The Department of Bioinformatics is proud to organize the 4th Workshop on Bioinformatics” on May 4th ,2013. Bioinformatics is one of the most recent areas of Biological Sciences and is all about using this data for storage, management and analyzing the biological information. So in the light of importance of this field we are continuously organizing this workshop annually to get people aware of the basic use of it and this is the __ in series. This workshop will provide an opportunity to the participants from all over the country to initiate and learn more from the research findings to be presented in the academic sessions. I hope it will be a source of inspiration and motivation to our youth for their involvement in the scientific research and shoulder their responsibilities in the development of the nation and humanity as a whole in the days to come.

My thanks should also be on the record to Professor Dr. Muhammad Mansoor Ahmad, Executive Vice President, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Dean Faculty of Computing, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad and Dr. Nayyer Masod Dar, Head Department of Computer Sciences, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad for their guidance and ever encouraging attitude and support in organizing this event.

It will be endure to facilitate the stay of our honorable guests and participants during the workshop. I am thankful to the guests and participants for coming and welcome them on behalf of the organizers of workshop and staff members of the Department of Bioinformatics, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad.

Dr. Aamer Nadeem
   Head of Department
Department of Bioinformatics
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad.