UNIT 1:
Characteristics of living organisms - Basic classification
Introduction to biomolecules: definition
General classification and important functions of carbohydrates
Cell theory - Structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell
Lipids – Proteins - nucleic acids vitamins and enzymes
UNIT 2:
Plant System: basic concepts of plant growth
Animal System: elementary study of digestive
Respiratory – circulatory - excretory systems and their functions.
Economic importance and control of microbes.
Microbial System: history - types of microbes
Nutrition - photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation
UNIT 3:
Evolution: theories of evolution – Mendel’s cell division
Evidence of e laws of inheritance
Variation and speciation - nucleic acids as a genetic material
Central dogma immunity – antigens
Antibody – immune response.
UNIT 4:
Treatment and prevention of diabetes
UNIT 5:
Transgenic plants and animals - stem cell and tissue engineering
Bioreactors – biopharming – recombinant vaccines
Cloning - drug discovery - biological neural networks
Bioremediation – biofertilizer – biocontrol – biofilters
Biosensors – biopolymers –bioenergy – biomaterials
Biochips - basic biomedical instrumentation.