Calendar 2001–02

292 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies (H) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 1. Applied Biotechnology (Cell Immobilization) 2. Gene Knockout Technology 3. Bioinformatics and Genomics Research 4. Analysis of Restriction Enzyme and DNA Methylases 5. Marine Biotechnology (Applications of Fish Hormones and Transgenic Techniques) 6. Molecular Biology of Human Fungal Pathogens 7. Isolation and Characterization of Novel Human cDNAs 8. Biochemical Engineering of Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Enzymes 9. DNA Fingerprinting Technology 10. Structural Biology (I) Natural Products/Chinese Medicinal Material 1. Lipid Lowering Compounds 2. Antimicrobial Activities of Natural Products 3. Bioactive Natural Products 4. Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Protein Engineering of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins 5. Anti-AIDS Medicinal Herbs 6. Anti-cancer and Anti-viral Chinese Herbs 7. Molecular Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials (J) Neurochemistry 1. Molecular Neurobiology 2. Behavioural Biochemistry/Sensory Biochemistry 3. Biochemistry and Physiology of the Pineal Gland 4. Neurochemistry of Neurological and Psychiatric Illnesses 5. Neuropeptides and Peptide Receptors (K) Reproductive Biochemistry 1. Biochemistry of Gossypol, a Male Contraceptive 2. Reproductive Biochemistry and Physiology (L) Signal Transduction 1. Apoptosis in Macrophages 2. Biochemistry of Intracellular Calcium 3. Molecular Biology of Protein Kinases 4. Receptors and Signal Transduction Mechanisms 5. Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Normal and Leukaemia Cells 6. Stress and DNA Damage Related Signal Transduction Mechanisms (M) Toxicology 1. Chemical Carcinogenesis 2. Cytochrome P450 3. Heme Biosynthesis Courses Offered 1. Special Topics in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics 2. Special Topics in Immunology and Cancer