Genomic and Proteomics

Paper Code: 
24BTE224
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to illustrate fundamentals of genomics and proteomics and apply the knowledge to various biomedical fields. The students will also predict functional aspects of genomics & proteomics.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course

title

24BTE224

Genomics and Proteomics

(Theory)

CO79:  Acquire knowledge and understanding of fundamentals of genomics and proteomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics.

CO80: Apply the knowledge of genomics to identify and classify organisms using molecular markers.

CO81: Apply the knowledge of genomics to understand evolution of eukaryotes, track emerging diseases and design new drugs.

CO82: Determine gene functions and mine functional genes in genome

CO83: Apply the knowledge of proteomics to clinical and biomedical fields.

CO84: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures,

Demonstrations, Power point presentations

 

Learning activities for the students: Discussion,

Tutorials,

Assignments

Reading journals

 

 Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in

tutorials, Assignments,

Presentation, Individual

and group projects

 

5.00
Unit I: 
Basics of genomics and proteomics

Brief overview of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome organization; extra-chromosomal DNA: bacterial plasmids, mitochondria and chloroplast.

 

7.00
Unit II: 
Genome mapping and Genome sequencing projects

Genetic and physical maps; markers for genetic mapping; methods and techniques used for gene mapping, physical mapping, linkage analysis, cytogenetic techniques, FISH technique in gene mapping, somatic cell hybridization, radiation hybrid maps, in situ hybridization, comparative gene mapping.

Human Genome Project, genome sequencing projects for microbes, plants and animals, accessing and retrieving genome project information from the web.

 

 

5.00
Unit III: 
Comparative genomics

Identification and classification of organisms using molecular markers- 16S rRNA typing/sequencing, SNPs; use of genomes to understand evolution of eukaryotes, track emerging diseases and design new drugs; determining gene location in genome sequence.

 

5.00
Unit IV: 
Proteomics

Aims, strategies and challenges in proteomics; proteomics technologies: 2D-PAGE, isoelectric focusing, mass spectrometry, MALDI-TOF, yeast 2-hybrid system, proteome databases.

8.00
Unit V: 
: Functional genomics and proteomics

Transcriptome analysis for identification and functional annotation of gene, Contig assembly, chromosome walking and characterization of chromosomes, mining functional genes in genome, gene function- forward and reverse genetics, gene ethics; protein- protein and protein-DNA interactions; protein chips and functional proteomics; clinical and biomedical applications of proteomics; introduction to metabolomics, lipidomics, metagenomics and systems biology.

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  • Brown, T. A., Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis, An Introduction.  Wiley –Blackwell publication. 2010.
  • Sandy B. Primrose, Richard M. Twyman.  Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics, Blackwell Scientific Publication. 2009.
  • Old, R. W., Primrose, S. B., & Twyman, R. M., Principles of Gene Manipulation: an Introduction to Genetic Engineering. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2001.
  • Liebler, D. C. (2002). Introduction to Proteomics: Tools for the New Biology. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
  • Campbell, A. M., & Heyer, L. J. (2003). Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics. San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings.
  • Green, M. R., & Sambrook, J., Molecular Cloning: a Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2012.

 

REFERENCES: 
  • M. Glover and B.D. Hames, DNA Cloning: a Practical Approach, IRL Press, Oxford.
  • S.L. Berger and A.R. Kimmel, Methods in Enzymology vol. 152, Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques, Academic Press, Inc. San Diego.
  • D.V. Goeddel, Methods in Enzymology Vol 185, Gene Expression Technology, Academic Press, Inc., San Diego.
  • Kingsman S.M. and Kingsman A.J., Genetic Engineering. An Introduction to gene analysis and exploitation in eukaryotes. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1990.
  • Sue Carson and Dominique Robertson, Manipulation and Expression of Recombinant DNA., Second edition, Academic Press. 2005.
  • Primrose and Twyman, Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics. (7th edition). Blackwell Publishers. 2006.

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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