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The curriculum of the Biotechnology program provides an academic foundation in essential science disciplines where students will perform highly technical procedures fundamental to biotechnology such as DNA extraction, polymerization by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), electrophoresis, chromatography and tissue culture, in addition to several molecular and immunochemical techniques. Much of the learning will take place in the lab where students gain practical training in these fields. This training will be supported by sophisticated instrumentation and research facilities. |
Facilities and Available Resources
The Department of Applied Biology has the necessary infrastructure for the following teaching laboratories:
- General Biology
- Biochemistry and Protein Biochemistry & Engineering
- Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics
- Microbiology and Microbial Processing and Biotechnology
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Immunology and Serology, Tissue Culture & Hybridoma Technology
- Plant Biotechnology
The Dept. of Applied Biology is considered well equipped due to the availability of several types of equipment that help the faculty members and students to run experiments as well as their research. Besides the routine equipment such as hotplates, stirrers, shakers, incubators, ovens, hoods, the future plan of the department is to possess several useful equipments that support the biotechnology program. These include High-Speed Centrifuge, Environmental Orbital Shaker, UV-Spectrophotometer, Tissue culture Room, Electrophoresis Units, Bench Scale Fermentors, and Thermal Cyclers. |