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What's New/Changed in GATE 2010 Life Sciences(XL)/Biotechnology(BT): Complete Syllabus Overview
GATE 2010 score is valid for TWO YEARS from the date of announcement of the GATE 2010 results
Biotechnology(BT): Inclusion of separate Biotechnology paper (BT), has on a positive side increased the chance of B.Tech/M.Sc Biotechnologists attending GATE exam without the hassle of attending compulsory chemistry paper But this paper comes with addition of Maths and General Aptitude.
Whats included newly in Syllabus (apart from syllabus of GATE 2009, XL Biochem,Microbio,Biotech papers)
Maths: Linear Algebra, Calculus, Differential Equations, Probability & Statistics, Numerical Methods.
Biochemistry: Biochemical and biophysical techniques for macromolecular analysis)
Molecular Biology&Genetics (Molecular structure of genes and chromosomes,Mendelian inheritance,Population genetics,Extrachromosomal inheritance, Molecular basis of genetic diseases and applications,Population genetics; Transposable elements,Chromosomal variation)
Process Biotechnology: Aerobic and anaerobic biological processes for stabilization of solid / liquid wastes
Bioprocess Engineering: Various types of microbial and enzyme reactors; Instrumentation in bioreactors.
Plant&Animal Biotechnology: Techniques in raising transgencies.
Characteristics of Animal Cells: Micro & macro-carrier culture; Hybridoma technology; Live stock improvement; Cloning in animals; Genetic engineering in animal cell culture; Animal cell preservation.
Immunology:The origin of immunology, Graft versus host reaction,Autoimmunity,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.
Recombinant DNA Technology: Southern and northern blotting; In-situ hybridization; RAPD; RFLP; Site-directed mutagenesis; Gene transfer technologies; Gene therapy,Gene isolation; Gene cloning; Expression of cloned gene; Transposons and gene targeting; DNA labeling; DNA sequencing;
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).
Life Science(XL): Has 5 sections and chemistry is compulsory along with 2 other papers(out of Biochemistry,Botany,Microbiology,Zoology)
No changes in the syllabus of the sections in XL.
General Aptitude: 15 marks has been dedicated for General Aptitude(applicable to all papers)
Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.
Numerical Ability: Numerical computation, numerical estimation, numerical reasoning and data interpretation.
New Examination Cities:
IIT Bombay Zone: Loni, Pandharpur.
IIT Delhi Zone: Dausa
IIT Guwahati Zone: Tezpur
IIT Madras Zone: Karimnagar, Khammam, Kothagudem, Nalgonda
IIT Roorkee Zone: Muzaffarnagar
