Bio-Technology

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Plant, Animal and Microbial biotechnology
Food And Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Environmental Biotechnology and renewable energy
Systems
Research Methodology, Biosafety and IPR
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
Management, Entrepreneurship, Bioethics and
Biobusiness
Research Methodology

14PHDBT001: Plant ,Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Techniques and Applications of Plant Tissue Culture: Plant culture media. Growth
regulators and adjuvants. Methods of plant regeneration in vitro: organogenesis
and embryogenesis. Callus culture, Single cell and cell suspension culture. Micro
propagation techniques. Somatic embryogenesis. Production of industrially important
secondary metabolites from plants. Hairy root cultures. Protoplast culture for the
production of somatic hybrids and cybrids. Production of haploids through anther,
microspore, Ovule culture role in Plant breeding. Cryopreservation of plant cell and
tissues. Transformation Techniques in Plants: Plant vectors for genetic
transformation, Agrobacterium mediated gene transfer in plants, Organization of Ti
plasmids. Design of Ti plasmid based vectors. Screening of transgenics by marker
genes. Transgene silencing and stability. Transplastomic transformation Chloroplast transformation. Metabolic Engineering in Plants with examples for food
and pharmaceutical applications.
Animal Cell Culture Technology: Culturing of cells, primary and secondary cell lines,
Animal cell growth characteristics and kinetics; Scaling up of animal cell culture;
Various types of bio-reactors used for animal cell cultures; Cell lines and their
applications. Genetic Manipulation in Animals: Strategies for gene transfer in animal
cells; mechanisms of transfection, vectors used in transfection. Methods of
production of transgenic animals, recent advances in gene targeting technology.
Characterization and screening of transgenic animals. Applications of genetically
modified animals and molecular Biopharming. Stem cell research - Hematopoietic
and embryonic stems cells. Gene Therapy- Animal Breeding and Ethical Issuses:
Artificial insemination and storage; In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer micro
manipulation of embryos, advantages of cell manipulation techniques. Ethical issues
in animal biotechnological products and techniques.
Microbial Biotechnology
Introduction to Microbial Biotechnology: Scope and techniques. Cultivation and
growth of microorganism Physical conditions for cultivation of microorganisms,
reproduction and growth of microorganisms. Structure and function of components of
the bacterial cell envelope.
Microbial Genetics and Strain Improvement: Transformation, conjugation and
transduction. Development of industrial microorganisms Mutation, mutant
detection, mutant selection. Microbes and genetic engineering Introduction to
genetic engineering, producing genetically engineered microorganisms Escherichia
coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Interaction between bacteria and
bacteriophages. Microorganisms for insect and pathogen control Bioinsecticides
(Bt proteins, Chitinase).
Fermentation and Downstream Processing: Types of fermenter, process of
fermentation, Microbial culture system batch culture, fed batch culture, continuous

culture, measurement and control of bioprocess parameters, scale-up. Downstream

processing Solids removal, primary separation, purification and isolation of
products.
Microbial Production of Enzymes: Genetic and metabolic regulation of enzyme action
and enzyme formation. Hydrolyses (Glycosidases, cellulase, proteolytic enzymes),
Recombinant DNA technology for enzyme production. Immobilization of enzymes
and cells methods of immobilization, applications.
Microbial Production of Organic Compounds: Solvents - Alcohol, Glycerol. Organic
acids Citric acid, acetic acid, L-ascorbic acid, lactic acid. Antibiotics Penicillins
(Penicillin), Cephalosporins (cephalosporin), Aminoglycosides (streptomycin),
Tetracyclines (chlortetracycline), Macrolides (erythromycin A). Amino acids Lglutamic acid, L-lysine, L-tryptophan. Vitamins Vitamin B12, Riboflavin, Betacarotene. Foods and beverages Cheese, single cell protein (yeast), beer, wine.
Polysaccharides (Xanthan) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (polyhydroxybutyrate).

14PHDBT002: Food and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Food Microbiology: Basic constituents of food, colloidal systems in food, types of
food starches, soluble fibers: pectins, mucilage & gums, protein rich foods, oils in
foods. Types of microorganisms associated with food: mold, yeast and bacteria.
Contaminants of food stuff, milk and meat during handling and processing.
Mechanism of food spoilage. Biochemical changes caused by microorganism. Food
borne intoxicants and mycotoxins. Probiotics, food additives, nutraceuticals .
Food Preservation and Production Technology: Food preservation by high and
ultra high temperatures- canning, drying. Food dehydration and Equipments for food
dehydration: fixed tray dehydration, cabinet drying, tunnel drying. Preservation by
freezing and refrigeration. Food freezing equipments: Air blast freezers, plate
freezers and immersion freezers. Preservation by Chemicals and Bacteriocins.
Production of single cell protein, Tailoring of milk proteins and milk fats, Production
of fermented food products: yoghurt, pro-biotic cheese, Food packaging, edible films,
Food regulations, grades and standards, USFDA/ ISO 9000 Series. Food
adulterations and safety.
Biotechnology for Improved Processing: Role of biotechnology in food industry,
maintenance of nutritional quality, Enzymes in bakery and cereal products, utilization
of hydrolases and lipases enzymes. Applications of immobilized enzymes in food
industry, enzymes for enhanced flavor and aroma compounds, enzymes in fat and
oil industries. Genetically modified plants for high nutritional food.
Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Introduction to pharmaceutical
biotechnology, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts, current research
trends, new advances and approved biologicals for pharmaceutical use and
manufacturing principles. Quality assurance and control; Concept of GMP, GLP.
Nutraceuticals: Antioxidants, flavanoids, carotenoids, cholesterol lowering chemicals,
nutritional importance and their functions
Therapeutics based on biotechnology: Hematopoietic growth factor and
coagulation factors, interferons and cytokines; Preparation and standardization of
hormones-thyroid, insulin and growth hormones; Enzymes-Enzymatic therapy and
monographs; antibiotics and their derivatives-penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline,
cephalosporins, macrolides, peptide antibiotics (any two); vaccines -BCG, DPT,
Poliomyelitis, Typhus, toxoids-diptheria and tetanus; antitoxins-diptheria and gasgangrene(any two); others-whole human blood, dried human plasma, gamma
globulins, clinical dextran and absorbable haemostats, uses, and storage
Drug delivery systems and Recombinant Proteins: Introduction to drug delivery
systems and methods, overview of barriers, calculation of drug metabolism and,
pharmacodynamics. Application of recombinant proteins in pharmaceutical industry,
health care

14PHDBT003: Environmental Biotechnology and renewable energy systems

10Res.BT114 Environmental Biotechnology
Introduction: Concept and scope of environmental biotechnology. Elements of life
and biodistribution of elements. Microbiology of air, water & soil, interactions among
soil microorganisms. Role of environmental biotechnology in sustainable
development. Waste Water Biotechnology: Nature and components of Waste water,
Eutrophication causes: detergents, effects and control. Waste water treatment
primary waste water treatment: unit operations, secondary waste water treatment:
design and modeling of activated sludge process - aerobic and anaerobic, and
tertiary waste water treatment - reverse osmosis and ultra filtration, microbial
removal of phosphorous and nitrogen. Wastewater composition and treatment
strategies in food processing & pharmaceutical industries - sugar factories,
vegetable oil industries, potato processing industries, dairy industries, beverages
industries distilleries & pharmaceuticals.
Solid Waste Management: General composition of urban solid wastes, treatment:
aerobic treatment, anaerobic treatment, biogass generation, solid waste
management through biotechnological processes involving - hazardous wastes,
Biomedical wastes, Dairy wastes, Pulp industry wastes, Textile industry wastes,
leather industry wastes and pharmaceutical industry wastes, petroleum wastes
treatment.
Integrated waste management, super critical water oxidation of wastes. Energy and
Environment: Renewable and non-renewable resources. Waste as an energy core,
energy recovery systems for urban waste, technology evaluation, concept of
gasification of wastes with molten salt to produce low-BTU gas; pipeline gas from
solid wastes by syngas recycling process; conversion of feedlot wastes into pipeline
gas; fuels and chemicals from crops, production of oil from wood waste, fuels from
wood waste, methanol production from organic wastes. Gasohol, Dye-pigments,
sensitized solar cells.
Xenobiotics: Characteristics of Xenobiotics, dose response
relationship, effects of xenobiotics, Relationship of Bioaccumulation with Chemical
Structures, Eco-physiology of Bioaccumulation - Process of toxicants uptake,
Factors affecting bioaccumulation, measurement of bioaccumulation. Degradation of
Xenobiotics in the Environment. Biodegradable alternatives for xenobiotics.
Biomonitors of environment, Bioremediation using microbes, Phytoremediation.
Bioleaching & Biomining: Biometallurgy, Microbes in Bioleaching and Metal
Recovery: Microbial recovery of phosphate, microbial extraction of petroleum and
microbial production of fuels. Green Technology and Environmental Protection:
Biodiversity Conservation: Significance of biodiversity, threats to biodiversity,
Biosphere reserves and Ecosystem Conservation, Approaches to Bioresource
conservation programme, Biotechnological processes for bioresource assessment,
BT in ex situ conservation of Biodiversity, BT and its role in utilization of Biodiversity,

International initiatives for biodiversity management. Biotechnology & Climate

Change: GHG & Carbon foot printing, Biotechnology- a sink for GHGs, reduction in
GHG emission, alternatives for GHG, carbon credit & trading through BT.
Environmental Management in Biotech Industries: Environmental issues of biotech
industries, environmental management & ISO 14000. Future Strategies to Reduce
Pollution and Conserve a Natural & Healthy Environment
Renewable Energy Sources
An introduction to energy sources: Energy consumption as a measure of prosperity,
world energy futures, brief discussion of conventional energy sources and their
availability, non-conventional energy sources. Comparison between conventional
and Non-conventional methods, Applications of Nonconventional energy.

Energy from Bio-mass: Bio-mass as a renewable source of energy, different types

of bio-mass fuels, gas liquid-solid, bio-mass conversion technologies ,Wetprocess-dry process, Photosynthesis, Bio-gas generation, factors affecting Biodigestion, classification of bio-gas plants, continuous & batch types, fixed drum
types, & flogging drum types, advantages & disadvantages, Janatha model: KVIC
type, gasification of biogas and different types of gasifier. Relevant problems on
design and analysis. Algae based biofuels.

14PHDBT004: Research Methodology, Biosafety and IPR.

Research Methodology
What is research? Reflection, Science & Research. Basic & Applied Research,
Steps in Research, Literature Collection: Review of literature, review process and
bibliography, research/discriminative reading, consulting source material, Research
Objectives and hypothesis, Research method and materials, Research action, Data
collection and analysis plan, Research budget and resources.
Introduction identification of the research question, hypotheses, and justification for
the topic Literature review updated version of the initial literature review developed
for the research proposal; should review in detail at least four analytical works.
Research Design detailed discussion of the conceptualization and
operationalization of variables. Data Gathering thorough description of methods of
data gathering and sources. Analytical Techniques detailed discussion of data
gathering and analytical methods, including explanation of their suitability of these
techniques compared with others and any possible problems arising from the
methods selected. Data Analysis and Presentation application and execution of
analytical techniques, and interpretations of findings. Issues related to plagiarism,
copyright laws, acknowledging the sources etc to be discussed with case studies.
Format for manuscript writing, documentation, organization of reference material,
bibliography, end note etc to be discussed with case studies.
Biosafety and Risk Assessment: Introduction; Historical Background; Introduction to
Biological Safety Cabinets; Primary Containment for Biohazards; Biosafety levels;
specific microorganisms; Recommended biosafety levels for Infectious agents and
Infected Animals; Biosafety guidelines - Government of India; Definition of GMOs &
LMOs; Roles of Institutional Biosafety Committee, RCGM, GEAC etc. for GMO
applications in food and agriculture; Environmental release of GMOs; Risk Analysis;
Risk Assessment; Risk management and communication; Overview of National
Regulations and relevant International Agreements including Cartagena Protocol,
GMP and GLP.
Introduction to Intellectual Property: Types of IP: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright &
Related Rights, Industrial Design, Traditional Knowledge, Geographical Indications,
Protection of New GMOs; International framework for the protection of IP. IP as a
factor in R&D; IPs of relevance to biotechnology with case studies; Introduction to
GATT, WTO, WIPO and TRIPS.
Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: Biotechnology and the LawObjective, Evolution, Basic Structure of Gene Techniques, Applications, Commercial
Potential of Biotech Inventions, Rationale for Intellectual Property Protection.
Patenting Biotechnology Inventions-Objective, Concept of Novelty, Concept of
inventive step, Microorganisms, Moral Issues in Patenting Biotechnological

inventions. Plant varieties Protection-Objectives, Justification, International Position,

Plant Varieties Protection in India, Bio-Prospecting and Bio-Piracy, Alternative ways,
Protectability, need for a Sui- Generis regime
Concept of Prior Art and Basics of Patents: Invention in context of prior art; Patent
databases; Searching International Databases; Country-wise patent searches
(USPTO, EPO, India etc.); Analysis and report formation. Types of patents; Indian
Patent Act 1970; Recent Amendments; WIPO Treaties; Budapest Treaty; PCT and
Implications; Role of a Country Patent Office; Procedure for filing a PCT application
Patent Filing, Infringement and Enforcement of IPR: Patent application- forms and
guidelines, fee structure, time frames; Filing of a patent application; Precautions
before patenting-disclosure/non- disclosure; Types of patent applications: provisional
and complete specifications; International patenting-requirement, procedures and
costs; Financial assistance for patenting-introduction to existing schemes;
Publication of patents-gazette of India, status in Europe and US Patenting by
research students, lecturers and scientists-University/organizational rules in India
and abroad, credit sharing by workers, financial incentives, Patent infringementmeaning, scope, litigation, case studies and examples. Enforcement of Intellectual
Property Rights - Civil Remedies, Criminal Remedies, Border Security measures.
Practical Aspects of Licensing - Benefits, determinative factors, important clauses,
licensing clauses.

14PHDBT005: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics

Introduction to Biomolecules: Nucleic acids, Proteins, Lipids, Carbohydrates,
Hormones, and Vitamins.
Replication, Repair and Recombination: Replication initiation, elongation and
termination inprokaryotes and eukaryotes; Enzymes and accessory proteins; Fidelity;
Replication of single stranded circular DNA; Gene stability and DNA repairenzymes; Photoreactivation; Nucleotide excision repair;Mismatch correction; SOS
repair;
Recombination:
Homologous
and
non-homologous;
Site
specificrecombination; Chi sequences in prokaryotes; Gene targeting; Gene
disruption; FLP/FRT and Cre/Lox recombination.
Prokaryotic
and Eukaryotic
Transcription: Prokaryotic Transcription;
Transcription unit; Promoters:Constitutive and Inducible; Operators and Regulatory
elements; Initiation; Attenuation; Termination:Rho-dependent and independent;
Antitermination; Transcriptional regulation: Positive and negative;Operon concept:
lac, trp, ara, his, and gal operons; Transcriptional control in lambda phage;Transcript
processing; Processing of tRNA and rRNA Eukaryotic transcription and regulation;
RNApolymerase structure and assembly; RNA polymerase I, II, III; Eukaryotic
promoters and enhancers;General Transcription factors; TATA box binding protein
(TBP) and TBP associated factors (TAF);Activators and repressors; Transcriptional
and post-transcriptional gene silencing.
Post Transcriptional Modifications: Processing of hnRNA, tRNA, rRNA; 5'-Cap
formation; 3'-endprocessing and polyadenylation; Splicing; RNA editing; Nuclear
export of mRNA; mRNA stability;Catalytic RNA. Translation and Transport
machinery; Ribosomes; Composition and assembly;Genetic code; Degeneracy of
codons; Termination codons; IsoacceptingtRNA; Wobble hypothesis;Mechanism of
initiation, elongation and termination; Co- and post-translational modifications;
Geneticcodon variation in mitochondria; Transport of proteins and molecular
chaperones; Protein stability;Protein turnover and degradation.Genetic Maps and
Genome Maps: Sequencing Techniques, Genome projects.
Biological Databases: Types of databases Primary and Secondary biological
databases. Primary databases, secondary databases, genotype databases,
molecular structure databases and genome databases.
Perl and Bioinformatics: Basics of PERL, Intermediate and Advanced, Biological
databases, Sequence analysis and alignment, Evolutionary analysis.
Metabolomics,Sequence analysis, sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis, XRay (CNX), structure refinement and analysis. Microarray data analysis; proteomics
data analysis. NGS data analysis.
Basics of Statistics: Data and Variables, Measurement scale. Descriptive statistics,
frequencydistributions and data presentation, relative frequency, histogram.
Measures of central tendency.The Binomial distribution, The Poisson distribution, the
uniformdistribution, the normal distribution, Characteristics of a random variable,
Expectation, Moments of adistribution, Moment generating functions. Distribution
functions of more than one random variable.Joint distributions, Conditional
distributions, Marginal distributions, Independent random variables.Maximum
likelihood estimation Example: linear regression, Bayesian framework.
Modeling insilicoDrug Design: Protein structure, signal peptides, transmembrane
proteins, analysis of protein structures. Protein modeling, modeling protein structures
using High Throughput methods. Insilico drug design, Ligand based Drug Design
(LBDD) and QSAR modeling, DruglIikeness and Virtual Library design, vHTS and

Scaffold Hopping, Predictive Science (Biological Activity, ADMET). Structure based

Drug Design (SBDD), Lead Optimization, Structural Mining: Protein Ligand network
analysis. Study of drug-interactions, Docking and scoring. Protein engineering.
Protein-protein docking and refinement.

14PHDBT006:
Biobusiness

Management,Entrepreneurship,

Bioethics

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Management: Introduction: Meaning nature and characteristics of Management,

scope and functional areas of management, Management and administration, roles
of management, levels of management. Development of Management Thought:
Early management approaches and modern management approaches. Functions of
Management : Planning and Forecasting, Organizing, Directing and Controlling.
Managing Engineering Design and Development: Product and Technology Life
Cycles, Nature of Research and development, Research Strategy and organization,
selecting R & D Projects, Protection of Ideas. Creativity, Nature of Engineering
Design, Systems Engineering / New Product Development, Control System in
Design, Product Liability and Safety, Designing for Reliability, other abilities in
Design.
Managing Production Operations: Assuring product quality, Productivity, Work
measurement, Maintenance and Facilities (Plant) engineering and other
manufacturing functions.
Entrepreneur: Meaning of an Entrepreneur, Role
of entrepreneurs in Economic Development, Entrepreneurship in India,
Entrepreneurship Barriers. Role of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) in
Economic Development, Impact of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization on
MSME, Effect of WTO/GATT. Different Schemes; TECSOK, KIADB, KSSIDC,
KSIMC, DIC-Single Window Agency, MSME, NSIC, SIDBI, KSFC.
Preparation of
Project: Meaning of Project, Project Identification, Project Selection, Project Report
Contents, Formulation and Project Appraisal. Identification of Business
Opportunities: Market Feasibility studies, Technical Feasibility Studies; Financial
Feasibility Studies and Social Feasibility studies.
Technologies and Bio-Safety: Principles of business management and concept of
Biobusiness, Fundamentals and constituents of Biotech for biobusiness, SWOT
analysis of Indian Biobusiness. Recombinant DNA technology, Monoclonal antibody
technology, Bioprocess technology, Fermentation, recovery and purification
techniques. Guidelines for recombinant DNA research, release of genetically
modified organisms (GMOs).
Bioethics and Legal Issues: Ethical issues; Public perception related to
Biotechnology from developed and developing countries. Legal and socio-economic
impacts of biotechnology, public awareness on genetically modified life forms (case
study). Ethical implication of biotechnological products and technique. Social and
ethical implication of biological weapons.
Commercialization: Analysis of factor influencing international competitiveness in
biotechnology, type of firms commercializing biotechnology, financing, tax incentives,
issues and policies. Bioscience enterprises- raw biocommodities, hybridization,
tissue culture, biofermentation, biofertilizers.
Project Cost and Market Potential:

Total product cost, capital investment and profitability, manufacturing cost

estimation, capital investment estimation, Risk capital and working capital,
manufacturing cost estimation for an intracellular protein, using cost analysis for R &
D decision.

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