University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Genetics and Developmental Biology
The Bachelor of Science with Honours in Genetics and Developmental Biology in Biology is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.
Program Length: 1 YEAR.
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Genetics and Developmental Biology offered by the University of the Witwatersrand
The Bachelor of Science with Honours in the field of Genetics and Developmental Biology (BScHons) is a 1 year full-time degree.
Why study Genetics and Developmental Biology?
This is the era of the gene. You can sequence it, research how it functions, study how it makes an animal, plant, bacterium or virus, how it evolves and how it can make cells cancerous. See how it is transforming biology, biotechnology, pharmacology and medicine.Students will be exposed to following:
- Interspecies hybridisation studies in birds using microsatellites
- Evolution of claudin gene family in vertebrates
- Molecular mechanisms of cancer resistance in naked mole rats
- Neural crest gene regulatory network in chick embryos
- Genetic alterations in cancer cell proliferation, metabolism and drug treatment
This course:
- Exposes students to theoretical and analytical aspects theoretical and research topics in the field of molecular and cellular biology.
- Encourages and guides students to critically examine these topics and develop an appreciation of the integrative nature of biology, especially in its applications through biotechnology, disease biology and metagenomics.
- Exposes students to the range of experimental and analytical techniques fundamental to research at the molecular and cellular level.
- Grounds students in the research process, from conceptualization and design of the project to its execution and dissemination and discussion of its findings.
- Assists students to become independent researchers and develop professional attitudes and skills.
Why study Genetics and Developmental Biology at Wits?
The School of Molecular and Cell Biology is unique in that it offers excellence in teaching and research at the post-graduate level in the diverse areas of: protein biochemistry, cell and developmental biology, food and industrial microbiology, immunology, microbial biological control, insect pathology, molecular genetics, the biology of mycorrhizas, plant pathology, plant genetic engineering, applied bioinformatics and it contains the Protein Structure and Function Research Unit.
The School is home to the following world-class facilities:
• Real-time PCR Instruments
• GelDoc systems with chemiluminescence functionality single crystal X-ray diffractometer and crystal farm
• Stopped-flow device with absorbance, fluorescence, and circular dichroism functionality
• Tissue culture laminar flows
• Spectrophotometers, fluorometers and spectropolarimeters
• Isothermal titration calorimeter
• 2D and high resolution SDS-PAGE
• Nanodrops
• Automated protein purification systems
• Ultra-centrifuges
• HPLC
• Flow cytometer for fluorescence activated cell scanning
• Controlled plant growth facilities photobioreactors and nematode bioreactors
• Scanning & transmission electron microscopes
• Compound, fluorescent and dissection microscopes.
• Computational facilities
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