Biotechnology (Minor Program)

Professor R. M. Kelly, Director
Box 7512
919.515.4230
919.515.4231 (fax)
Email:  biotech@ncsu.edu

Dr. Sue Carson, Academic Coordinator
919.513.0330
Email:  sue_carson@ncsu.edu
Home page: http://www.ncsu.edu/biotechnology/

The Biotechnology Program includes faculty from at least twenty departments in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Engineering, Natural Resources, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine. Graduate study leading to either an M.S. minor or a Ph.D. minor in biotechnology may be taken by students who reside and conduct their research in one of the participating departments. To obtain a minor in biotechnology, the student must successfully complete at least six credit hours in the laboratory core courses selected from the list below and must conduct graduate thesis research in an area of biotechnology.

Research in biotechnology is focused in three main areas: recombinant DNA technology, bioprocessing/bioanalytical techniques, and in vitro culture techniques. The multidisciplinary nature of biotechnology means that a wide range of research topics and techniques are applicable, such as molecular genetics and associated research in molecular biology, fermentation and protein purification, cell culture techniques, and microarray technology.

See the biotechnology home page for a current listing of  faculty.

GRADUATE COURSES

BIT 510 Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology
BIT 562 Gene Expression: Microarrays
BIT(CHE) 563 Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms
BIT 564 Protein Purification
BIT 565 Real-time PCR Techniques
BIT(PO) 566 Animal Cell Culture Techniques
BIT 567 PCR and DNA Fingerprinting
BIT 568 Genome Mapping
BIT 569 RNA Purification and Analysis
BIT(PB) 581 Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation
BIT 595 Special Topics
BIT 815 Advanced Special Topics