TEACHING

RECENT SPECIAL LECTURES

  • Bioinformatics Applications in Crop Science - Special lecture  delivered at Rasi Seeds Pvt.Ltd, (January  2009)

  • Genome based Molecular Breeding - lead paper delivered during the scientific seminar on “Opportunities and Challenges in Marker Assisted Breeding Rasi Seeds Pvt.Ltd,  (February  2009)

  • Genomics of complex traits in rice - Prof. Mahadevan memorial Lecture at Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025 (March  2009)

  • Extreme complexity with fewer genes - the mystery of eukaryotic complexity - Layola College, Chennai (March, 2009)

  • How eukaryotes manage with fewer gene ? - Arora Post Graduate College, Hyderabad (February, 2009)

  • Molecular analysis of  the antagonism of  biocontrol bacterium Bacillus subtilis BC121, Lead lecture, 35th Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of India, Chennai (January, 2009)

CURRENT TEACHING:

  • M.Sc Biotechnology, Fourth Semester, Paper-I : Bioinformatics [Course Syllabus]

SPECIAL LECTURES IN THE PAST [Delivered at various Institutions]

  • Molecular Basis of Plant Pathogen Interaction

  • Transgenic Plants

  • Plasmid Biology

  • Biological Nitrogen Fixation

  • Translational Regulation in Plants

  • Homologus recombination and genome rearrangements

  • Rice Genomics

  • Genome analysis for resolving complex trait

  • Genome Analysis

  • Basic Concepts of Bioinformatics

  • Intellectual property rights

  • Differential gene expression: role of eukaryotic gene structure

  • Fungal genomics

  • Genome-wide analysis of spliceosomal genes of rice

  • Basics of recombinant DNA technology

  • Gene expression - update

 

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Molecular biology of Prokaryotes

  • Molecular biology of Eukaryotes

  • Molecular basis of plant microbe interaction

  • Biological nitrogen fixation

  • Macromolecule biosynthesis

  • Recombination and Genome rearrangements

  • Genome organization

  • Molecular breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in plants

  • Bioinformatics

  • Bioinformatics for forensic students

  • Genomics and Proteomics