Biomedical Technology
Course Description
This program was developed for those students who want to keep up with the pace of new discoveries in Biomedical Technology. This technology allows us to exploit the biochemical machinery of microbes to manufacture new pharmaceuticals, improve forensic techniques, help combat bioterroristic threats and many other new world issues.
Even though Biotechnology includes many different fields, this program will focus on those universal techniques that are DNA and protein based.

Course Content
• Proper utilization of laboratory equipment
• Preparation of laboratory solutions
• Aseptic techniques to laboratory investigations
• Basic microbiological techniques
• Cell Biology
• DNA and DNA-RNA interconnections
• Protein Chemistry
• Immunology
• Forensics (Criminal Investigations)
• Bioterrorism
• Radiation technology
• Tissue culture

Related Occupations
Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Biopolymers and medical devices, Designer drugs, Gene therapy, Vaccine development

Forensics and Criminal Investigation:
Agricultural biotechnology, Plant agriculture,
Crop production and protection

Animal Agriculture:
Animal health Environmental Biotechnology: Cleaning up pollution through Bioremediation, Nanotechnology