Introduction to Gene Technology Credit Hours: 3 Methods and applications of molecular biology and gene technology. These will include PCR, gene isolation strategies and various host-plasmid systems, cDNA and genomic cloning, bioinformatics and searching DNA database, genome projects, recombinant protein and stem cell therapeutics, animal cloning and engineering, microarray and medicine, plant biotechnologies (bio-FUEL). Metabolomic and proteomic. Graduate students will be required to identify and read additional papers from the primary and secondary literature on an assigned topic, and then write a term paper reviewing and critiquing the literature found. Semester Offered: Fall Level: Graduate
