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GATE 2014 Biotechnology Online Test Series 

GATE 2014 Examination Schedule is now available
Examination Schedule: GATE 2014

Forenoon (FN) Session : 09:00 AM to 12:00 noon

Afternoon (AN) Session : 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

GATE 2014 Examination will be held as per the following schedule. Please note that the examination for CE, CS, EC, EE, ME will be held in multiple sessions and for all other papers the examination will be held in a single session.

Candidates appearing for a paper that is scheduled in multi-session have NO CHOICE as far as the SESSION is concerned. The session allotment will be done on a random basis by GATE 2014 Administration. NO REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF SESSION SHALL BE ENTERTAINED AT ANY POINT OF TIME UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

	2nd Feb 2014		15th Feb 2014		16th Feb 2014		1st Mar 2014	2nd Mar 2014
	SUNDAY		SATURDAY		SUNDAY		SATURDAY	SUNDAY
	FN	AN	FN	AN	FN	AN	AN	FN	AN
GATE Papers	AE AR CE CH CY EY MA MT PH XE	AG BT CE GG IN MN PI TF XL	EC ME	EC ME	EC ME	EC ME	CS EE	CS EE	CS EE

Paper Code	Paper	Paper Code	Paper
AE	Aerospace Engineering	GG	Geology and Geophysics
AG	Agricultural Engineering	IN	Instrumentation Engineering
AR	Architecture and Planning	MA	Mathematics
BT	Biotechnology	ME	Mechanical Engineering
CE	Civil Engineering	MN	Mining Engineering
CH	Chemical Engineering	MT	Metallurgical Engineering
CS	Computer Science and Information Technology	PH	Physics
CY	Chemistry	PI	Production and Industrial Engineering
EC	Electronics and Communication Engineering	TF	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science
EE	Electrical Engineering	XE	Engineering Sciences
EY	Ecology and Evolution	XL	Life Sciences

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GATE 2014 (Biotechnology) Test Series

GATE 2014 Biotechnology / Online Test Series

SYLLABUS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY (BT)	Links to Online Quizzes
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
1.                   Linear Algebra: Matrices and determinants, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
2.                   Calculus: Limit, continuity and differentiability, Partial derivatives, Maxima and minima, Sequences and series, Test for convergence, Fourier Series.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
3.                   Differential Equations: Linear and nonlinear first order ODEs, higher order ODEs with constant coefficients, Cauchy’s and Euler’s equations, Laplace transforms, PDE- Laplace, heat and wave equations.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
4.                   Probability and Statistics: Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, normal and binomial distributions, Correlation and regression analysis.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
5.                   Numerical Methods: Solution of linear and nonlinear algebraic equations, Integration of trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule, Single and multistep methods for differential equations.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
BIOTECHNOLOGY
1.                   Microbiology: Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure; Microbial nutrition, growth and control; Microbial metabolism (aerobic and anaerobic respiration, photosynthesis); Nitrogen fixation; Chemical basis of mutations and mutagens; Microbial genetics (plasmids, transformation, transduction, conjugation); Microbial diversity and characteristic features; Viruses.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
2.                   Biochemistry: Biomolecules and their conformation; Weak inter-molecular interactions in biomacromolecules; Chemical and functional nature of enzymes; Kinetics of single substrate and bi-substrate enzyme catalyzed reactions; Bioenergetics; Metabolism (Glycolysis, TCA and Oxidative phosphorylation); Membrane transport and pumps; Cell cycle and cell growth control; Cell signaling and signal transduction.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
3.                   Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular structure of genes and chromosomes; DNA replication and control; Transcription and its control; Translational processes; Regulatory controls in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Mendelian inheritance; Gene interaction; Complementation; Linkage, recombination and chromosome mapping; Extrachromosomal inheritance; Chromosomal variation; Population genetics; Transposable elements, Molecular basis of genetic diseases and applications.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
4.                   Process Biotechnology: Bioprocess technology for the production of cell biomass and primary/secondary metabolites, such as baker’s yeast, ethanol, citric acid, amino acids, exo-polysacharides, antibiotics and pigments etc.; Microbial production, purification and bioprocess application(s) of industrial enzymes; Production and purification of recombinant proteins on a large scale; Chromatographic and membrane based bioseparation methods; Immobilization of enzymes and cells and their application for bioconversion processes.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
5.                   Aerobic and anaerobic biological processes for stabilization of solid / liquid wastes; Bioremediation.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
6.                   Bioprocess Engineering: Kinetics of microbial growth, substrate utilization and product formation; Simple structured models; Sterilization of air and media; Batch, fed-batch and continuous processes; Aeration and agitation; Mass transfer in bioreactors; Rheology of fermentation fluids; Scale-up concepts; Design of fermentation media; Various types of microbial and enzyme reactors; Instrumentation in bioreactors.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
7.                   Plant and Animal Biotechnology: Special features and organization of plant cells; Totipotency; Regeneration of plants; Plant products of industrial importance; Biochemistry of major metabolic pathways and products; Autotrophic and heterotrophic growth; Plant growth regulators and elicitors; Cell suspension culture development: methodology, kinetics of growth and production formation, nutrient optimization; Production of secondary metabolites by plant suspension cultures; Hairy root cultures and their cultivation. Techniques in raising transgencies.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
8.                   Characteristics of animal cells: Metabolism, regulation and nutritional requirements for mass cultivation of animal cell cultures; Kinetics of cell growth and product formation and effect of shear force; Product and substrate transport; Micro & macro-carrier culture; Hybridoma technology; Live stock improvement; Cloning in animals; Genetic engineering in animal cell culture; Animal cell preservation.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
9.                   Immunology: The origin of immunology; Inherent immunity; Humoral and cell mediated immunity; Primary and secondary lymphoid organ; Antigen; B and T cells and Macrophages; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Antigen processing and presentation; Synthesis of antibody and secretion; Molecular basis of antibody diversity; Polyclonal and monoclonal antibody; Complement; Antigen-antibody reaction; Regulation of immune response; Immune tolerance; Hyper sensitivity; Autoimmunity; Graft versus host reaction.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
10.                Recombinant DNA Technology: Restriction and modification enzymes; Vectors: plasmid, bacteriophage and other viral vectors, cosmids, Ti plasmid, yeast artificial chromosome; cDNA and genomic DNA library; Gene isolation; Gene cloning; Expression of cloned gene; Transposons and gene targeting; DNA labeling; DNA sequencing; Polymerase chain reactions; DNA fingerprinting; Southern and northern blotting; In-situ hybridization; RAPD; RFLP; Site-directed mutagenesis; Gene transfer technologies; Gene therapy.	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3
11.                Bioinformatics: Major bioinformatics resources (NCBI, EBI, ExPASy); Sequence and structure databases; Sequence analysis (biomolecular sequence file formats, scoring matrices, sequence alignment, phylogeny); Genomics and Proteomics (Large scale genome sequencing strategies; Comparative genomics; Understanding DNA microarrays and protein arrays); Molecular modeling and simulations (basic concepts including concept of force fields).	Quiz 1,  Quiz 2,  Quiz 3