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Course Name Molecular Biology Lab
Course Code 22MMD581
Program M. Sc. Molecular Medicine(MLM)
Semester 1
Credits 2
Campuses Faridabad, Kochi

Syllabus

Unit

Isolation of chromosomal DNA from Escherichia coli; Agarose gel electrophoresis,

Isolation of chromosomal DNA from human blood; Isolation of plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli; Nucleic acid quantification; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Restriction digestion, Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), RNA isolation from Escherichia coli; cDNA synthesis, Reverse Transcriptase PCR, DNA sequencing, Real time PCR.

Summary

Pre-requisites: Basic understanding of DNA chemistry and DNA biology

Total number of classes: 30

Course Outcome

Course Outcome

CO1 Explain the principles of the DNA & RNA isolation methods, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, sequencing methods.

CO2 Can isolate DNA, RNA, plasmids.

CO3 Can perform PCR, cDNA synthesis, RT-PCR, Real-time PCR, and sequencing.

CO4 Can follow general safety routines for laboratory work in molecular biology.

CO5 Can plan experimental work based on a protocol and critically evaluate and discuss experimental results.

*Program Outcomes (PO) (As given by NBA and ABET)

PO1: Bioscience Knowledge

PO2: Problem Analysis

PO3: Design/Development of Solutions

PO4: Conduct Investigations of complex problems

PO5: Modern tools usage

PO6: Bioscientist and Society

PO7: Environment and Sustainability

PO8: Ethics

PO9: Individual & Team work

PO10: Communication

PO11: Project management & Finance

PO12: Lifelong learning

C/CO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 1
CO2 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 1
CO3 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 1
CO4 2 3 3 2 2 1 1
CO5 3 3 1 2 3 2 1

Program Specific Outcomes (PSO)

PSO 1 – Biochemical organization and cellular complexity in function

PSO 2 – Biomolecules in Medicine

PSO 3 – Molecular basis of disease

PSO 4 – Molecular technology in diagnosis and therapy

PSO 5 – Cellular based approaches in diagnosis and therapy

PSO 6 – Microorganisms in Medicine

PSO 7 – Nanoscale entities and its significance in Medicine

PSO 8 – Tissue architecture engineering in Medicine

PSO 9 – Compounds as drugs and its efficacy

PSO 10 – Bioinformatics and biological data use

C/CO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5 PSO6 PSO7 PSO8 PSO9 PSO10
CO1 2 1 3 1 2 1
CO2 3 1 1 1
CO3 3 1 1 1
CO4 3
CO5 3

Evaluation Pattern: 30+70 = 100

Internal Assessment – 30% 
Records  Evaluation  30% 
  30%
End Semester Examination- 50% 
Practical Exam  60% 
Assessment Viva  10%
  70%
Total 100%

Textbooks/ Reference Books

Textbooks

  1. Joseph Sambrook, David William Russell, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Volume 1-2-3 CSHL Press, 2001.
  2. Terence A. Brown, Essential Molecular Biology: A Practical Approach, Volume 1 Oxford University Press, 2000.
  3. Udo Reischl; Molecular Diagnostics of infectious diseases; Humana Press.
  4. Adrian J Harwood, Methods in Molecular Biology; Protocols for gene analysis.
  5. Frederick M Ausubel, Roger Brent, Robert D Moore, J G Seidman, John A smith, Kevin Struhl; Current protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley and Sons, Inc (Volume 1-4).

Reference

  • Gene Therapy Technologies, Applications and Regulations: From Laboratory to Clini. Anthony Meager 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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