Welcome to

BM101- Biology for Engineers

Jan-2020

Dr. Srivatsava Naidu

CBME
Room no: 326 – TC1
srivatsava.naidu@iitrpr.ac.in

Course coordinator
 Structure
• Credits: 3-1-0-5-3 (core)
• Grades: Pass 35 % - Relative grading
• Tutorials: TA – Sheetanshu Saproo <2017bmz0008@iitrpr.ac.in>
• Class representative: Your choice
Q1 10
Assignments (10) 5
Feb 22 – Mar 01 mid-sem 20
Q2 10

mini-project with presentation (branch specific) 20 (4 pages max)

May 03– May 10 Endsem 30

>90 = 5; 85-90= 4; 80-

85 = 3; 75-80 = 2; 70 -
Attendance 5 75 = 1; < 70 = F

100
 Aim of the course

• Introduce fundamentals of modern biology to

Engineering graduates.
 At the end of the course

• Cell as a fundamental unit of life

• How the genetic information is processed and
passed over
• How cells communicate – Internally and
externally
• Introduction to human physiology
• Applications of modern biology
• Knowledge on basic experimental biology
 Course content
Module 1:
Modern biology: An interdisciplinary approach
Origin and organisation of life: Simple to complex
The chemistry of cell

Module 2:
Cell biology: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes (Internal
architecture)
Cell division cycle and Replication
Transcription
Translation
Cell signalling and communication
Fundamentals of gene expression
Molecular basis of disease
Module 3:
Introduction to Physiology
Circulatory system
Respiratory system
Digestive system
Bioenergetics
Excretory system
Immune system

Module 4:
Fundamentals of genetic engineering
Stem cell technology and gene therapy

Module 5:
Introduction to experimental biology
Invited lectures (2)
Project
 Books
• Bruce Alberts,  Alexander Johnson , Julian Lewis , David Morgan, Martin Raff , Keith
Roberts , Peter Walter. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Science; 2014 - 6th
edition. (for Molecular biology)
•  Jeremy W. Dale , Malcolm von Schantz , Nicholas Plant.  From Genes to Genomes:
Concepts and Applications of DNA technology, Wiley-Blackwell; 2011 - 3rd edition.
( for Genetic engineering)

• Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology; J.E. Hall; 12th edition; Saunders;
2010.

• Vander's Human Physiology; E.P. Widmaier, H. Raff and K.T. Strang; 14th Edition;
McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 2015.

• Kuby immunology; Judith A Owen; Jenni Punt; Sharon A Stranford; Patricia P

Jones; Janis KubyPublisher:New York : W.H. Freeman, ©2013.

Available in Library
 Assignments:

– Maximum 1 A4 page
– Hand written
– Zero score for any sort of copying or plagiarism
– Monday to Monday cycle