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Short term courses on molecular biology and bioinformatics
07 Jul 2022
Heading: SHORT TERM COURSE ON MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOINFORMATICS
Subheading: The aim of this course is to get an idea about the importance of Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics
Main Content:
About the course:
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics are fast emerging as a leading lucrative areas of research. The emerging industries need capable molecular biologists cum bioinformaticians who know practical aspects of molecular biology techniques and can successfully provide high-quality support for the development of drugs, and 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 a job in their respective sectors.
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
COURSE FEES: INR 2000
REGISTRATION FORM: https://forms.gle/Q9mg5zoj8WqSQgEP6
ACCOUNT DETAILS:
Account Holder Name: RAMA UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
Account Number: 696820110000037
Account Type: CURRENT ACCOUNT
IFSC Code: BKID0006968
INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Ajay Kumar and Er. Priyanka Arora, Department of Biotechnology, FET, Mob: 9412883081; Email: drajay.fet@ramauniversity.ac.in
ELIGIBILITY: Minimum Qualification is an undergraduate degree 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/LifeSciences/Zoology/Botany/Agriculture Sciences etc)
COURSEWARE: Course material is provided in printed / electronic form.
MODE: Classroom + Lab.
EVALUATION SYSTEM: A 100 mark on each paper (50 marks Internal and 50 marks external) Score at least 40% to pass.
BATCHES 2022: Batches Start: 10th August 2022- 26th August 2020.
(Application start date: 15th March 2022-10th July), Limited seats are available; registration will be first come first serve bases.
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 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 their 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 a 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 the course.