Biochemistry is the science of life’s processes
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC BIOLOGY Introduction to Cell: What is a cell, Basic properties of cell, an overview of cell, mitochondria, Prokaryotic Cells, Eukaryotic Cells, cell cycle and cell division (mitosis and meiosis), Plant Tissue and Animal Tissue; Brief introduction to five kingdoms of classification; introduction of Cancerous cells
CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES, AMINO ACIDS AND ENZYMES Carbohydrates: Introduction, classifications, reactions of carbohydrates with functional groups-hydroxyl, aldehyde and ketone Amino acids: Introduction; classification; structure (essential and nonessential amino acids), chemical reactions of amino acids due to carbonyl and amino groups) Enzymes and applications: Introduction to enzymes; classification and nomenclature of enzymes; Mechanism of enzyme action and enzyme inhibition; Commercial applications of enzymes
CHEMISTRY OF PROTIENS, LIPIDS AND VITAMINS Proteins: Introduction Classification; General properties of proteins; structure and function of Hemoglobin Lipids: Introduction; Classification, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, structure and properties of fats and oils, General properties and structures of phospholipids Vitamins: Introduction, Classification, physiological role and uses of Thiamine, Riboflavin and Ascorbic acid.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Introduction to molecular Biology; Nucleic Acids (structures of DNA and RNA) ; DNA replication, transcription and translation; genetic modification; introduction to gene editing tool (CRISPR, CAS9); Chromosomes-introduction, structure and function
APPLICATIONS OF BIOLOGY Introduction to production of vaccines, antibodies; Bio fuels and Biosensors; Tissue engineering and its applications; Bio engineering (production of artificial limbs, joints and other parts of body); introduction to biology databases (NCBI, EMBL and GenBank)