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Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

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B.Sc. Medical Lab Technology
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Course Name Duration (Years) System Total Seats Reserved Categories
  SC/ST BC Physically Handicapped Others
B.Sc. Medical Lab Technology 3 semester 60 15 6 3 5
  • Senior Secondary Examination (12th grade) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) in aggregate.
  • Any other examination recognized equivalent there to.

Admission will be based on merit of the candidate in the Entrance Test to be conducted by the University.

M.Sc.
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Course Name Duration (Years) System Total Seats Reserved Categories
  SC/ST BC Physically Handicapped Others
M.Sc. 2 Semester 50 13 5 3 3
  • Bachelor of Science in any science subject (any combination) with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) in aggregate.
  • Any other examination recognized equivalent there to..

Admission will be based on merit of the candidate in the Entrance Test to be conducted by the Department.

Activities

The thrust areas of the Department are Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Malarial Research, Microbial Genetics, Reproductive Biology and Molecular Biology of infectious diseases. The faculty in the department is well trained with experience in foreign laboratories and the department has a good infrastructure.

Dr. Jatinder Singh is working on purification, characterization and molecular cloning of plant lectins. In addition role of various animal lectins is being investigated in susceptibity to various disease conditions. Dr. Rachna Hora studies structure function relationship of proteins from plasmodium species. She is actively involved in functional characterization of various P. falciparum proteins critical for malaria pathogenesis. Dr. Anup Kumar Kesavan works on the aspect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and its virulence. The study focuses on iron regulations and the role of genes that are involved in latency and reactivation. Dr. Gagandeep Kaur Gahlay is interested in studying the process of sperm-egg interactions. Various proteins involved in the process one being studied for their role in this process. Dr. P.K. Sehajpal is working on Molecular Biology and Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He is also working in the area of Diabetes.

 

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