Bio-Nanotechnology detailed syllabus for Biotechnology (BioTech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BioTech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BioTech 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to BioTech Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of bio-nanotechnology is as follows.
Unit I
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Unit II
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF BIONANOTECHNOLOGY 9 Biomolecular structure and stability – Protein folding – Self-assembly – Self-organization -Information-Driven nanoassembly – Biomaterials – Biomolecular motors – Traffic across membranes – Biomolecular sensing – Self-replication – Machine-phase bionanotechnology.
Unit III
PROTEIN-BASED NANOTECHNOLOGY 9
Overview of protein nanotechnology – Nanotechnology with S-Layer protein – Engineered nanopores – Bacteriorhodopsin and its potential – Protein assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles – Synthesis of protein-based nanoparticles – Protein nanopaticle-hybrids – Covalent and non-covalent protein nanoparticle conjugates – Protein-carbon nanotube conjugates.
Unit IV
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Unit V
APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 9
Promising nanobiotechnologies for applications in medicine -Liposomes in nanomedicine -Therapeutic applications of nanomedicine – Nano-Sized carriers for drug delivery and drug carrier systems – Protein and peptide nanoparticles, DNA based nan oparticles, Lipid matrix nanoparticles for drug delivery – Nanobiosensors for imaging and diagnosis.
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the students should be able
- To recognize the nanoscale processes and nanomaterials
- To relate the structural and functional principles
- To develop the protein based nanomaterials
- To construct the DNA based nanomaterials
- To apply the theoretical knowledge for the development of nanomedicine and nanosensors
- To develop the nanomaterials based process and products
Text Books:
- Niemeyer, C.M. and Mirkin, C.A., “Nanobiotechnology: Concepts, Applications and Perspectives”, Wiley- VCH, 2006.
- Goodsell, D.S., “Bionanotechnology”, John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
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