Credits: 3 (3-0-2)
Prerequisites: BBL771
Description
Course contents: Importance of engineering Biomolecules: Nucleic acids, Proteins, Carbohydrates and lipids. Enzymes used in genetic manipulation, cassette assembly methods, genome engineering using ZFNs, TALENs, CRISPR, genetic code reprogramming, Protein engineering methods such as mutagenesis, shuffling, RACHITT etc., Engineering carbohydrates and lipids, Cell based vs synthetic systems, carbohydrate-mimetic peptides (CMPs), Engineering lipid bilayer membranes for different applications, substrate based cellular Engineering.