Open to Juniors Intermediate metabolism in biological systems, pathways of breakdown and synthesis of biological molecules such as carbohydrates, lipids, and nitrogenous compounds, thermodynamics of the reactions and the regulatory mechanism of pathways.
Overview of biosecurity/biosafety and the practices, equipment and facilities for the safe and secure handling of dangerous pathogens in a laboratory setting.
Applications of Bioinformatics in Biology and the software tools for molecular analysis. Introduction to databases, data search and utilities including translation, multiple alignment, identification of specific motifs, signal peptides, protein structur
Prerequisite: BINF 204 Solution of system of linear equations, solution of non-linear equations, error analysis, interpolation by polynomials, Lagrangian interpolation, numerical differentiation, numerical integration, and computer programming (MATLAB,