The General Biotechnology Laboratory serves as the central facility for undergraduate and postgraduate biotechnology students, providing foundational training in routine biological instruments and macromolecular analysis techniques.
Major equipment
- UV-VIS and visible-range spectrophotometers
- Binocular and monocular research microscopes
- Digital water bath
- Vortex mixer
- Magnetic stirrer with hot plate
- Digital pH meter
- Clinical centrifuge
- Colorimeter
- Microtome
- Digital electronic balance
Core curriculum experiments
Training covers microscopy and histological methods, pH and buffer analysis, spectrophotometric validation, qualitative and quantitative biochemical analysis, chromatography techniques, enzyme assays, cell biology (mitosis/meiosis studies), immunodiffusion, apoptosis demonstration, chromosome preparation, blood group pedigree analysis, and molecular model preparation.
Beyond-syllabus work
Students also conduct leukocyte separation via dextran methodology, PCR amplification of scoC genes with agarose gel analysis, membrane protein isolation/purification, and antimicrobial peptide gene expression analysis.
