Courses

Cell and Tissue: Their principal chemical constituents and main metabolic activities. The characteristics of, and differences between eukaryotes, prokaryotes and viruses. Compartmentalisation and control of cellular environment. Functional role of the main...

Molecular spectroscopy; molecular fluorescence; infra-red, atomic, electron spin resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and radioisotopic techniques in biochemistry, radio/fluorescent labeling (RIA,...

Cell Structure and Function and Methods and Techniques of studying the Cell: General features of prokaryotes & eukaryotes; compartmentalization of cellular processes; Source tissue/cells selection; cell disruption and fractionation. Structure, Function...

Introduction to Enzymes: Comparison of chemical and enzyme catalysis, Activation energy and transition state, Free energy change, Chemical equilibria, Active site, Substrate specificity, Enzyme classification, enzyme assays, linked or coupled.
Factors...

Chromatography: Partition coefficient and chromatographic systems.
Basis of separation: adsorption and partition (polarity); ion-exchange (ionic nature),
exclusion/gel (molecular size and shape). Principles and applications (HPLC, FPLC, GLC, TLC, Paper,...

Cellular Compartments of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Organization, Dynamics, and Functions; Cellular membrane systems (structure and transport); Nucleus (envelope and matrix), Mitochondria and chloroplasts (including biogenesis and evolution).
Cell Division...

Chemistry & Function of Biological Compounds: Biomolecules: - monomers; polymers; macromolecules; supramolecules. Carbohydrates: - mono-, di-, oligo- and polysaccharides (structural and storage); stereoisomerism; mutarotation; reactions of carbohydrates....

Acid-Base Reactions: Titration; pH measurement; buffer preparation; determination of pK.
Acid-base reactions; buffers, chromatography, qualitative analysis of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
Quantitative analysis of proteins: methods for protein...

This module describes the logistic function, the popularity of the logistic model, and how the model may be applied in epidemiology. Several important special cases of the logistic model involving dichotomous exposure variable are considered with their...

Distinctive nature of insect metabolism: Energy metabolism; synthesis; storage mobilization; transport and utilization of fuels in flight; regulatory factors. 
Insect hormones affecting growth and development: Biochemical activities; insect growth...