Contents

1. Biotechnology in Agriculture Waste Recycling

1. Waste Management

1.1 The Solid Waste Suitable for Composting

1.2 Methods of Composting

2. Biomass Briquetting

2.1 Potential Agro-residues

3. Fundamental Aspects and Technologies Involved in Briquetting

4. Briquetting Technologies

5. Appliances for Biomass Briquettes

2. Biotechnology in Diagnosis Molecular Diagnostics

1. Introduction In Molecular Diagnostics

2. Significance: Scope, Rise of Diagnostic Industry

3. Biomarkers in Disease Diagnostics: Role of Markers in Disease Diagnosis Examples

3.1 Biomarkers of Exposure or Antecedent Biomarkers

3.2 Biomarkers of Disease

4. Immunodiagnostic Techniques

5. PCR in Molecular Diagnostics

6. Cellular and Functional Genomics

3. Marine Biotechnology

1. Marine Biotechnology – Significance

2. Marine Derived Pharmaceuticals: Marine Bioresources, Secondary Metabolites, Marine Proteins and Lipids

2.1 Marine Bio-resources

2.2 Secondary Metabolites

2.3 Marine Proteins and Marine Lipids

3. Marine Actinobacterial Metabolites and their Pharmacological Potential

4. Barophilic Organisms and their Applications

5. Sea Weeds for Removal of Metal Pollutants

6. Green Fluorescence Proteins, Red Fluorescence Proteins:

6.1 Green Fluorescence Protein

6.2 Red Fluorescent Proteins

7. Chitosan: Products and Applications

8. Microalgae

4. NanoBiotechnology

1. Introduction

2. Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology

3. Different Morphological forms of Nanomaterials (Nanospheres, Nanocapsules, Dendrimers)

4. Applications of Nanomaterials

4.1 Drug Delivery

4.2 Antibacterial Agent

4.3 Nanotechnology Based Biochips