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Literature Study; Writing up and oral presentation of a topic on an aspect of the area of specialization

Gradient centrifugation and ultracentrifugation; Immunochemical techniques: Radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunoassay; etc; Isotopic techniques; Electrophoresis; Chromatography: Ion-exchange chromatography; gel filtration; GC; hydrophobic interaction chromatography; affinity chromatography etc; Absorption spectrophotometry (Principles; techniques uv; vis; fluorescence) applications to macromolecular structures

RT-PCT; Real-Time PCR; Multiplex PCR; Vertical gel electrophoresis for proteins; Horizontal gel electrophoresis for nucleic acids; Northern and Southern blot analysis for nucleic acids; Gel-shift and gel retardation of DNA-protein complex analysis; Western blot analysis for proteins ELISA; Transformation; transfection and cloning; Rapid amplification of DNA ends (RACE); Cell and tissue culture; Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF; etc.); Chromatographic analysis; Microarray and DNA chip analysis of transcriptomes and proteoms

These include methods and techniques needed in planning and conducting research in Environmental Biology; Entomology; Fisheries and Hydrobiology and Parasitology; These techniques should reflect the specific needs of the respective specializations

Clastic reservoir rocks and porosity types; Formation Evaluation-logs and log interpretations; Oil-field Waters; subsurface pressures; Operations related to drilling and completing a well - coring and sidewall sampling; casing; drilling time and drill stem tests; Geological factors affecting choice of techniques and completion operations; Fundamentals of fluid-permeated rocks - Porosity and permeability; Darcy Equation; P-V-T relationship and use condensate reservoir; Mechanisms controlling oil production; Calculation of Oil and Gas in place including the material balance techniques

Construction and choice of strata; frames and various equal and unequal probability sampling schemes with properties; Estimation of means; proportion and their variances; Successive sampling scheme; Problems of non-sampling error and non-response: application to some selected specialized survey

Elements of global warming, environmental protection issues, biodiversity, pollution, species at risk, social and ethical implications of science, enterprise and productivity, intellectual property rights, private public partnership and investment.

Elements of global warming; environmental protection issues; biodiversity; pollution; species at risk; social and ethical implications of science; enterprise and productivity; intellectual property rights; private public partnership and investment

Element of global warming; environmental protection issues; biodiversity; pollution; species at risk; social and ethical implications of science; enterprise and productivity; intellectual property rights; private public partnership and investment will be covered in this course

Origin and distribution of xylem; Components of xylem vessels secondary growth in dicotyledonous plants should be treated; The activities of cambium; origin and activity; cork cambium; secondary cortex should be emphasized in respect of wood formation and annual rings in plants; Emphasis should be laid on the origin of cambium; structure and cell types; Ray initials: size; variation; cell arrangement (stored and non-stored); The uniseriate and multiseriate concepts of cambium structure; Importance of cambium; The dimensions of wood; groups of wood (soft and hard wood); Apotracheal and paratracheal wood nature - Rays in hard and soft woods; General studies on the nature and structure of pits as found in hard and soft woods; fibre and vessels; Significance of pit and pit membranes; Cambia and cambial activity in both angiosperm and gymnosperms; Physiology of cambial activity; metabolism of cambium (enzymes activity; temperature; soil nutrient; light intensity and photoperiodism effect on cambial activity); Uses in wood structure and utilization