Plant Physiology-Photosynthesis
We try to understand how life from light happens and the mechanism behind the same.
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS - KGK
Biotechnology is technology that utilizes biological systems, living organisms or parts of this to develop or create different products.
Brewing and baking bread are examples of processes that fall within the concept of biotechnology (use of yeast (= living organism) to produce the desired product). Such traditional processes usually utilize the living organisms in their natural form (or further developed by breeding), while the more modern form of biotechnology will generally involve a more advanced modification of the biological system or organism.
With the development of genetic engineering in the 1970s, research in biotechnology (and other related areas such as medicine, biology etc.) developed rapidly because of the new possibility to make changes in the organisms' genetic material (DNA).
Today, biotechnology covers many different disciplines (eg. genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, etc.). New technologies and products are developed every year within the areas of eg. medicine (development of new medicines and therapies), agriculture (development of genetically modified plants, biofuels, biological treatment) or industrial biotechnology (production of chemicals, paper, textiles and food).
Perspective of Science, Methodology and General Informatics: BIOPHYSICS
Biology studies life in its variety and complexity. It describes how organisms go about getting food, communicating, sensing the environment, and reproducing. On the other hand, Physics looks for mathematical laws of nature and makes detailed predictions about the forces that drive idealized systems. Biophysics is a molecular science. It seeks to explain biological function in terms of the molecular structures and properties of specific molecules. It applies the principles of Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics to study the living things and organisms. It discovers how atoms are arranged in DNA and proteins.
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS (LA)
Biology has traditionally been an observational rather than a deductive science. Although recent developments
have not altered this basic orientation, the nature of the data has radically changed. Bioinformatics represents a new, growing area of science that uses computational
approaches to answer biological questions. The potential of such an
approach is beginning to change the fundamental way in which basic science is done,
helping to more efficiently guide experimental design in the laboratory.
"Beware of computational biologist they screw genes and protein."
19U4CRBOT4 ANATOMY, MICROTECHNIQUE AND ANGIOSPERM MORPHOLOGY
CO1 Understand the plant cell structure in a detailed manner CO2 Understand the tissue level organization in plant system CO3 Know and carry out the plant anatomical specimen preparations CO4 Understand the details of wood anatomy
This course aims to impart an insight into
the internal structure and of the most evolved group of plants, the Angiosperm.
PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOGNOSY
Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals, that are chemicals
available from plants. A phytochemist try to describe
the structures of the large number of secondary metabolites, their respective functions and the biosynthesis of chemicals present in plants. Plants synthesize
phytochemicals for different purposes, including protect themselves against
herbivores, pests and plant diseases. Phytochemicals found in plants that are used as food are
often have health
benefits. The compounds found in plants are of different types but most
of them are are placed under four major groups; alkaloids, glycosides,
polyphenols, and terpenes. This course elaborates the types of photo-chemicals, significance, methods to extract them from their natural sources, etc.