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i had completed my bsc in clinical laboratory science and want knoew weather m eligible for msc biotechnology and which books are available to prepare for entrance of jnu entrance exam

M.Sc in Biotechnology is a two years Post-graduation degree course.

Eligibility criteria for M.Sc in Biotechnology:-

1) Academic qualification: Contenders must have qualified their Graduation degree in any one of the Life Sciences subjects like, Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry) or in Agricultural Sciences from any university.

Syllabus of M.Sc in Biotechnology:-

1) Sem 1: Cell Biology and Enzymology.
Molecular Biology.
Biomolecules.
Biophysical Technique.
Macromolecules and Analytical Techniques.
Seminar.

2) Sem 2: Microbiology.
Industrial Biotechnology and Biostatistics.
Immunology.
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics.
Microbiology and Immunology.
Seminar.

3) Sem 3: Animal Biotechnology.
Plant Biotechnology.
Genetic Engineering 1.
Genetic Engineering 2.
Animal and Plant Biotechnology.
Seminar.

4) Sem 4: Environmental Science and Bioresources.
Applied Environmental Biotechnology.
Environmental Monitoring and Management.
Ethics, Patenting and Bio-entrepreneurship.
Environmental Biotechnology.
Project Work.
Seminar.

Books of M.Sc in Biotechnology:-

1) Biochemistry: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry - AlbertL. Lehninger.
Jeremy M. Berg, John L.Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer.
Lippincott's IllustratedReviews.
Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet.
U. Satyanarayana, U.Chakrapani.

2) Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis- David W. Mount.
Methods and Protocols - Edited by Stephen Misener, Stephen A. Krawetz.
Essential Bioinformatics - Jin Xiong.
Bioinformatics for Dummies – Jean-Michel Claverie, Cedric Notredame.
Introduction to Bioinformatics – Arthur M.Lesk.

3) Biotechnology: Satyanarayana.
Expanding Horizons – B.D.Singh.
A Textbook of Biotechnology – R.C. Dubey.

4) Cell Biology: Molecular Biology of the Cell – Bruce Alberts.
Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments – Gerald Karp.
Molecular Cell Biology – Harvey Lodish.

5) Developmental Biology: Scott Gilbert.

6) Genetics: Genes Series by Benjamin Lewin.
Principles of Generics – Robert H. Tamarin.
Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Genetics - William D. Stansfield.
Molecular Biology of the Gene – James Watson.

7) Genetic Engineering: Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual -Joseph Sambrook.
Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics– Sandy Primrose, Richard M. Twyman and Robert W. Old.

8) Immunology: Kuby Immunology - Richard Goldsby and ThomasJ. Kindt.
Cellular and Molecular Immunology - Abul K.Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, and Jordan S. Pober.
Immunobiology – Charles Janeway.
High-yield immunology – Arthur G. Johnson:Good for quick revision.
Schaum's Outline of Immunology - George Pinchuk.

9) Microbiology: Prescott's Microbiology - Christopher J.Woolverton, Joanne M. Willey, Linda Sherwood.
Microbiology - Gerard J. Tortora
Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Microbiology– William A. Strohl.

10) Plant and Animal Tissue Culture: Plant Tissue Culture & Plant Biotechnology – B.D. Singh.
Plant Tissue Culture: Theory and Practice –S.S. Bhojwani, M.K. Razdan.
Culture of Animal Cells – Ian Freshney.
Principles and Practice of Animal Tissue Culture – Sudha Gangal.

11) Spectroscopy: Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy –Joseph R. Lackowitz.
Spectroscopy for the Biological Sciences –Gordon G. Hammes.

12) Zoology and Medical Physiology: Chordate Zoology – Jorden and Verma.
Essentials of Medical Physiology - K.Sembulingam and Prema Sembulingam.
Guyton And Hall Textbook Of Medical Physiology Paperback – John E. Hall.

13) Chemistry: 1) Physicsl Chemistry: Atkins’ Physical Chemistry.
Essentials of Physical Chemistry – B.S. Bahl, G.D. Tuli, Arun Bahl.

2) Organic Chemistry: Arun Bahl, B.S. Bahl.
Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry – Mukul C. Ray.
Organic Chemistry – Morrison and Boyd.

3) Inorganic Chemistry: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry – Satya Prakash,G.D. Tuli, S.K. Basu, R.D. Madan.
Inorganic Chemistry – B. Sivasankar.