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Plant and animal cells; Carbohydrate; fat and protein metabolism; Concepts of DNA; RNA and proteins; Plant and animal DNA; RNA; DNA and RNA synthesis; Protein Synthesis; Genes; gene transcription and translation; Subcellular protein targeting; Protein stability and turnover; Cell death; Plant and animal hormones and Vitamins intracellular and intercellular communication; Regulation of tissue growth

Principles of gene amplification; Polymerase chain reaction; Multiplex PCR; DNA and RNA extraction and purification; Expression vectors; promoters; plasmids and clones; Principles of plasmid ligation; Restriction digestion analysis; Principles of microarray and DNA chip analysis; Sequencing; Hybridization techniques; Gene transfer methods (electroporation; protoplast fusion); Gene addition and subtraction; Gene regulation; Genetic mapping; Gene and DNA markers: Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Short tandem repeats or microsatellites (STR); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Expressed sequence tags (EST); Genetic fingerprinting and footprinting; Methods of DNA cloning and protein expression; DNA analysis in agriculture; medicine; forensic science and archeology

Gene transfer methods in animal production; Microinjection; embryonic stem cell; Transgenic animal models; Animal diseases and gene therapy; Animal propagation through artificial insemination and cloning; Dolly the Sheep; Embryo transfer; Regulation of transgenic animal production; Genetically engineered animals; Protein engineering from live animals; Risk assessment of biotechnology in animals

Environmental impact of biotechnology; Use of genetically modified organisms (GMO); earosols; insecticides; etc; Social; ethical and legal considerations; Regulation of biotechnology; Issues in biosafety; Biosafety regulations

Scripting; Use of computer programmes; Programme installation and navigation; Data mining; Statistical analysis; Primer design; Sequence analysis; BLAST; Phylogenetic analysis; Protein alignment

Quality and storage of specific foods; Functional foods; Microbial influence on food production and storage; Quality assurance in the industry; Biotechnology targets in food processing; Improving food quality; Genetically engineered enzymes and additives in foods; Optimization of food processing methods; Microbial biomass and indigenous fermented foods

Data analysis: linear and non-linear models; Mass balance; Species mass; Microbial and cellular growth stoichiometry; Product formation; reductase balance and yield maintenance; Energy balance; Reaction kinectics and biological systems; Chemostats; batch fermentors; Immobilized enzymes and cells; Filtration; centrifugation and chromatography

Definition; Aims of genetic engineering; Nucleic acid structure and function; Genomic structure: genes; exons and introns; Cloning and gene therapy; Analysis of specific genes and genomes; Mutagenesis and DNA repair; Trangenesis; Use of antisense technology; Terminator technology; Production of recombinant proteins (recombinant hormones; enzymes; vaccines; etc.); Genetically modified plants and animals; Gene pharming

Gene therapy and gene delivery methods; Immunoenhancing technology; Nucleic acid vaccines; Therapeutic ribozymes; Synthetic drugs; Tissue engineering with reference to skin; liver; and pancreas; Xenotransplantation; Antibody engineering; Cell-adhession based therapy; Drug delivery

History of microbial technology; Microbial biodiversity; Protein production by bacteria; Production of fuel alcohol; beer; wine; dairy products; etc; Biomass transformation and microbiology of pulp and paper; Polymer synthesis and biodegradation; Use of viruses in biotechnology