Biotechnology License Exam Preparation (ABtE)
Prepare for the NEC Biotechnology (ABtE) license exam: Plant, Animal, Microbial and Medical Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering and Recombinant DNA Technology, chapter by chapter. Free on LicenseNepal.
Biotechnology syllabus (ABtE)
Fundamentals of Biotechnology
- Introduction
- Historical Development
- Scope of Biotechnology
- Industrial Application
- Safety Concerns, Public perception and Bioethics
- Intellectual Property Rights
Biotechnology Prerequisites
- Biological Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Concepts of molecular biology
- Metabolic pathways (Catabolism)
- Metabolic pathways (Anabolism)
- Introduction to Chemical engineering and biochemical engineering
Plant Biotechnology
- Plant tissue culture system
- Micro-propagation and industrial products
- Protoplast Culture and Hybridization
- Haploid Culture and Molecular Markers
- Genetic Transformation of Plants
- Secondary Metabolites and Reporters
Animal Biotechnology
- Culture and Preservation
- Vaccines and Therapeutics
- Reproduction and Cloning
- Stem cell and Xenotransplantation
- Animal Growth Manipulation
- Gene Therapy
Microbial Biotechnology
- Industrial Microorganisms
- Metabolic Regulatory Mechanisms
- Biomass and Metabolites
- Large Scale Production
- Microbiology Applications
- Bioremediation and Screening
Medical Biotechnology
- Immunology
- Viral Diseases
- Cancer Biology
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Fertility
- Stem Cell Bioengineering
Environmental Biotechnology
- Environment and Biodiversity
- Ecosystem Principles
- Sewage and Waste Water Management
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Technologies
- Risk Assessment
Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
- Bioreaction Engineering
- Kinetics of Cell Growth
- Upstream Processing
- Downstream Processing
- Instrumentation
- Process Control
Recombinant DNA technology and Other tools in biotechnology
- Recombinant DNA Technology
- Gene Isolation and Cloning
- Expression Vectors and Analysis
- Molecular Tools
- Analytical Tool
- Computational Tools
Project Planning, Design and Implementation
- Engineering drawings and its concepts
- Engineering Economics
- Project planning and scheduling
- Project management
- Engineering professional practice
- Engineering Regulatory Body