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    RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

    THANDALAM 602105

    From the Department of Biotechnology,

    BioSnippets- innovative and informative

    August, 2013Volume No. 2

    Issue No. 1

    VISIONTo produce globally competent biotechnologists with a commitment to serve the society.

    MISSIONTo promote research and development in the field of biotechnology and establish a Centre

    of Excellence for product development.

    PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES Our graduates have the ability to apply knowledge across the disciplines and in emerging areas of

    biotechnology for higher studies, research, employability and product development. Our graduates have the communication skills, sense of responsibility to protect the environment

    and ethical conduct towards their profession and commitment to serve the society. Our graduates possess academic excellence, managerial skills, leadership qualities and understand

    the need for lifelong learning for a successful professional career.

    PROGRAM OUTCOMESProgram outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know

    and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behavior thatstudents acquire in their matriculation through the program. Engineering programs must demonstratethat their students attain the following outcomes: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic

    constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,manufactur-ability, and sustainability.

    An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

    An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility An ability to communicate effectively The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,

    economic, environmental, and societal context An recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning A knowledge of contemporary issues and An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering

    practice. An ability to carry out research in different areas of Biotechnology resulting in patents, journal

    publications and product development.

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    DepartmentNews andActivitiesJune 2013 5 students from third yearwent for three days training in Central Drug research Laboratory , Pe-

    riamet, Chennai during summer vacation.

    12 students from third year Biotech went for one week training toAristogene, Banglore.

    Students from Final Year went toPoonga Biotech, Chennai, Nestle, Mysore and Viswagen Biotek

    Centre, Hyderabadfor implant training

    Our staff memberDr.N.Chakravarthy got post doctoral fellowship inNational Fisheries

    Research Centre, Saudi Arabia

    Our alumnusPreetis work on Prostate cancer treatmentalong with her colleagues in University

    of Texas got appreciation through publication in the International Journal Nature Communications.

    July 2013

    T.Revathe ofnal yearacquired a Summer fellowship and attended a three month training pro-

    gramme atIIT Ahamedabad.

    August 2013

    Nandini Narayanan ofnal yearwon rst place in theSpeech competition conducted by US

    consulate on the topic I have a dream..

    Mrs. Rekha Ravindran, Asst. Prof. presented a paper on Effect of poly herbal formulation Am-

    brex on lipid prole in isoproteranol induced Myocardial infarction in rats at the CSIR sponsored

    National Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Chemical Engineeringorganized by

    Veltech Engineering College.

    M. Swetha ofnal yearpresented a paper on In Vitro Regeneration of Nodal Segments of Phyllan-

    thus debilis Klein Ex Wild and won First place at the CSIR sponsored National Conference on Re-

    cent Trends in Biotechnology and Chemical Engineeringorganized by Veltech Engineering College.

    Educational Tour

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    Guest Lecture on Cell signalling in prostratecancer

    Dr. S.BANUDEVI, Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) at Centre for Nanotechnology and

    Advanced biomaterial (CeNTAB), School of Chemical and Biotechnology,

    Sastra University, Thanjavur delivered the lecture on 20/08/2013

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    NovelWormCommunityAfects

    MethaneReleaseinOcean

    Aug.12,2013Scientistshavedis-

    coveredasuperchargedmethaneseepinthe

    oceanoNewZealandthathascreatedits

    ownuniquefoodweb,resultinginmuchmore

    methaneescapingfromtheoceanoorinto

    thewatercolumn.Mostofthatmethane,a

    greenhousegas,23timesmorepotentthan

    carbondioxidewarmingouratmosphere,

    islikelyconsumedbybiologicalsystemsin

    thewater,thescientistssay.Thus,itwillnot

    makeitintotheatmosphere,whereitcould

    exacerbateglobalwarming.However,the

    discoverydoeshighlightscientistslimited

    understandingoftheglobalmethanecycle

    andspecicallythebiologicalinteractions

    thatcreatethestabilityoftheoceansys-

    tem.Resultsofthestudy,whichwasfunded

    primarilybytheNationalOceanicandAtmo-

    sphericAdministrationandtheFederalMin-

    istryofEducationandResearchinGermany,

    havejustbeenpublishedonlineinthejournal

    LimnologyandOceanograph

    y.

    Wormoutsideitstube.(Credit:Im-

    agecourtesyofOregonStateUniversity)

    JournalReference:

    AndrewR.Thurber,LisaA.Levin,AshleyA.

    Rowden,StefanSommer,PeterLinkeand

    KerstinKrger.Microbes,macrofauna,and

    methane:Anovelseepcommunityfueledby

    aerobicmethanotrophy.Limnologyand

    Oceanography,58(5),2013,1640-1656DOI:

    10.4319/lo.2013.58.5.1640

    Anintelligentknifethatcansniouttumourstoimprovecancersurgeryhasbeendevelopedbyscientists.

    TheImperialCollegeLondonteamshopetoovercomethedangerousandcommonproblemofleavingbitsofthetumorinapatient,whichcanthenre-grow.

    Earlyresults,inthejournal,Sci-enceTranslationalMedicineshowedtheiKnifecouldaccuratelyidentifycancer-oustissueon-the-spot.Itisnowunderclinicaltrialstoseeifitsaveslives.Toavoidleavingcanceroustissuebehind,surgeonsalsoremovethesurroundingtissue.Theycanevensendsamplesofortestingwhilethepatientisstillintheatre,butthistakestime.Yetoneinvepatientswhohaveabreastlumpremovedstillneedasecondoperationtoclearthetumour.Forlungcancerthegureisaboutonein10.

    Formoreinfo:visithttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health

    -S.VimalaDevi,Asst.Prof.

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    CureforAlzheimersdisease[AD]Alzheimersdiseaseisaformofdementiawhichleadstoprogressivelossofmemoryandthinking.Peopleaectedwiththisdiseasedieduetoapainfulstrokeoccurringatthecerebralregions.ResearchersledbyDr.DanFrenkelofTelAvivUniversitysDepart-mentofNeurobiologyattheGeorgeS.WiseFacultyofLifeSci-encesareworkingonanasally-delivered2-in-1vaccine.Thisvac-cinepromisestoprotectagainstbothAlzheimersandstroke.Thenewvaccinerepairsvasculardamageinthebrainbyroundinguptroopsfromthebodysownimmun

    esystem.Thevaccinecanalsofunctionevenwhenthediseasesymptomsarepredominant.ModifyingavaccinetechnologyownedbyGlaxoSmithKline,amultinationaldrugcompany,TelAvivUniversitysnewtherapeuticapproachactivatesanaturalmechanisminourbodiesthatghtsagainstvasculardamageinthebrainwhichisamainsymptomofthedisease.Thevaccineactivatesmacrophageslargeproteinsinthebodythatswallowforeignantigens.Whenthevaccineactivateslargenumbersofthesemacrophages,thesemacrophagesaresaidtoclearuptheamyloidproteinsoccurringatthebrain.Theadministra-tionofthevaccinehasprovedtobenon-toxicandcangreatlyprovetobecureforthedisease.Animalmode

    lsshowedthatoncetheseproteinsareclearedfromthebrain,furtherdamagecanbeprevented,andexistingdamageduetoapreviousstrokecanberepaired.ThevaccinewasadministeredtomiceandtheMRIscreeningsconrmedthat,theadministrationofvaccinefurtherpreventedthevasculardamageandtheobjectrecognitionexperimentsindicatedthatthoseanimalstreatedwiththenewvaccinereturnedtonormalbehavior.Dr.Frenkelbelievesthatthisadministrationofthevaccineamongstthehumanpopulation,havingearlysignsofthediseaseanddemen-tiasymptomscangreatlyreduceorpreventthesamefromprolifer-atingfurther.

    -J.Jaidev,IIIrdyear

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    ThesyntheticbiologicalcellSynthiaisthe

    rstlivingorganismwhoseparentisnotaliv-

    ingthingbutacomputer.

    Humansshare60%ofDNAwithabanana.

    Thejawisthestrongestmuscleinthehuman

    bodyintermsofexertingforce.

    AnadultMayyslifeisasshortasafewmin-

    utes,butitsbodyhatchesforaboutayear.

    Thenailsonlongngersgrowfasterthanshort

    ngers;andngernailsgrowfourtimesfaster

    thantoenails.

    Somemigratorybirdshaveamagneticcompassintheirbody(asensecalled-Magnetoreception)tohelpthemnavigateusingEarthsmagneticeld.

    TheHorseshoecrabhasblueblood.

    ThelittleAlaskanWoodFrogiscapableofrevivingitselfbacktonormallifeafterstayingcompletelyfrozenformonths,duringwhichitsheart,brainandotherorgansstopfunctioning.

    Whenthequeenofaclownshschooldies,amaleclownshchangesitsgendertobecomefemaleandtakesherplace.

    ThetinyWaterBear(Tardigrade)cansur-viveenvironmentsextremeenoughtokillanyotheranimal-withtemp

    eraturesaslowas-273CclosetoAbsoluteZerotoashighas151C.

    -R.A.VIGNESH,IIndyear.

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    College :

    # Rajalakshmi Nagar

    Thandalam, Chennai - 602 105.

    Phone : 91 44 37181111, 37181112

    Fax : 91 44 37181113e-mail : [email protected]

    Website : www.rajalakshmi.org

    Administrative Ofce :

    # 69 New Avadi Road,

    Kilpauk, Chennai - 600 010.

    Phone : 91 44 2644 2472 / 2646 1316

    91 44 3058 6900 / 01 / 02 / 03 / 04Fax : 91 44 2644 5151

    e-mail : [email protected]

    Behind the scenesCompiled by

    |Ms. L. SOWMYA, Assistant Professor

    [Jaihari.K.N

    Across Down

    1. Branch of science that collects and studiescrime scene evidence3. A circle of DNA taken from a bacterium andused to store genes of interest4. Examination of DNA bands left behind on angerprint6. A picture of DNA banding; each individualsDNA pattern is dierent8. Manipulation of DNA for practical purposes13. Project that focused on study and sequencingof the human genome15. An organism containing DNA from two dier-ent sources

    2. Enzyme that recognizes a DNA base sequenceand cuts the DNA5. Process that uses an electrical current to sepa-rate DNA fragments7.Enzyme that bonds DNA bases during PCR9.Treatment of genetic diseases with healthyDNA10. Enzyme that glues DNA fragments together11. DNA combined from two dierent sources12. A technique that articially simulates condi-tions for DNA replication14. Enzyme used to make RNA during transcrip-tion

    TESTYOURBASICS

    Word BankRestriction

    EnzymetaqPolymerase

    Gel Electro-phoresis

    GeneticEngineering

    PCR RecombinantDNA

    Genome HumanGenomeProject

    DNA Ligase DNAFingerprint

    Forensics TransgenicAnimal

    Gene Ther-apy

    RFLPAnalysis

    RNAPolymerase

    Plasmid

    Student Coordinator

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    [email protected]