PART-A: Aptitude & General Biotechnology
General Biotechnology
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Biomolecular structure and function
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Methods in Biotechnology
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Organization of structure and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
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Cellular processes
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Recombinant DNA Technology
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Genetics, Phylogeny & Evolution
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Genomics and Proteomics
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IPR, Biosafety & Bioethics
Part B: Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
Agricultural Biotechnology:
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Plant Biology, physiology, molecular biology and seed technology
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Tissue Culture, Transgenic Technologies and Biotechnology
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Molecular Breeding and Genomics
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Abiotic and Biotic Stress Biology
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Biodiversity
Animal Biotechnology:
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Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
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Histology and Embryology
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Animal Parasitology
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Animal Virology
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Immunology
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Pathology
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Animal Genetics
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Molecular Medicine and Surgery
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Molecular Diagnostics
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Research Methodologies
Biochemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology
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Engineering Principles
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Thermodynamics in Biological Systems
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Bioprocess Engineering and Technology
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Downstream Processing in Biotechnology
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Bioprocess Plant Design
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
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Major Bioinformatics Resources
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Database Searches
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Sequence Analysis, Basic concepts
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Scoring Matrix, Pairwise sequence alignments, Multiple sequence alignments (MSA), Application in Taxonomy and phylogeny, Comparative genomics.
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Structural Biology
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Proteins
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DNA & RNA secondary and tertiary structures, t-RNA tertiary structure
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Classification and comparison of protein 3D structures
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Application in drug design
Environmental Biotechnology
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Basic Ecological Concepts and Principles
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Chemistry of organic and inorganic chemicals polluting Environment (air, water and soil)
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Environmental Pollution; Types, Detection and Measurement of Pollutants; Environmental monitoring techniques
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Water Pollution
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Waste Water Treatment systems
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Treatment of Typical Industrial Effluents
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Management of municipal, biomedical and agricultural solid waste
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Environmental Pollution control
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Environment friendly technologies
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Pollution monitoring
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Global environmental problems
Marine Biotechnology
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Important marine organisms and their behavior
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Marine resources assessment
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Population study and marine environment protection
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Oceanography
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Types of marine microbes and their biology
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Microbial Assessment
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Role of microbes in marine environment
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Microbial metabolites
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Microbial interaction
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Culture systems and hatchery techniques
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Introduction to marine pharmacology
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Manipulation and microbial techniques
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Disease diagnosis
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Marine organisms and environment interaction
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Pollution & Biomaterial interaction
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Fouling and corrosion
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Wastewater bio-treatment
Medical Biotechnology
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Vaccinology
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Immunotechnology
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CMI and Imaging techniques
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Genetics in Medical Practice
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Genetics of Neurogenetic disorders
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Genetic basis of eye disorders
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Complex polygenic syndromes
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Components of genetic counseling
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Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract
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Infections of the Respiratory system
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Pyrexial Illness
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Infections of the Nervous System
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Congenital Infections
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Host pathogen interactions in disease process
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DNA based diagnosis
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Antibody based diagnosis
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Proteomics based diagnosis
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Gene therapy
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Cellular therapy
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Recombinant therapy
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Immunotherapy
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Gene silencing technology
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Human disease genes
Molecular and Human Genetics
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Cell Biology and Cytogenetics
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Principles of Genetics
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Common genetic disorders
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Human Genome
Neuroscience
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Neurons
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Glial cells
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Neurophysiology and Behavior
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Major events in early embryonic development
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Patterning, polarity and regionalization of the nervous system
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Birth and migration of neurons
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Neuronal death during development
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Neurotrophic factors
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Electrical properties of excitable membranes
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Electrical properties of neurons, quantitative models of simulations, Hodgkin & Huxley's analysis of squid giant axon
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Synaptic transmission and cellular signaling
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Sensation and perception
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Fundamentals of Motor Systems
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Chemical Control of Brain and Behavior
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Neural Control of the Breathing
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Neural Control of Heart, Cardiovascular Homeostasis
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Sleep and Dreaming
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Cognitive development and aging
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Clinical neurochemistry and neuropathology
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
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Drug metabolism
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Pharmacological screening and assays
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Enzymes and microbial technology
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Biochemical engineering
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Downstream processing
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Industrial applications