- Introduction to nutritional genetics and genomics- Gene and DNA structure
- Nutrients and Gene expression with its regulation
- Nutrients and epigenetics, Genes and disease
- Molecular methods used in nutritional genomics
- Technologies in nutrigenomics: Genomic techniques: Different sequencing approaches, Microarray, SNP genotyping, PCR and RT-PCR techniques Proteomics Techniques:1-D, 2-D gel electrophoresis, Differential gel electrophoresis (DIGE), novel peptide identification, peptide sequencing methods Metabolic techniques: Chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques, Discovery and validation of biomarkers for important diseases and disorders
- Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics in ageing and calorie restriction, obesity, Cardiovascular disease and cancer.
