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सभी 22 विषय और 119 अध्याय शामिल हैं — कुल 875 टॉपिक में से 420 यहाँ दिखाए गए हैं।कुछ भी हटाया नहीं गया है। हर विषय में उसकी पूरी टॉपिक सूची का लिंक मौजूद है।
Physics
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Chemistry
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Mathematics
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Biology
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Basic Biology, Life Sciences, Biotechnology and allied areas
PART-B SYLLABUS
- Biomolecules-structure and functions
- Biological membranes, structure, action potential and transport processes
- Enzymes- classification, kinetics and mechanism of action
- Basic concepts and designs of metabolism (carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and nucleic acids) photosynthesis, respiration and electron transport chain
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General Science
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Mathematics
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Chemistry
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
General Aptitude
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Analytical
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
Quantitative Ability
आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम के मानकीकरण तक टॉपिक प्रतीक्षित हैं।
General Biotechnology
Biomolecular structure and function
- Covalent structure of Amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
- Forces that stabilize biomolecules: electrostatic and van der Waal’s interaction, hydrogen bonding
- Interactions with solvents, Hydrophobic effect
- Protein Structure: Structural characteristics of α-helix, β-sheet and β-turn
Methods in Biotechnology
- Concepts of precision and accuracy in experimental measurements
- Concept of signal to noise ratio
- Biostatistics: Measures of Central Tendency
- Fundamental ideas of probability and probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson and Gaussian distributions
Organization of structure and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- Cell wall and Cell Membrane: physical structure of model membranes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, lipid bilayer, membrane proteins, other constituents
- diffusion, osmosis, active transport, regulation of intracellular transport and electrical properties
- Structural organization and functions of cell organelles: nucleus, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes, Chloroplast, peroxisomes, vacuoles
- Cytoskeletons structure and motility function
Cellular processes
- DNA replication, repair and recombination (Unit of replication, enzymes involved, replication origin and replication fork, fidelity of replication, extrachromosomal replicons, DNA damage and repair mechanisms, homologous and site-specific recombination)
- Transcription of various types of RNAs and their processing and modifications
- Transcription factors and machinery including RNA polymerases, formation of initiation complex, elongation and termination of transcription
- Regulation of transcription: activators (enhancers) and repressors, Locus control regions
Recombinant DNA Technology
- Enzymes used in Recombinant DNA technology
- Isolation and purification of DNA (genomic and plasmid) and RNA
- Various methods of separation, characterization of nucleic acids including Southern and Northern hybridizations
- Molecular cloning of DNA or RNA fragments in bacterial and eukaryotic systems
Genetics, Phylogeny & Evolution
- Chromosomal inheritance: Principles of Mendelian inheritance, codominance, incomplete dominance, gene interactions, pleiotropy, genomic imprinting, linkage and cross-over, sex-linked inheritance, Population Genetics and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
- Extrachromosomal inheritance: Maternal inheritance (mitochondria and chloroplast)
- Gene concept: Allele, multiple alleles, pseudoalleles
- Genetic analysis: Linkage maps, mapping with molecular markers, tetrad analysis, gene transfer in bacteria: transformation, conjugation, transduction, sex-duction, fine structure analysis of gene
Genomics and Proteomics
- Introduction to Genomics: Structure and organization of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes - nuclear, mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes
- Computational analysis of sequences- finding genes and regulatory regions
- Gene annotation
- Similarity searches
IPR, Biosafety & Bioethics
- Types of IP: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright & Related Rights, Industrial Design, Traditional Knowledge, Geographical Indications, Protection of New GMOs
- International framework for the protection of IP
- IP as a factor in R&D
- IPs of relevance to Biotechnology and few Case Studies
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Agricultural Biotechnology
Plant Biology, physiology, molecular biology and seed technology
- Plant cell structure and function, phloem transport, plant storage proteins and protein biosynthesis, natural pesticides
- Concept of plasticity in plant development
- Analyzing plant growth
- Seed Germination and Seedling Growth
- Tropisms
- Hormonal control of seed germination and seedling growth
- Floral Induction and Development
- Photoperiodism and its significance
- Vernalization and hormonal control
- Inflorescence and floral determination
- Molecular genetics of floral development and floral organ differentiation
- Photosynthesis - Light harvesting complexes
- mechanisms of electron transport
- C3, C4 and CAM pathways
- Respiration and photorespiration – Citric acid cycle
- plant mitochondrial electron transport and ATP synthesis
- alternate oxidase
- photorespiratory pathway, Carbon Assimilation
- Nitrogen Fixation and regulation, Role of lectins
- Nod factors
- nif genes
- Nitrogenases
- Leghaemoglobin, Nodulins
- Nitrogen metabolism - Nitrate and ammonium assimilation
- amino acid biosynthesis
- Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
- Hormonal and environmental control of senescence
- PCD in the life cycle of plants
- Biosynthesis and structure and molecular mechanisms of plant hormones
- Signal Transduction – Basic concepts
- Phospholipid and Ca2+-calmodulin cascade
- MAP kinase cascade
- Light Control of Plant Development: Molecular mechanisms of light perception, signal transduction and gene regulation
- Biological clocks
- Structure, function and mechanisms of action of phytochromes, cryptochromes and phototropins
- stomatal movement
- Solute transport and photoassimilate translocation – uptake, transport and translocation of water, ions, solutes and macromolecules from soil
- Plant microbe interaction: Molecular biology of Agrobacterium Infection, Molecular biology of Rhizobium infection (molecular mechanisms in symbiosis)
- Arabidopsis in molecular biology, Forward and Reverse Genetic Approaches, RNA interference, Transcriptional gene silencing, Gene traps/ T-DNA and transposable element insertion / activation lines
- Seed science and technology: seed processing, seed treatments, Seed storage, Seed sanitation and certification
Tissue Culture, Transgenic Technologies and Biotechnology
- Totipotency
- Tissue culture media
- Plant hormones and morphogenesis
- embryogenesis
- Cell suspension culture
- Micropropagation – shoot tip culture, somatic embryos, artificial seeds
- Applications of tissue culture
- shoot tip culture
- Wide hybridization, Anther culture and dihaploids
- Production of alkaloids and other secondary metabolites
- Protoplast isolation and purification
- Protoplast culture
- Protoplast fusion
- Somatic hybrids
- Cybrids
- Direct transformation of protoplasts using PEG
- electroporation
- Transformation by particle bombardment
- Chloroplast transformation
- Ti plasmid-based transformation
- Ti and Ri plasmids, T-DNA genes, borders, Ti plasmid virulence genes and their functions, Monocot transformation, binary vector
- Floral dip transformation
- Targeted gene delivery and methods of detection
- Promoters, Plant selectable markers
- Reporter genes
- Selectable marker elimination
- Transgene silencing and strategies to avoid transgene silencing
- Genetic engineering of crops
- Codon optimization in the expression of genes in plants, Commercial status of transgenic plants
- Herbicide resistance, glyphosate, sulfonyl urea, phosphinothricin, atrazine
- Pest resistance, Bt toxin
- Protease inhibitor
- GNA and other lectins
- a-amylase inhibitor
- nematode resistance
- Genetic engineering for male sterility-Barnase-Barstar
- Delay of fruit ripening
- polygalacturanase, ACC synthase, ACC oxidase
- Improved seed storage proteins
- Improving and altering the composition of starch and plant oils
- Golden rice for ß-carotene accumulation
- Production of antibodies and pharmaceuticals in plants
- Biofuels, Bacillus thuringiensis: molecular basis of insecticidal activity
- Agriculturally important microorganisms and their application
- Environmental pollution, Bioremediation, Biodiversity and conservation
Molecular Breeding and Genomics
- Principles of plant breeding, breeding for self and cross pollinated crops
- Heterosis breeding limitations of conventional breeding
- Molecular markers: Restriction based and PCR based
- DNA profiling using different assays- RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, ISSR, SNP etc. Development of SCAR and SSR markers
- Gene flow in plants: Development of mapping population - Marker Assisted Selection (MAS), screening and validation
- Trait related markers and characterization of genes involved
- Mapping genes on specific chromosomes
- QTL mapping
- Gene pyramiding
- Development of ESTs
- Molecular markers for plant genotyping and germplasm analysis
- Fidelity analysis
- settling IPR issues
- Marker Assisted Breeding for various traits, Foreground and background selection, gene introgression and pyramiding, Non-gel based techniques for plant genotyping
- Genome organization, Structural and Functional genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Nutrigenomics, interactomics, Metagenomics
Abiotic and Biotic Stress Biology
- Abiotic stress: Acclimation and crop adaptation to water, salinity, photo oxidative, heavy metal, heat and cold, nutrient stress
- Metabolite engineering for abiotic stress tolerance, Functional genomics of stress tolerance
- Induced systemic tolerance
- Biotic stress: Plant response to pathogens and herbivores, biochemical and molecular basis of host plant resistance , toxins of fungi and bacteria, systemic and induced resistance, pathogen derived resistance, signaling - gene for gene hypothesis, genetic engineering for biotic stress resistance, gene pyramiding
- Induced systemic resistance, systemic acquired resistance
Biodiversity
- Biodiversity Act 2002
- Agricultural biodiversity
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA)
- Conservation strategies for seed gene bank
- Climate change and conservation of plant genetic resources
- Global efforts for management of crop genetic resources
- Strategies on PVFR and Biodiversity Acts
- Biodiversity Legislation in India
- Indian Biodiversity Act and provisions on crop genetic resources
- Impact of GE crops on Biodiversity
- Functions of International union for the protection of new varieties of plants (UPOV)
- International treaties relating to Biodiversity
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Animal Biotechnology
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
- Hormone cell interactions, endocrine control of development of various organs
- Properties of different body fluids, metabolism and homeostasis
- Role of enzymes in metabolic regulation, activation, inhibition and covalent modification
- Specificity of enzyme actions
Histology and Embryology
- Systematic histology including microscopic structures of organs of different systems of domestic animals
- Reproductive system of males and females
- Embryo culture and transfer technology, somatic cell nuclear transfer, embryonic stem cells, transgenic animal production
- Induction and synchronization of estrus, superovulation, oocyte collection and grading
Animal Parasitology
- Host parasite interactions, transmission of parasites, parasite specificity, tissue reaction, protozoa and their development
- Parasitic infections of domestic animals
Animal Virology
- DNA and RNA viruses causing diseases in livestock and poultry
- Immunity to viral infections
- Development of laboratory animal models of virus infections
Immunology
- Immunity to bacterial and viral infections of animals
- Cells of immune system, clinical and transplantation immunology, tumor immunology and immunodeficiency
- Nude and SCID mice biology and immunosuppression
Pathology
- Cellular pathology, cell necrosis and apoptosis
- Pathogenesis and microscopic pathology of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases of domestic animals and poultry
Animal Genetics
- Animal breeding, out breeding and inbreeding, open nucleus breeding systems
- Conservation of germplasm, breeding of laboratory animals, genetic health monitoring
- Concept of production of specific pathogen free (SPF) and germ free laboratory animals
- Development of various chimeras
Molecular Medicine and Surgery
- Anesthesia and anesthetic drugs
- Management of shock, hemorrhage, principles of fluid therapy
- Surgical techniques in laboratory animals
- Imaging, contrast radiography, biological effects of radiation, radiation hazards and their prevention
Molecular Diagnostics
- Concept of molecular diagnosis of pathogens, detection of animal pathogen in environmental systems and in animal feeds
- Molecular diagnostics for detection of tumor
Research Methodologies
- Biochemical and immunological techniques
- Application of radioactive isotopes in biological research
- Cell culture technology, specialized culture techniques such as 3-D cultures, cell senescence, cell differentiation, transdifferentiation, culture of fastidious cells, cancer stem cells, cell cloning and selection, cell culture technology in production of animal viral vaccines and pharmaceutical proteins
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M. Tech. Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology
Introductory Mathematics
- Calculus review, Ordinary differential equations, Second and higher order differential equations, Linear algebra, Numerical methods
Engineering Principles
- Material and energy balance, Steady state energy and material balance, Properties of substances, Introduction to transport phenomena, momentum transfer, heat and mass transfer, Introduction to mass transfer equipments
Thermodynamics in Biological Systems
- First and second law of thermodynamics, Biological systems as open non-equilibrium systems, Failure of classical thermodynamics in describing biological processes, Concepts of thermodynamics flux and force, Concept of entropy production, Constitutive equations, Thermodynamics of coupled biochemical reactions, Thermodynamic analysis of oxidative phosphorylation, Glycolytic oscillations
- biological clocks
Bioprocess Engineering and Technology
- Principles of microbial growth and factors affecting growth, Growth kinetics and substrate utilization in batch, fed-batch and continuous systems, Introduction to bioreactors: batch and fed-batch, plug flow, continuous, enzyme reactors, Sterilization, Mass transfer of oxygen, aeration and agitation, fluid rheology, Fermentation technology (Description of industrial processes: antibiotics, organic acids, alcohol, bioplastics, vitamins, enzymes
- biotransformation of steroids, Basics of neutrigenomics – food-gene interactions, Process flow sheet and process economics
Downstream Processing in Biotechnology
- Biomass removal and disruption, Precipitation by salts, solvents, Membrane based purification, Adsorption and chromatography, Extraction (solvent, aqueous two-phase, super critical), Drying
Bioprocess Plant Design
- General design information, Material and energy balance, Process flow sheet, Scale up and scale down issues, Scale up and downstream processes
- Selection and specifications of bioprocess equipments, Facility design aspects
- Utilities, Process economics
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Major Bioinformatics Resources
- Sequence databases, Gene Expression database: GEO, SAGE, 3D Structure Database: PDB, NDB, Knowledge driven Databases & utility, Pattern Sequence: InterPro, Prosite, Pfam, ProDom, Gene Ontology
Database Searches
- Keyword-based searches using tools like ENTREZ and SRS Sequence-based searches: BLAST and FASTA
Sequence Analysis, Basic concepts
- Sequence similarity, identity and similarity, definitions of homologues, orthologues, paralogues, Tandem and Interspersed repeats, repeat finding
Scoring Matrix, Pairwise sequence alignments, Multiple sequence alignments (MSA), Application in Taxonomy and phylogeny, Comparative genomics
Structural Biology
- 3-D structure visualization and simulation, Basic concepts in molecular modeling: different types of computer representations of molecules
- External coordinates and Internal Coordinates, Molecular Mechanics, Force fields etc
Proteins
- Secondary structure elucidation using Peptide bond, phi, psi and chi torsion angles, Ramachandran map, anatomy of proteins – Hierarchical organization of protein structure –like CATH,SCOP, FSSP
DNA & RNA secondary and tertiary structures, t-RNA tertiary structure
Classification and comparison of protein 3D structures
- Secondary structure prediction: Algorithms viz. Chou Fasman, GOR methods, Tertiary Structure prediction: Fundamentals of the methods for 3D structure prediction (sequence similarity/identity of target proteins of known structure, fundamental principles of protein folding etc.) Homology/comparative Modeling, fold recognition, threading approaches, and ab initio structure prediction methods
- CASP
- Computational design of Promoters, Proteins & Enzymes
Application in drug design
- Chemical databases like NCI /PUBCHEM
- Fundamentals of Receptor-ligand interactions
- Structure-based drug design: Identification and Analysis of Binding sites and virtual screening
- Ligand based drug design: Structure Activity Relationship – QSARs & Pharmacophore etc. In silico predictions of drug activity and ADMET
Environmental Biotechnology
Basic Ecological Concepts and Principles
- Ecosystem: types, development and evolution
- Homeostasis, energy transfer in ecosystem, Energy budget, trophic structure, food chain, food web, ecological efficiency, biogeochemical cycles
Chemistry of organic and inorganic chemicals polluting Environment (air, water and soil)
Environmental Pollution
- Types, Detection and Measurement of Pollutants
- Environmental monitoring techniques
Water Pollution
- sources, measurement and management
Waste Water Treatment systems
- primary, secondary and tertiary treatments
- Biological Treatment Processes, Biochemistry and Microbiology of Aerobic and Anaerobic Treatment, Bioreactors for waste water treatment,,Disinfection and Disposal
Treatment of Typical Industrial Effluents
- Dairy, Distillery, Sugar, and Antibiotic Industries
Management of municipal, biomedical and agricultural solid waste
Environmental Pollution control
- concepts of bioaugmentation, biostimulation, biodegradation, biosorption, biofilms in the bioremediation of xenobiotics, petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides and heavy metals, evolution of biodegradative pathways
Environment friendly technologies
- Biosurfactants, biofertilizers,biopesticides, microbially enhanced oil recovery, resource management, integrated waste management
- production of biomass, biogas and biofuel from waste
Pollution monitoring
- chemical, biological and molecular methods
- Environmental impact assessment, Biodiversity and its conservation, GMOs and Biosafety
Global environmental problems
- Ozone depletion, UV-B and green house gases
Marine Biotechnology
Important marine organisms and their behavior
- Introduction to marine environment
- Marine flora - phytoplankton, seaweeds, sea grasses and mangroves - their characteristics and identification
- Marine fauna–zooplankton
- Major marine invertebrates (crustaceans & molluscs)
Marine resources assessment
- Methods of surveying the living resources (Acoustic, Aerial and Remote sensing)
- Principal methods of exploitation (Indigenous and modern crafts & gears)
Population study and marine environment protection
- Population dynamics - Principles of population dynamics
- Unit stocks
- Age & size composition of the population
- Abundance and density
Oceanography
- Physical
- Temperature, salinity and density – horizontal, vertical and temporal variations
- waves, tides and currents, upwelling
- Chemical
Types of marine microbes and their biology
- Structure of Bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa and viruses
- Classification of microbes (Genetic level) –conventional and modern methods
- Biology of microorganisms used in genetic engineering (Escherichia coil, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, phage lambda)
Microbial Assessment
- Methods of studying the marine microorganisms - Methods of collection, enumeration (total and viable counts), Isolation, culture & identification based on morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics
- Preservation of marine microbes
- Culture Collection Centres (ATCC, IMTECH, NCCS-MCC etc.)
- Microbial nutrition - influence of environment factors on microbial growth, activity and distribution
Role of microbes in marine environment
- Microbial nitrogen fixation
- Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycle
- Decomposition of organic matter
- Bioleaching and biodeteroriation of natural and synthetic materials
Microbial metabolites
- Microbes of biotechnological importance
- Primary and secondary metabolites (enzymes, antibiotics, organic acid, toxins etc.)
Microbial interaction
- Seafood microbiology - normal genera associated with fish, food spoilage, fish & human pathogens
- Indicator of pollution - faecal coliforms
- prevention & control
Culture systems and hatchery techniques
- Importance of coastal aquaculture
- Aquafarms: design and construction
- Criteria for selecting cultivable species
- Culture systems and management practices – extensive, semi-intensive and intensive culture practices
Introduction to marine pharmacology
- Terms and definitions
- Medicinal compounds from marine flora and fauna - marine toxins, antiviral and antimicrobial agents
Manipulation and microbial techniques
- Chromosome manipulation in aquaculture – hybridization
- Ploidy induction
- Gynogenesis, Androgenesis and sex reversal in commercially important fishes
- Application of microbial biotechnology in culture ponds
Disease diagnosis
- Tools for disease diagnosis in cultivable organisms
- Enzyme immunoassays
- Dot immunobinding assay
- Western blotting
Marine organisms and environment interaction
- Types of marine environment - Physical, Chemical and Biological aspects and their interaction with marine life
- Air – Sea interaction
- Green house gases (CO2 and Methane)
Pollution & Biomaterial interaction
- Marine pollution-major pollutants (heavy metal, pesticide, oil, thermal, radioactive, plastics, litter and microbial)
- Biological indicators (Marine microbes, algae and crustaceans) and accumulators: Application of protein biomarkers
- Biosensors and biochips
- Biodegradation and Bioremediation
Fouling and corrosion
- Biofouling
- Biofilm formation
- Marine fouling and boring organisms - their biology, adaptation
- Factors influencing the settlement of macrofoulers
Wastewater bio-treatment
- BOD, COD
- Biosensors
- Biomolecules
- membrane and transducer
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Medical Biotechnology
Vaccinology
- Active and passive immunization
- Live, killed, attenuated, sub unit vaccines
- Vaccine technology- Role and properties of adjuvants, recombinant DNA and protein based vaccines, plant-based vaccines, reverse vaccinology
- Peptide vaccines, conjugate vaccines
Immunotechnology
- Kinetics of immune response, memory
- Principles of Immunization
- Techniques for analysis of Immune response
- Immunochemistry of Antigens - Immunogenicity, Antigenicity, haptens, Toxins-Toxiods, Hapten carrier system
CMI and Imaging techniques
- CD nomenclature, Identification of immune Cells
- Principle of Immunofluoresence Microscopy, Flurochromes
- Staining techniques for live cell imaging and fixed cells
- Flow cytometry, Instrumentation, Applications
Genetics in Medical Practice
- Genetic Principles and their application in medical practice
- Case studies (Interacting with patients, learning family history and drawing pedigree chart)
- Syndromes and disorders: Definition and their genetic basis
- Molecular pathology of monogenic diseases: Cystic fibrosis, Tay Sach’s Syndrome & Marfan Syndrome
Genetics of Neurogenetic disorders
- Charcot-Marie tooth syndrome, Spino-muscular atrophy, Alzheimer’s disease & Syndromes due to triplet nucleotide expansion, Genetic basis of muscle disorders: Dystrophies (Duchenne Muscular dystrophy and Becker Muscular Dystrophy), Myotonians & Myopathies
- Genetic disorders of Haemopoitic systems: Overview of hematopoisis, Blood cell types and haemoglobin, Sickle cell anemia, Thalassemias & Hemophilias
Genetic basis of eye disorders
- Colour Blindness, Retinitis pigmentose, Glaucoma & Cataracts
- Genetics of skeleton & skin disorders
- Genetics of Syndromes & Genomic Imprinting
- Neurofibromatosis I, Prader-Willi & Angleman syndromes, Beckwith-Wiedeman syndrome
Complex polygenic syndromes
- Hyperlipidemia, Atherosclerosis, Diabetes mellitus
- Mitochondrial syndromes
- Management of genetic disorder
Components of genetic counseling
- Physical examination (General and dysmorphology examination, Documentation), Legal and ethical considerations
- Patterns of inheritance, risk assessment and counseling in common Mendelian and multifactor syndromes
- Genetics testing : biochemical & molecular tests: in children, Presymptomatic testing for late onset diseases (predictive medicine)
Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Amoebiasis
- Giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis
- Intestinal infection by nematodes
Infections of the Respiratory system
- Streptococcal infections
- Viral infections
- Diphtheria
Pyrexial Illness
- Malaria
- Kala-azar
- Leishmaniasis
Infections of the Nervous System
- Viral encephalitis and Aseptic meningitis
- Rabies
- Cysticercosis and other CNS parasitic infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Congenital Infections
- Herpes Simplex virus infections
- HIV infection and AIDS
- Chlamydial infection
Host pathogen interactions in disease process
- Protective immune response in Bacterial, Viral and Parasitic diseases
- Cancer
- Inappropriate Immune response
DNA based diagnosis
- Biochemical disorders
- Immune, Genetic and Neurological disorders
- Molecular techniques for analysis of these disorders
Antibody based diagnosis
- Monoclonal antibodies as diagnostic reagents
- Production of monoclonal antibodies with potential for diagnosis
- Diagnosis of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases by using
Proteomics based diagnosis
- Protein profiling for disease diagnosis
- 2D analysis of isolated proteins associated with disease by sequencing individual spots by Mass Spectrometry
- Protein Micro array
Gene therapy
- Intracellular barriers to gene delivery
- Overview of inherited and acquired diseases for gene therapy
- Retro- and adeno- virus mediated gene transfer
Cellular therapy
- Stem cells: definition, properties and potency of stem cells
- Sources: embryonic and adult stem cells
- Concept of tissue engineering
Recombinant therapy
- Clinical applications of recombinant technology
- Erythropoietin
- Insulin analogs and its role in diabetes
Immunotherapy
- Monoclonal antibodies and their role in cancer
- Role of recombinant interferons
- Immunostimulants
Gene silencing technology
- Antisense therapy
- siRNA
- Tissue and organ transplantation
Human disease genes
- DNA polymorphism including those involved in disease
- Hemoglobin and anemia
- Phenylketonuria (monogenic) and diabetes (multigenic) genetic disorders
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Molecular and Human Genetics
Cell Biology and Cytogenetics
- Tissue culture techniques: Composition of media, cultures for prenatal, and postnatal cytogenetic diagnosis
- Chromosomal analysis: Chromosome preparation and chromosome banding techniques, International system for human chromosome nomenclature
- Mechanisms of numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations, chromosomal and non-chromosomal basis of sex determination
Principles of Genetics
- Mendelism and its extensions: Law of segregation, Law of independent assortment, Chromosomal basis of segregation and independent assortment, Linkage, Crossing over and recombination, Multiple allelism, Pleiotropy, Cytoplasmic inheritance
- Pedigree analysis, patterns of transmission of characters
- Genetic mapping of Mendelian traits: Identifying recombinants and nonrecombinants in pedigrees, Genetic and physical map distances, Genetic markers, Two-point mapping-LOD score analysis, Multipoint mapping, Homozygosity mapping
Common genetic disorders
- Chromosomal and molecular basis, minimal critical chromosomal regions and genes, and clinical features of the following syndromes: Down syndrome, Edward syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome, Patau syndrome, Phenylketonuria, Alzheimer’s disease, Duchanne muscular disorder, Sickle cell anemia, Diabetes mellitus
Human Genome
- The Genome project: History, organization and goals of human genome project, Mapping strategies, current status of various maps, DNA segment nomenclature, Human genome diversity, human genome databases
- Organization of human genome: Mitochondrial genome, Gross base composition of nuclear genome, Gene density
- CpG islands, RNA-encoding genes, Functionally identical/similar genes, Diversity in size and organization of genes, Annotation Gene families: Multigene families – Classical gene families, families with large conserved domains, families with small conserved domains, Gene superfamilies, Gene families in clusters, Pseudogenes, Repetitive DNA and transposable elements, Origin of gene families Functional genomics: Transcriptome and its analysis, Proteome and Proteomics, Gene silencing Implications of human genome on research and society
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Neuroscience
Neurons
- Ultrastructure, myelination and synapses
Glial cells
- Structure and function of glial cells: astrocytes – type I & II astrocytes, fibrous and protoplasmic astrocytes, Importance of astrocytes in glutamate metabolism and blood brain barrier, Functions of other glial cells: oligodendrocyte and microglial cells, Microglial phenotypes, Overview of glial and neuronal relationship in the CNS, Glial –neuronal interplay in the CNS
Neurophysiology and Behavior
- Tools in electrophysiological studies of the brain in animals
- animal activity monitoring
- Different types of mazes and their application in studies on behavior, learning and memory and cognitive aspects of animals
Major events in early embryonic development
- Embryonic origin of nervous system, early neural morphogenesis in vertebrates and invertebrates, Neural Induction: Molecular nature of the Neural inducer, Conservation of neural induction
- Dorsal neural tube and neural crest
- Neural crest cells and its derivatives
Patterning, polarity and regionalization of the nervous system
- Fate mapping of cell determination, differentiation of nerve cells and cell lineage, acquisition of neurotransmitter property and electrical excitability
Birth and migration of neurons, Control of neuronal and glial cell population
- Histogenesis of cerebral cortex and cerebellar cortex
- Adult neurogenesis
Neuronal death during development
- Target dependent and innervation dependent neuronal death
Neurotrophic factors
- Nerve growth factor (NGF)
- Axon growth, path finding and nerve patterns: Growth Cone, Axonal navigation and axon elongation, Synapse formation and elimination: Selective synaptic connections: Skeletal muscle, autonomic ganglia, spinal cord and CNS
- Denervation and regeneration of synaptic connections
Electrical properties of excitable membranes
- Basic electricity and electric circuits, neurons as conductors of electricity, equivalent circuit representation
- Electrical properties of excitable membranes: Membrane conductance, linear and nonlinear membrane, ionic conductance, current-voltage relations
- Ion movement in excitable cells: Physical laws, Nernst-Planck Equation, active transport of ions, movement of ions across biological membranes
Electrical properties of neurons, quantitative models of simulations, Hodgkin & Huxley's analysis of squid giant axon
- Voltage-clamp experiments
- Voltage gated channels
- Biophysical, biochemical and molecular properties of voltage gated channels
Synaptic transmission and cellular signaling
- Synthesis, action and distribution of acetylcholine, catecholamine, dopamine, serotonin, and neuropeptide neurotransmitters
Sensation and perception
- Receptors, Structure, function & connections of sensory cortex
- Sensory Transduction: Phototransduction, olfactory transduction, taste, mechanoreception
- Somatic sensation: Peripheral and central mechanisms Touch: somatic sensory system, mechanoreceptors and other receptors, representation of body surfaces in the brain
Fundamentals of Motor Systems
- Spinal cord as central pattern generator
- Posture and voluntary movement, Basal nuclei and cerebellum
- Focusing and coordinating movement
Chemical Control of Brain and Behavior
- Role of hypothalamus, pituitary hormones and ANS
Neural Control of the Breathing
- Breathing & gas exchange, CNS & Breathing, Respiratory Rhythm Generation, Sensory Inputs and Altered Breathing, Modulation of Respiratory Motor Out-put, Suprapontine Structures and Breathing, Respiratory neurons and their discharge pattern
Neural Control of Heart, Cardiovascular Homeostasis
- The Nervous System and the Long-term control of the Cardiovascular System
Sleep and Dreaming
- The two states of sleep- slow wave and rapid eye movement
- Circadian Timing: Pineal and Circadian Rhythms, The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Light as the Dominant Stimulus
- Sex and behavior: Neuronal basis of sexual behaviour, Sex Hormones and Brain
Cognitive development and aging
- Neuronal basis of object recognition
- Spatial cognition
- Neural system of spatial cognition: Parietal cortex, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus and adjacent cortex
Clinical neurochemistry and neuropathology
- Molecular, genetic aspects and diagnostic characteristics
- Neurochemical and molecular mechanisms of peripheral Neuropathy
- Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinated disorders
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Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Drug metabolism
- Biotransformation of drugs
- microsomal and nonmicrosomal mechanisms
- Enzymes in transformation
Pharmacological screening and assays
- Principles of screening-correlation between various animal models and human situation, animal ethics
- Screening models for therapeutic areas like hypertension, cerebral ischemia, pain, epilepsy, depression, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes etc
- Correlation between in vitro and in vivo screens, cell-based, biochemical, radiological based assays, high through put screening, pharmacokinetic analysis, reference drugs and interpretation of results
Enzymes and microbial technology
- Enzymes in organic solvents and ionic liquids, biocatalysts, enzyme engineering, random and rational approach to protein engineering, Biocatalysis with different enzymes: lipase, amidase, aminopeptidase, acylase, hydantoinase, lyases, oxidoreductase, nitrilase, epoxide hydrolase, hydoxylase, aldolases, decarboxylases
- techniques of immobilization of enzymes and whole cells-design, operation and kinetics of immobilized enzyme reactors-Diffusional resistance and Thiele’s modules- multi step immobilized enzyme systems
- Microorganisms in degradation of xenobiotics and removal of heavy metals
Biochemical engineering
- Microbial growth kinetics-substrate utilization-product formation-aerobic fermentation-methods-types-fluid properties-Sterilization-methods, kinetics, batch and continuous-batch, continuous and field bioreactors
- Mass and energy balance in microbial process-effects of dissolved oxygen
- Dimensional analysis-heat transfer-counter current and co-current system of heat transfer, scale-up and scale down methods, problems and trouble shooting
Downstream processing
- Separation of cell mass, centrifugation, clarification, filtration, unit operations
- methods cell disruption-solid shear and liquid shear methods
- Concentration methods-evaporation, distillation, crystallization, SCFE, solvent extraction, phase separation, drying etc., whole broth extraction, protein precipitation, extraction, adsorption
Industrial applications
- Metabolites-ethanol, acetone, citric acid, lactic acid, amino acid, polysaccharides, nucleosides and bioplastics, penicillin, cephalosporin, streptomycin, vitamins etc
- Bioprocess-applications of enzymes in pharmaceutical industry-therapeutic and clinical analysis-production and use of glucose isomerase, amidase/amidopetidase, amylase, cellulase, penicillin acylase, lipase, oxido-reductase, hydantoinase, epoxide hydrolase, nitrlase, hydoxylase, alolases, decaboxylases etc. for production of different types of drugs and drug intermediates
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2026 cycle
Latest confirmed cycle has concluded
Result Date: 2026-06-10
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Result Date
Completed2026-06-10
Latest Official Update
CompletedNTA declared both results on 10 June 2026.
Exam Date
Completed2026-05-17
Correction Deadline
Completed2026-04-13
Correction Start Date
Completed2026-04-11
Application Deadline
Completed2026-04-09 17:00
Fee Deadline
Completed2026-04-09 23:50
Application Start Date
Completed2026-03-19
Next Exam Date
Awaiting official dateTo be announced by NTA and the Department of Biotechnology.
Job profile & salaryPending verification
| Route | Outcome | Stipends |
|---|---|---|
| GAT-B | Admission consideration for participating DBT-supported M.Sc., M.Tech., M.V.Sc. and allied postgraduate programmes. | M.Sc. Biotechnology and allied areas: ₹5,000 per month · M.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology: ₹7,500 per month · M.Tech./M.V.Sc.: ₹12,000 per month |
| BET Category I | DBT-JRF fellowship activation after qualifying doctoral registration under the official conditions. | Not stated |
| BET Category II | Eligibility for appointment in DBT-sponsored projects or institutional Ph.D. selection without DBT-JRF entitlement. | Not stated |
CutoffsPending verification
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How to applyPending verification
- 1Choose GAT-B, BET or both after checking the distinct eligibility rules.
- 2Register once on the official NTA portal.
- 3Enter personal, academic, category and examination-choice details.
- 4Upload the prescribed photograph, signature and required attestations.
- 5Pay the one-exam or two-exam fee.
- 6Use the correction window for permitted fields.
- 7Download the admit card and appear in the appropriate shift or shifts.
- 8After results, approach participating institutions for GAT-B admission or follow DBT-JRF procedures for BET.
FAQsPending verification
Are GAT-B and BET the same examination?
No. GAT-B is an admission test; BET is a doctoral-fellowship eligibility test. They share one application portal and date.
Can a candidate apply for both?
Yes, by paying the combined examination fee.
Does BET Category II carry a DBT-JRF fellowship?
No.
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