Last Minute Revision Super Raftaar Batch (Recorded) for CSIR NET 2023

Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology:

Stabilizing interactions, biomolecules

(amino acids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids),

protein structure, enzymes,

thermodynamics, important metabolism concepts;

Peptide Bond & Ramachandran Plot;

Protein folding & Denaturation

Cellular Organisation:

Membrane Structure;

Solute transport,

Protein targeting,

Chromosome organization,

Transposon, Operons,

Cell cycle

Fundamental Processes:

Protein synthesis and processing,

Regulation of gene expression

Cell Communication and Cell Signaling:

Signaling pathways & Immunology

Developmental Biology: Basics of development,

cleavage division, gastrulation,

C.elegans, amphibian,

Drosophila development

System Physiology-Plant: CO2 fixation pathways,

Respiration pathways,

Nitrogen metabolism,

Phytohormones,

Stomatal opening and closure (triggers),

Solute Transport ( Water potential),

Abiotic stress ( Adaptive mechanisms)

System Physiology-Animal:

Endocrinology and reproduction,

Excretory System,

Cardiovascular system

Inheritance Biology:

Mendelian Genetics,

Probability in genetics, Mutations and

Chromosomal aberrations;

Microbial genetics,

Pedigree Analysis, Linkage mapping

Diversity of Life forms: The phylogenetic study,

Evolutionary relationships among the taxa,

different protozoan and bacterial diseases,

common parasite and pathogens for different hosts

Ecological Principles:

Niche,

Population ecology,

Community Ecology

Evolution and Behavior:

Paleontology and evolutionary history,

Molecular tools in phylogeny,

orthologous and paralogous genes,

H-W law, Speciation,

Altruism, and kin selection

Applied Biology:

Transgenic animals and plants,

Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer

Methods in Biology:

DNA Manipulating & Modifying enzymes,

Vectors, Flow cytometry,

Spectroscopic Techniques

(Absorption & Emission Spectroscopy,

Beer Lambert's Law),

Microscopic techniques, Forms of radiation & Half-life