2300361 INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY
Introduction to and history of molecular biotechnology; reviews on regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; principles and techniques in recombinant DNA technology; production of recombinant protein in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; mutagenesis, protein engineering and directed evolution; various applications of molecular biotechnology.
2303251 ANIMAL WELFARE AND BIOSECURITY
Animal ethics; law and welfare; management for biosecurity for animal use in research and biotechnology
2300362 BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE ANALYSIS
Methods and algorithms for sequence alignment: pairwise sequence alignment, database similarity searching, multiple sequence alignment; profiles and Hidden Markov Models; gene finding and protein sequence analysis; processing of data obtained from DNA sequencers including assembly of raw data into a contiguous sequence, finding open reading frames and translating into amino acid sequences; sequence analysis tools used in recombinant DNA technology including restriction mapping, primer design, DNA cloning and mutagenesis; DNA, RNA and amino acid sequence analysis using publicly available web based tools.
2303341 BIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Mammalian immune system, viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases, zoonotic diseases, genetic and developmental defects, metabolic diseases, neurodegerative and age-associated diseases, animal models for research, poisonous animals, and environmental toxicology
2303351 ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
Physiological principles of organ systems including nutrition and digestion, gas exchange, blood circulation, maintaining homeostasis, excretion, nervous system and sense organs, muscle, endocrine and reproductive systems.
2303352 ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY
A laboratory course in animal physiology.
2303454 ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biology of reproduction in domestic and laboratory animals; biotechnology applied to animal reproduction; artificial insemination, semen analysis; in vivo and in vitro embryo production and cryopreservation; in vitro fertilization; stem cell biotechnology; animal genetic engineering and animal cloning.
2303435 REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY
Biology of the stem cell, pluripotency and differentiation of stem cells, tissue organization, stem cell niche, generating tissue-specific cells, physiological and pathophysiological development of organ systems, applications in biomedical engineering