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Re: Bsc Biology in IISC Bangalore
Bachelor of Science (Bsc) (Research) Programme in Biology is offered by IISC Bangalore. Bachelor of Science (Bsc) (Research) Programme in Biology Duration: Four-year program Application fee : Rs. 500/- for GN/OBC/KM Rs. 250/- for SC/ST/PH categories. Syllabus for Bachelor of Science (Bsc) (Research) Programme: Semester I (AUG) UB 101 and UB 101L (2:1) UB 101: Introductory Biology- I (Organismal Biology and the Molecular Basis of Life) Introduction to the world of living organisms; levels of biological organisation; diversity of life on earth; history and evolution of life on earth; mechanisms of evolution; genetic basis of natural selection; measuring the rate of natural selection; organisms and their environment; adaptation; behaviour and ecology; biological species diversity; environmental degradation, conservation and management; the future of life on earth. Concepts of pH/pKa, structures of water, amino acids, peptides and proteins; chemistry of DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates; elementary enzymology and molecular biology; Introduction to various model organisms. Cell as a unit of living organisms, cellular organelles: Structure and function, organization of cytoskeleton and nuclei, ER-Golgi modifications, Vesicle-mediated protein transport, endocytosis and exocytosis, mitochondria and respiration. UB 101L Methods of describing, observing, counting and estimating the abundance, diversity and behaviour of living organisms. Light Microscopy, sample preparation and examination, identification of microorganisms, staining techniques, fluorescence microscopy to examine intracellular compartments, Cell fractionation and centrifugation methods, isolation of intracellular compartments by differential centrifugation techniques, nuclei, mitochondria, RER etc. Basics of cell culture methods: cell counting, culture media preparation. Titration of amino acids, estimations of reducing non-reducing sugars, proteins, DNA, RNA, lipids, paper chromatography/TLC, SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing, DNA melting curves. Semester 2 (JAN) UB 102 and UB 102L (2:1) UB 102: Introductory Biology- II (Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics) Introduction to the microbial world and its diversity; importance of microbes in exploration of basic principles of biology; bacterial growth and its modulation by nutrient availability in the medium; structure and function of a bacterial cell; structure of cell wall; isolation of auxotrophs; life cycles of temperate and lytic bacteriophages, structure and function of extra-chromosomal elements and their applications in molecular microbiology. Molecular biology (central dogma, replication, transcription, genetic code and translation); examples of post-transcriptional and post-translational modifications; genetic methods of gene transfer in bacteria; Mendelian genetics (segregation and independent assortment); introduction to polytene and lampbrush chromosomes; sex determination and sex linkage in diploids; cytoplasmic inheritance; pedigrees, markers, mapping and genetic disorders; gene frequencies and Hardy-Weinberg principle, and introduction to various model organisms. UB 102L Light microscopy, identification of microorganisms, staining techniques (Gram’s, acid fast), bacterial plating, tests for antibiotic resistance, M13 infection, plaque assay, preparation of bacterial competent cells, transformation, transduction, conjugation, β-galactosidase assay, Drosophila crosses using red eye and white eye mutants, observation of Barr body in buccal mucosa cells, preparation of mitotic/polytene chromosomes from Drosophila larvae, and karyotyping using human metaphase plate photos. Here is the attachment . Contact : Indian Institute of Science C V Raman Ave, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012 080 2293 2004 |
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