Project / Case based methodology

  • Throughout the course the students undertake both individual and group projects. Students work in small teams to develop their technical and problem-solving abilities, drawing on knowledge developed elsewhere on the course. Individual and group research projects teach them how to conduct innovative research, and to communicate the practical and technical relevance of the results. Students develop independent inquiry, as well as the skills needed for confident, self-motivated learning. As well as developing technical and problem-solving abilities, project work also allows them to develop professional skills to facilitate successful participation in research activities, including team working and effective communication skills. For many students, project work is the most challenging, satisfying and memorable part of their course. These projects develop a number of essential skills required to succeed in industry, such as problem solving, team work, and time management, as well as giving them the opportunity to demonstrate their imagination and flair. A partial list of the projects is: :
    • To learn the metabolism of HIV virus
    • To learn the proximate drug designing for the HIV virus
    • Isolation and Identification of various microbial cultures from soil/Air/water.
    • Assay of Antimicrobial activity of different plant extracts.
    • To determine phylogeny between various organisms using various databases
    • To use bioinformatics software in drug designing.
    • Study of the Human Genome Project
    • To prepare serum from human blood and perform electrophoresis.
    • To purify IgG from human blood using affinity chromatography.
    • To demonstrate transcription in prokaryotes (E.coli) using in vitro transcription kit.
    • To visualize chemical stress on DNA expression in onion.
    • To assay enzyme acid phosphatase from human serum by King Armstrong’s method and determine its kinetic parameters
    • To assay enzyme alkaline phosphatase from Cuscuta reflexa by Bodansky’s method and determine its kinetic parameters