Diploma in Industrial Biotechnology

The topics included under this course are:

Module 1: Genetic Engineering

• Molecular biology concepts
• RFLP, PCR
• Competence development in E.coli

Module 2: Plant tissue Culture

• Totipotency
• Lab organization
• Aseptic inoculation techniques
• Hardening techniques
• Applications of plant Tissue culture

Module 3: Biofertilizers and Biopesticide Production

• Introduction to biofertilizers and bio pesticides
• Media preparation and staining techniques
• Scale up and formulation

Module 4 Bio informatics

• Introduction and history of bioinformatics
• BLAST and FASTA, BioEdit software
• Pairwise alignment
• Phylogenetic analysis
• Sequence submission
• Bioinformatics in business

Module 5 Microbial QC and testing

• Concept and overview
• Quality control and quality assurance
• Validation
• Specific microbial tests

Module 6 Fermentation technology

• Introduction to fermentation processes
• Design of fermentor
• Sterilization methods
• Instrumentation and process control
• Specific fermentation processes
• Downstream processing