Genetic engineering in Anna University Chennai

Does Anna University, Chennai offered Genetic engineering program, if yes then can you plz tell me about this particular program?

[Pathak]

As per me Anna University, Chennai does not offered Genetic engineering program but it offered B.Tech - Industrial Biotechnology which including part of Genetic Engineering And Genomics in 3rd year course :

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UNIT I BASICS OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY 12
Manipulation of DNA – Restriction and Modification enzymes, Design of linkers and adaptors.
Characteristics of cloning and expression vectors based on plasmid and bacteriophage,
Vectors for insect, yeast and mammalian system, Prokaryotic and eukaryotic host systems,
Introduction of recombinant DNA in to host cells and selection methods.

UNIT II DNA LIBRARIES 12
Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries, Artificial chromosomes – BACs and YACs,
Chromosomal walking, Screening of DNA libraries using nucleic acid probes and antisera.

UNIT III SEQUENCING AND AMPLIFICATION OF DNA 12
Maxam Gilbert’s and Sanger’s methods of DNA sequencing. Inverse PCR, Nested PCR,
AFLP-PCR, Allele specific PCR, Assembly PCR, Asymmetric PCR, Hot start PCR, inverse PCR, Colony PCR, single cell PCR, Real-time PCR/qPCR – SYBR green assay, Taqman
assay, Molecular beacons. Site directed mutagenesis.

UNIT IV 12
Organization and structure of genomes, Genome sequencing methods, Conventional and
shotgun genome sequencing methods, Next generation sequencing technologies , Ordering
the genome sequence, Genetic maps and Physical maps, STS content based mapping,
Restriction Enzyme Finger Printing, Hybridization mapping, Radiation Hybrid Maps, Optical
mapping. ORF finding and functional annotation.

UNIT V 12
Current status of genome sequencing projects, Introduction to Functional genomics,
Microarrays, Serial Analysis of Gene expression (SAGE), Subtractive hybridization, DIGE,
TOGA, Yeast Two hybrid System, Comparative Genomics, Proteogenomics, Web resources
for Genomics, Applications of genome analysis and genomics.

Genetic engineering in Anna University Chennai
HS8151 TECHNICAL ENGLISH – I L T P C
• To enable all students of engineering and technology develop their basic communication
skills in English.
• To give special emphasis to the development of speaking skills amongst the students of
engineering and technology.
• To ensure that students use the electronic media such as internet and supplement the
learning materials used in the classroom.
• To inculcate the habit of reading for pleasure.
UNIT I 9 + 3
Listening - Introducing learners to GIE - Types of listening - Listening to audio (verbal & sounds);
Speaking - Speaking about one’s place, important festivals etc. – Introducing oneself, one’s
family / friend; Reading - Skimming a reading passage – Scanning for specific information -
Note-making; Writing - Free writing on any given topic (My favourite place / Hobbies / School
life, etc.) - Sentence completion - Autobiographical writing (writing about one’s leisure time
activities, hometown, etc.); Grammar - Prepositions - Reference words - Wh-questions -
Tenses (Simple); Vocabulary - Word formation - Word expansion (root words / etymology);
E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary - Reading comprehension
exercises - Listening to audio files and answering questions.
UNIT II 9 + 3
Listening - Listening and responding to video lectures / talks; Speaking - Describing a simple
process (filling a form, etc.) - Asking & answering questions - Telephone skills – Telephone
etiquette; Reading – Critical reading - Finding key information in a given text - Sifting facts from
opinions; Writing - Biographical writing (place, people) - Lab descriptions (general/specific
description of laboratory experiments) - Definitions - Recommendations; Grammar - Use of
imperatives - Subject-verb agreement; Vocabulary - Compound words - Word Association;
E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Listening exercises with
sample telephone conversations / lectures – Picture-based activities.
UNIT III 9 + 3
Listening - Listening to specific task - focused audio tracks; Speaking - Role-play – Simulation
- Group interaction - Speaking in formal situations (teachers, officials, foreigners); Reading
- Reading and interpreting visual material; Writing - Jumbled sentences - Coherence and
cohesion in writing - Channel conversion (flowchart into process) - Types of paragraph (cause
& effect / compare & contrast / narrative / analytical) - Informal writing (letter/e-mail/blogs) -
Paraphrasing; Grammar - Tenses (Past) - Use of sequence words - Adjectives; Vocabulary -
Different forms and uses of words, Cause and effect words; E-materials - Interactive exercises
for Grammar and Vocabulary - Excerpts from films related to the theme and follow up exercises
- Pictures of flow charts and tables for interpretations.
UNIT IV 9 + 3
Listening - Watching videos / documentaries and responding to questions based on them;
Speaking - Responding to questions - Different forms of interviews - Speaking at different types
of interviews; Reading - Making inference from the reading passage - Predicting the content of a
reading passage; Writing - Interpreting visual materials (line graphs, pie charts etc.) - Essay writing
– Different types of essays; Grammar - Adverbs – Tenses – future time reference; Vocabulary -
Single word substitutes - Use of abbreviations & acronyms; E-materials - Interactive exercises for
Grammar and Vocabulary - Sample interviews - film scenes - dialogue writing.
UNIT V 9 + 3
Listening - Listening to different accents, Listening to Speeches/Presentations, Listening to
broadcast & telecast from Radio & TV; Speaking - Giving impromptu talks, Making presentations
on given topics; Reading - Email communication - Reading the attachment files having a
poem/joke/proverb - Sending their responses through email Writing - Creative writing, Poster
making; Grammar - Direct and indirect speech; Vocabulary - Lexical items (fixed / semi fixed
expressions); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary - Sending emails
with attachment – Audio / video excerpts of different accents, - Interpreting posters.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and Engineers, Orient Black Swan, 2012 .
2. S.P. Dhanavel, English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and
Engineering, Orient Black Swan, Chennai, 2011.
REFERENCES
1. Pickett, Nell Ann, Ann A.Laster and Katherine E.Staples. Technical English: Writing,
Reading and Speaking. New York: Longman, 2001.
2. Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A practical guide for students. New York: Rutledge,
2011.
3. Morgan, David and Nicholas Regan. Take-Off: Technical English for Engineering.
Reading: Garnet Publishing Limited, 2008.
4. Thorn, Michael and Alan Badrick, An Introduction to Technical English, Harlow: Prentice
Hall Europe, 1993.
5. Rizvi, M.Ashraf., Effective Technical Communication. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill
PublishingCompany, 2007.
EXTENSIVE READERS
1. Murthy, Sudha. Wise & Otherwise. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006.
2. Gates, Bill and Collins Hemingway. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in
the Digital Economy. New York: Warner Business Books, 2000.
OBJECTIVES
1. To develop the use of matrix algebra techniques this is needed by engineers for practical
applications.
2. To make the student knowledgeable in the area of infinite series and their convergence
so that he/ she will be familiar with limitations of using infinite series approximations for
solutions arising in mathematical modeling.
3. To familiarize the student with functions of several variables. This is needed in many
branches of engineering.
4. To introduce the concepts of improper integrals, Gamma, Beta and Error functions which
are needed in engineering applications.
5. To acquaint the student with mathematical tools needed in evaluating multiple integrals
and their usage.
UNIT I MATRICES 9+3
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a real matrix – Characteristic equation – Properties of
eigenvalues and eigenvectors – Cayley-Hamilton Theorem – Diagonalization of matrices –
Reduction of a quadratic form to canonical form by orthogonal transformation – Nature of
quadratic forms.
UNIT II INFINITE SERIES 9+3
Sequences – Convergence of series – General properties – Series of positive terms –Tests of
convergence (Comparison test, Integral test, Comparison of ratios and D’Alembert’s ratio test) –
Alternating series – Series of positive and negative terms –Absolute and conditional convergence
– Power Series – Convergence of exponential, logarithmic and Binomial Series.
UNIT III FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES 9+3
Limits and Continuity – Partial derivatives – Homogeneous functions and Euler’s theorem
– Total derivative – Differentiation of implicit functions – Change of variables –Jacobians
– Partial differentiation of implicit functions – Taylor’s series for functions of two variables –
Errors and approximations – Maxima and minima of functions of two variables – Lagrange’s
method of undetermined multipliers.
UNIT IV IMPROPER INTEGRALS 9+3
Improper integrals of the first and second kind and their convergence – Evaluation of integrals
involving a parameter by Leibnitz rule – Beta and Gamma functions – Properties – Evaluation
of integrals using Beta and Gamma functions – Error functions
UNIT V MULTIPLE INTEGRALS 9+3
Double integrals – Change of order of integration – Double integrals in polar coordinates –
Area enclosed by plane curves – Triple integrals – Volume of Solids – Change of variables in
double and triple integrals – Area of a curved surface.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Grewal B.S., “Higher Engineering Mathematics”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 40th
Edition, 2007.
2. Ramana B.V., “Higher Engineering Mathematics”, Tata McGraw Hill Co. Ltd.,New Delhi,
11th Reprint, 2010.
REFERENCES
1. Jain R.K. and Iyengar S.R.K., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, Narosa
Publications, New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2007.
2. Bali N., Goyal M. and Watkins C., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, Firewall Media
(An imprint of Lakshmi Publications Pvt., Ltd.,), New Delhi, 7th Edition, 2009.
3. Greenberg M.D., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, Pearson Education, New Delhi,
2nd Edition, 5th Reprint, 2009.
4. Peter V.O’Neil, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, Cengage Learning India Pvt.,
Ltd, New Delhi, 2007.
PH8151 ENGINEERING PHYSICS L T P C
To introduce the basic physics concepts relevant to different branches of Engineering and
Technology.
UNIT I PROPERTIES OF MATTER 9
Elasticity - Poisson’s ratio and relationship between moduli (qualitative) - Stress-strain diagram
- factors affecting elasticity - bending of beams - cantilever - bending moment - theory and
experiment of Young’s modulus determination - Uniform and non-uniform bending - I shaped
girders - twisting couple - hollow cylinder - shaft - torsion pendulum - determination of rigidity
modulus- moment of inertia of a body (regular and irregular).
UNIT II ACOUSTICS AND ULTRASONICS 9
Classification of sound - loudness and intensity - Weber-Fechner Law - standard intensity and
intensity level - decibel - reverberation - reverberation time - rate of growth and decay of sound
intensity - derivation of Sabine’s formula - absorption coefficient and its determination - factors
affecting acoustics of buildings : focussing, interference, echo, Echelon effect, resonance
- noise and their remedies. Ultrasonics - production - magnetostriction and piezoelectric
methods - detection of ultrasound - acoustic grating - industrial applications - NDT - Ultrasonic
method: scan modes and practice.
UNIT III THERMAL PHYSICS 9
Thermal expansion - thermal stress - expansion joints - bimetallic strips - thermal conductivity
- conductions in solids - Forbe’s and Lees’ disc methods - Rectilinear flow of heat through a rod -
flow of heat through a compound materials - radical flow of heat through a spherical shell - thermal
insulation of buildings – Laws of blackbody radiation: Kirchoffs law, Stephens law, Wiens law,
Raleigh-Jean law and Planks law (derivation). Laws of thermodynamics - Otto and diesel engines
and their efficiency - entropy - entropy of Carnot’s cycle - reverse Carnot’s cycle - refrigerator.
UNIT IV APPLIED OPTICS 9
Interference - Michelson interferometer: construction, working, determination of wave
length and thickness - anti-reflection coating - air wedge and its application - Lasers -
Einstein’s coefficients - CO , Nd:YAG and semiconductor lasers - homo junction and hetro
junction - construction and working - applications - Optical fibres - classification (index &
mode based) - principle and propagation of light in optical fibres - acceptance angle and
numerical aperture - fibre optic communication system - active and passive sensors.
UNIT V SOLID STATE PHYSICS 9
Nature of bonding - growth of single crystals (qualitative) - crystal systems - crystal planes
and directions - expressions for interplanar distance - coordination number and packing factor
for simple structures: SC, BCC, FCC and HCP - structure and significance of NaCl, ZnS,
diamond and graphite - crystal imperfections: point defects, dislocations and stacking faults -
unit cell, Bravais space lattices - miller indices.
TEXT BOOKS
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
1. Gaur R.K., and Gupta, S.L., Engineering Physics, Dhanpat Raj Publications, 2003.
2. Palanisamy, P.K., Engineering Physics, Scitech Publications (P) Ltd, 2006.
3. Arumugam, M., Engineering Physics, Anuradha Publications, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Sankar, B.N., Pillai.S.O., Engineering Physics, New Age International (P) Ltd., 2007.
2. Rajendran.V Engineering Physics, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2009.

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