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Module DC
Food Adulteration & Probiotic Development
Recombinant Technology & Genetics

Duration: 6 Weeks
Timings: 4-5 hrs (Monday – Friday)
Eligibility: B.Sc./M.Sc. student of biotechnology/ life science or any scientific background
Status: Current/ Passout Eligible

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Contents of the program

  1. Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
  2. Principle & working of laboratory instruments
  3. Introduction about food adulteration & its types
  4. Checking adulteration in milk
  5. Checking adulteration in dairy products
  6. Checking adulteration in sweets
  7. Checking adulteration in spices
  8. Checking adulteration in cereals
  9. Checking adulteration in oils
  10. Introduction to industrial microbiology
  11. Calculation techniques for industrial microbiology
  12. Introduction to sterilization techniques
  13. Media preparation (solid & liquid media)
  14. Dilution techniques for a sampling of air, water & soil
  15. Isolation of bacteria from air, water & soil
  16. Calculation of Colony Forming Units (CFU/ml)
  17. Isolation of microorganisms on selective media
  18. Identification of microorganisms using different staining methods
  19. Identification of microorganisms using motility methods
  20. Basic biochemical characterization – 1 of isolated microorganisms
  21. Preservation of microbial cultures by glycerol stock method
  22. A sampling of probiotic bacteria from food samples and isolation on specialized enriched media.
  23. Subculturing of microorganisms on specialized enriched media
  24. Bacterial measurements using microscopic techniques (micrometry)
  25. Partial Characterization – 2 of bacterial isolates using biochemical analysis (IMViC Tests)
  26. Microencapsulation of the probiotic cultures for use in functional foods & therapeutics
  27. Microbial production of crude bacteriocin
  28. To check the Antimicrobial Activity of crude bacteriocin
  29. Probiotic attribute analysis – Acid tolerance
  30. Probiotic attribute analysis – Bile tolerance
  31. Probiotic attribute analysis – Antimicrobial activity
  32. Principle & working of laboratory instruments
  33. Preparation of buffers & solutions
  34. Basic calculation techniques
  35. Introduction to sterilization techniques
  36. Preparation of LB Media & inoculation
  37. Isolation of genomic DNA by CTAB method
  38. Preservation of nucleic acids
  39. Preparation of TAE, Agarose gel and 6X gel loading buffer
  40. Analysis of nucleic acids by gel electrophoresis
  41. Organic extraction of DNA
  42. Preparation of stock solutions for plasmid isolation
  43. To study the role of various components used in the isolation of plasmid
  44. Isolation of plasmid by alkaline lysis
  45. Preparation of competent cells
  46. Preparation of IPTG, X-gal and ampicillin solution
  47. Transformation of E.coli
  48. Hands-on handling of Thermo cycler & detection of the specific gene through PCR
  49. Session on CV drafting & personality development.
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