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Molecular Biology and Bio-informatics-Short Term Course
05 May 2020
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology is now accepting applications for Short Term Course On Molecular Biology & Bio-informatics. Here are a few things you must know about the course that will help you understand it’s relevance and admission-related details:
About the course
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics is fast emerging as a leading lucrative area of research. The emerging industries need capable molecular biologist cum bioinformaticians who know practical aspects of molecular biology techniques and can successfully provide high-quality support for the development of drugs, diagnostic tools. To ensure this, the department of Biotechnology is offering a short-term course on Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics.
The aim of this course is:
- To get an idea about the importance of Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics.
- To gain both theoretical and practical knowledge with good laboratory practices.
- To acquainted with different diagnostics and drug development industries and their quality sector.
- Successful training will help the students to obtain job in respective sector.
The curriculum has been designed carefully with the help of industry experts and covers comprehensive knowledge of the subject and lab skills.
Duration
30 Hours
Fee Details
- Registration Fee- INR 500
- Course Fee- INR 1500
Account Details
Account Holder Name: RAMA UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
Account Number: 696820110000037
Account Type: CURRENT ACCOUNT
IFSC Code: BKID0006968
Instructor
Dr. Anand Kumar
Department of Biotechnology, FET
Mob: 9411091380
Email: dranandkumar.fet@ramauniversity.ac.in
Eligibility
Minimum Qualification is an undergraduate in biotechnology, biological sciences, agricultural sciences, and allied sciences.
[B.Tech. Biotechnology/ Food Technology/ Biochemical Engineering/ Biomedical Engineering,B.Sc.Biotechnology/Biology/AgricultureSciences,M.Sc.Biotechnology/Biochemistry/Microbiology/Life Sciences/Zoology/Botany/Agriculture Sciences etc.]
Courseware
Course material is provided in printed / electronic form.
Mode
Classroom + Lab.
Evaluation System
A 100 mark each paper (50 marks Internal and 50 marks external) Score at least 40% to pass.
Important Details- Batches 2020
Batches Start: 1st August 2020- 8th August 2020.
Application Start and End Date: May 5, 2020- July 25, 2020
Please note- Limited seats are available. Registration will be on first come and first serve basis.
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar
Employment Opportunity
Today, various molecular biology techniques are required by several diagnostics industries. Molecular and Cell Biologists find employment opportunities in research labs established by the Government of India or in the R&D departments of various private drug companies. They can work on developing therapeutic drugs to working on stem cell research and in many other areas within the medical development field.
Target Audience
- Pathology Lab Employee
- Personnel from Industry
- Personnel from Academic fields
- Students and faculty of Agriculture
- Students and faculty of Biotechnology
Course Content
- Methods of Isolation of Genetic material from Plants, Animals, and Bacteria.
- Methods of quantification of nucleic acids & Analysis of genetic material,
- Structure and function of mRNA, rRNA, tRNA
- Regulatory agencies, handling & storage of chemicals, reagents, microbial specimens, and its preservation
- Laboratory Safety, Molecular Biology Laboratory Equipments, Measurements, Solutions, & Calculations
- DNA Restriction & Nucleic acid analysis,
- Nucleic acid amplification and Sequencing, Nucleic acid Hybridization & Expression analysis, Molecular Cloning,
- Protein Expression, Protein detection, and analysis, Protein Purification Techniques
Bioinformatics
- Introduction to Biological Database (Gene Bank, EMBL, DDBJ, SWISS PROT)
- Sequence Analysis; Methods for sequence alignment.
- Dynamic programming algorithms,
- NCBI, Analysis of sequence alignment of the given protein sequence.
- Analysis of sequence alignment of any given gene sequence.
- Analysis of Multiple sequence alignment of given protein sequences.
- Phylogenetic analysis of given protein sequences.
Lab Skills
- Handling of laboratory instruments used in molecular biology (Autoclave, LAF, Microscopy, Oven, UV Spectrophotometer, etc).
- Genomic DNA Isolation from Plant, Animal tissue, Bacteria.
- Plasmid DNA Isolation.
- Nucleic acid and Protein Quantification.
- Nucleic acid and protein analysis (Agarose gel electrophoresis & SDS PAGE)
- Gel Documentation
- DNA Amplification (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
- Restriction Endonuclease Digestion of DNA.
- Primer Designing for Expression
- Reading frame Preparation,
- Unknown Sequence BLAST, and Homology Modeling
- Submission of DNA or Protein Sequence Data in Databank.
- Phylogenetic analysis of given sequences
Course Outcome
Molecular Biology is a broad sector and students (participants) will develop skills in molecular biology for getting a job in the industry and governmental research and development sector.
Value Added: Seminar – (Course Review & Assessment)
Certificate: Certificate will be provided after completion of course.