CCMAS Course Search

Principles of Gene expression; Recombinant DNA Technology; Applications of Genetic Engineering in Medicine; Industry and Agriculture; Hybridization; Polymerase Chain Reaction and Microarray Techniques; Mapping of prokaryotic genomes e.g; E; coli genome libraries; SAGE DNA chip technology; Functional genomics computer analysis; proteomics

Energy yielding metabolic processes and pathways in microorganisms; Biosynthetic pathways with special reference to nucleic acids; vitamins; proteins; polysaccharides and lipids; Regulation of biosynthetic processes

Definition and practical value of micropaleontology; Historical review of micropaleontology Development of Commercial Micropaleontology; Physical; Chemical and Biological factors of the non-marine and marine environments and their effects on micro-organisms; Environmental distribution of micro-organisms; Evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships within groups of micro-fossils; Ecology and paleoecological relationships or living morphological (particularly diagnostic) features of biostratigraphically and paleoecologically important taxa of foraminifera and ostracoda

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

The fine structure of the gene; DNA and the genetic code; Mutation and the code; In-born errors of metabolism; Genetic engineering; Genetic mapping; Genetic regulation of development; Selected papers in biochemical genetics

Current trends in the classification of fungi; Fine structure of fungi; Mechanism of spore dispersal and germination; Water relations and rhythms of spore liberation; Economic mycology with special reference to food and industry; Mycotic infections and their control; Fungal toxicology

Evolutionary patterns of fungi and the criteria used in fungal taxonomy; Fungal ecology in relation to both man and plants; Aeromycology with emphasis on spore liberation and dispersal; Fungal differentiation and biotechnology

Energy metabolism; election donors and acceptors and their electron potentials; Enzymes; coenzymes and mechanisms of action; Catabolism and anabolism pathways for proteins; lipids and carbohydrates; Nitrogen fixation and its function in plant development; Types and distribution of proteins; lipids and carbohydrates

Advances in mechanisms of disease development and control; Methods and materials used in plant disease control and the problems involved in their application; Survey of principles of hand and mechanically operated machinery for applying pesticides; Biological control; The physiology and biochemistry of plant parasitic diseases; Pre and post penetration; interactions of the host and pathogen; Assaying of phytotoxins; phytoalexins; cell wall-degrading enzymes and growth substances produced during pathogenesis

The structure of the cell wall; Cambium and its activities; Types; characteristics and structure of wood fibre; wood pulping; Bullressing and its use in the industry