BIOL 470 syllabus Fall 2015
BIOL 470: Biotechnology
Instructor: Dr. Chhandak Basu
E-mail: chhandak.basu@csun.edu
Phone: (818) 677-4592
Office: 3220B Citrus Hall
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2-3; + Open door policy
Please make an appointment before you come to my office: http://www.my.calendars.net/drbasu/
Course objectives:
In this course you will learn some of the major concepts in the field of biotechnology and recombinant DNA technology including how microbes, plants and animals could be used to produce economically important compounds. The following is a list of tentative topics to be covered. Your instructor may add more topics either from your textbook or from other external sources.
Tentative list of topics:
I. Fundamentals of Molecular Biotechnology
Chapter 1. The Development of Molecular Biotechnology
Chapter 2. DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis
Chapter 3. Recombinant DNA Technology
An Introduction to Microarray (Lecture notes)
Chapter 5. Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Proteomics
Chapter 6. Manipulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes II. Molecular Biotechnology of Microbial Systems
Chapter 11. Nucleic Acids as Therapeutic Agents III. Molecular Biotechnology of Eukaryotic Systems
Introduction to Plant Biotechnology (Lecture notes)
Chapter 18. Genetic Engineering of Plants: Methodology
Chapter 21. Transgenic Animals IV. Molecular Biotechnology and Society
Ethical Issues in Biotechnology (Lecture notes)
Bioinformatics and Next Generation DNA Sequencing (Lecture notes)
Molecular Marker Technologies (Lecture notes)
Ethical practices in laboratory research (Lecture notes)
Course requirements and methods of evaluation:
Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA, 4th Edition
Author: Bernard R. Glick, Jack J. Pasternak, Cheryl L. Patten
Book ISBN: 978-1-55581-498-4
Attendance: Attendance in class is required. You will 2 points for each time you are late.
Grading:
EXAMS: There will be a total 4 exams in this class. Attendance in any 3
Instructor: Dr. Chhandak Basu
E-mail: chhandak.basu@csun.edu
Phone: (818) 677-4592
Office: 3220B Citrus Hall
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2-3; + Open door policy
Please make an appointment before you come to my office: http://www.my.calendars.net/drbasu/
Course objectives:
In this course you will learn some of the major concepts in the field of biotechnology and recombinant DNA technology including how microbes, plants and animals could be used to produce economically important compounds. The following is a list of tentative topics to be covered. Your instructor may add more topics either from your textbook or from other external sources.
Tentative list of topics:
I. Fundamentals of Molecular Biotechnology
Chapter 1. The Development of Molecular Biotechnology
Chapter 2. DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis
Chapter 3. Recombinant DNA Technology
An Introduction to Microarray (Lecture notes)
Chapter 5. Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Proteomics
Chapter 6. Manipulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes II. Molecular Biotechnology of Microbial Systems
Chapter 11. Nucleic Acids as Therapeutic Agents III. Molecular Biotechnology of Eukaryotic Systems
Introduction to Plant Biotechnology (Lecture notes)
Chapter 18. Genetic Engineering of Plants: Methodology
Chapter 21. Transgenic Animals IV. Molecular Biotechnology and Society
Ethical Issues in Biotechnology (Lecture notes)
Bioinformatics and Next Generation DNA Sequencing (Lecture notes)
Molecular Marker Technologies (Lecture notes)
Ethical practices in laboratory research (Lecture notes)
Course requirements and methods of evaluation:
Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA, 4th Edition
Author: Bernard R. Glick, Jack J. Pasternak, Cheryl L. Patten
Book ISBN: 978-1-55581-498-4
Attendance: Attendance in class is required. You will 2 points for each time you are late.
Grading:
EXAMS: There will be a total 4 exams in this class. Attendance in any 3