Industrial aspects of fermentor design, pilot plan operations, strain development and recovery of fermentation end products. Microbiology, biochemistry and engineering of large-scale processes. Ecology A consideration of the nature and variation of plant communities with a discussion of factors that limit, maintain and modify communities both locally and regionally. Laboratories will involve field studies of various plant communities and the gathering and analysis of data. Developmental Biology Study of the processes of growth, differentiation and development that lead to the mature form of an organism.
Course requires extensive use of independent study materials.
Morphological changes, genetic effects, and pathological changes in both plant and animal tissues. Use of radioisotopes in plant and animal research. Techniques in paraffin and frozen sectioning. Sectioning on the rotary and sliding microtomes and multiple staining techniques. 1001-442 Hybridoma Techniques Designed to acquaint each student with the basic methods employed in the production of hybridoma cell lines and monoclonal antibodies.