Microbiology: Projects, assignments, research paper topics and materials

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and more), their activities and role in different environments and in relation to human health and disease.

Topics taught in Microbiology:

Medical Microbiology and Immunology: Innate immunity and immune system, microbe-host interaction, diagnostic and clinical microbiology.

Environmental Microbiology: Air and Sewage Microbiology, Freshwater and Marine Microbiology, Soil and Geo Microbiology.

Biology of Macromolecules and metabolism: Biological macromolecules, Thermodynamics of biological systems and introduction to metabolism, Techniques in biochemistry.

Microbial Diversity, Microbial Taxonomy & Instrumentation: Microbial Taxonomy, Contemporary issues in Microbiology, Instrumentation and Introduction to research methodology.

Industrial, Food & Dairy Microbiology: Industrial Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Dairy Microbiology.

Molecular Biology & Enzymology: Genetic Information, Genetic information pathways-Transcription and translation, Enzymology.

Microbial Genetics: DNA replication, cell biology, gene transfer mechanisms in bacteria and homologous (Transformation, Conjugation, Transduction), recombination, mutation and repair.

Medical microbiology and immunology: Bacterial strategies for evasion and Study of a few diseases, study of a few infectious diseases (Skin, Gastrointestinal tract, Vector-borne diseases), basic immunology.

Microbial biochemistry: Biological membranes & transport, bioenergetics and bioluminescence, prokaryotic photosynthesis & Inorganic metabolism, metabolism of carbohydrates.

Bioprocess technology: Screening and improvement of industrially important Strains, upstream processing, fermenter equipment and control, industrial fermentations.

rDna technology, bioinformatics and virology, extrachromosomal dna and bioinformatics, recombinant dna technology and its applications, basic virology, advanced virology.

Medical microbiology and immunology: Cardiovascular system & study of a few infectious diseases, chemotherapy of infectious agents, the working of the immune system, antigen-antibody reactions and vaccines.

Microbial biochemistry: Fermentative pathways & anabolism of carbohydrates, lipid metabolism & catabolism of Hydrocarbons, metabolism of proteins and nucleic acids, Metabolic regulation.

Applied and industrial microbiology: Downstream processing and environmental aspects, industrial fermentations, quality assurance and regulatory practices, Bioinstrumentation.

Applied Component — Concepts in Biotechnology: Tools and techniques in Biotechnology, Introduction to Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology. Applied Component – Applied Biotechnology. Tools and techniques in Biotechnology. Introduction to Animal Biotechnology. Role of biotechnology in society 154 Life skills.

Topics related to Microbiology

• DNA sequencing in diagnostics.
• Nucleic add hybridization technique in diagnostics.
• Next generation DNA sequencing methods.
• Bioremediation of saline and sodic
• Bioaugmentation as a sustainable remediation solution for petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC) contamination.
• Biofuels- waste to value : The Indian Scenario

Topics related to Applied and Industrial Microbiology

• Chromatographic methods in downstream processing
• Membrane processes in downstream processing.
• Industrial production of Kojic acid and its applications.
• Application of immobilized enzymes in food and pharmaceutical industries.
• Role of AI in eQMS of the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Patenting of Bio-innovations and Genetically modified crops in India
• Overview of use of autoradiography for biological research.
• Analytical methods for determining mass of biomolecules.

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