 200 (3rd prize).

Looking forward to a great participation!

Discuss | Learn | Grow

WHERE : Google Meet
Link to join the session: https://meet.google.com/dkj-witu-hpg

We present a session on "Introduction to Computational Biology." The session would be primarily based on bioinformatics and its uses and introduce different computational biology tools. Do Join and get your basics clear.
Discuss | Learn | Grow
WHEN: 5 PM on Friday, 4th June
WHERE: Google Meet
LINK: https://meet.google.com/oen-rnxt-dej
SPEAKERS: Samarth Chauhan(CSB) & Ritvik Gupta(CSB)

REGISTER BEFORE 9th AUGUST. LINK IS ATTACHED IN BIO.

Greetings!
Biobytes is pleased to announce a Kaggle competition for all the young minds out there who have an interest in biology and a knack for machine learning.
If you do not have any previous experience or knowledge about ML, there is nothing to worry about. The contest will be a beginner level challenge that should provide a great opportunity if you want to learn about Machine Learning and Data Science.

Requirements:
1. Basic python
2. Dedication to putting in efforts

Problem Overview:
Proteins are the molecular workforces in living organisms that perform a broad range of essential functions, catalyze metabolic reactions, replicate DNA, respond to stimuli, provide movement, and much more.
So in this challenge, we will try to look upon a specific type of protein named RBPs (RNA Binding Proteins) with a particular function, i.e., to bind to a specific target site on RNA. RBPs bind to specific target sites; how they identify these sites is still under research. Understanding how these proteins bind to a particular RNA is of great importance as it can provide us with another way to identify target proteins with similar functions. So the identification of RBPs and their binding sites is a significant challenge in the field of molecular recognition. Determining the RNA interacting residues in a protein from its structure is quite easy, but it is time-consuming and costly.

What do we want?
Develop a machine learning model to predict RNA binding sites of a protein from its amino acid sequence.

Evaluation criteria:
Participants will be evaluated based on the Area Under Curve (AUC) of ROC for their Kaggle Submissions.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification.

ONLY REGISTERED USERS WILL RECIEVE THE CONTEST LINK.

ABOUT CONTEST:
MODE: ONLINE
PRIZE: 2000 INR
WHERE: https://www.kaggle.com/
WHEN: 10-16th AUGUST
TEAM SIZE: 1-4
LAST DATE TO REGISTER: 9th AUGUST
REGISTRATION FORM: https://bit.ly/2XnfFOj

FOR MORE INFO JOIN OUR TELEGRAM CHANNEL: t.me/biobytes

Genes are instructions, which tell your body how to make all the proteins it needs to survive and grow. By identifying each of these proteins, we hope to better understand how our body works, and what is happening when it doesn't work properly. This genetic information will help to diagnose, treat, prevent and cure many illnesses. So, for our second newsletter, we detail the current technologies being deployed in the field of genetics and its various applications.

For this month`s On Air with BioBytes, we interviewed Prof. Samir Brahmachari, who is among the pioneers of genetics in India. He was contributed to the Human Genome Project and also is the founding director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.

Check them both out on our website.

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On 30th September we organised our first and introductory session of club. In which Dr. Debasis Dash, Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-IGIB, awared audience about the intersection of computer science and bioscience and Dr. Gaurav Ahuja, assistant professor at IIITD, told about the opportunity in the CSB field outside of India.

Radiolarians, which have been around for more than 600 million years, are single celled organism that evolved into intricate, symmetrical shapes.
Their skeleton is made up of stroncium.
Read more https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolaria

On Air with Biobytes is out now. We interview Dr Debarka Sengupta and discuss computational biology and its future prospects.
Check it out now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naIkSNiypAk&t=54s

Have you ever had a chance to look inside a cell down a powerful microscope? You will be amazed at what you find - each and every one of our cells is alive, with the molecules inside the cell moving about in an elaborate dance. Every molecule is continually moving as they go about their own specialised tasks.

Every day, your cells have to move many molecules from one site to another. Have you wondered how they do this?

Your cells use the help of two versatile motor proteins, called kinesin and dynein. These motor proteins "walk" along a molecular catwalk, which is made of proteins called "microtubules". Using this catwalk, the motor proteins can carry loads several times their size from one site to another.

Read more here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesin

Original post - https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasf**k/comments/d1rela/kinesin_a_motor_protein_walks_different_proteins/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

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Biobytes is back

The August edition of the Newsletter and On Air with BioBytes is out now!.
Check them out -

BioBytes In our talks we examine trends in technology, how they affect the way we live and do business, and the problems they solve. We discuss methodologies pertaining to the Computational Biology domain.On special occasions, we will invite industry veterans to come and talk about the problems they are work...