BIO-311 Molecular Biotechnology
This course introduces techniques used in nucleic
acid and protein expression technologies and
their applications in forensics, conservation
biology, environmental microbiology, medical
diagnostics and basic research. Topics covered
include: nucleic acid isolation and purification,
PCR techniques, cloning tools and strategies,
hybridization technologies, and an introduction
to protein expression systems used in research
and industry. Bioinformatics modules acquaint
students with informational databases (NCBI,
OMIM, FlyBase)and enable them to use tools for
interpretation and manipulation of sequence data.
Prerequisite:BIO-330
Corequisite: BIO-311L