Basic Life Science Methods

Nighat Un Nissa has completed her M.Sc. and M.Phil. From Department of zoology, University of Kashmir. Ms. Nissa is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Zoology and is working on Fish parasites and their impact on pollution. She has published her research work in National and International journals. She was awarded Gold Medal for poster presentation in Animal science congress held by Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir.

1. Calculations of Molarity and Normality 2. Glassware washing and sterilization techniques 3. pH Meter: Its use and calibration 4. Principle and working of Autoclave 5. Principle and working of Centrifuge 6. Principles and working of Laminar 7. Estimation of Total cholesterol (Flegg 1972) 8. Estimation of Creatinine 9. Estimation of blood Urea 10. Estimation of blood glucose By GOD - POD method 11. Determination of Albumin, and Globulin in Plasma 12. Quantitative determination of Homocysteine 13. Estimation of serum bilirubin 14. Estimation of diagnostic enzyme ALT 15. Estimation of diagnostic enzyme AST 16. To Estimate Protein by Lowry's Method 17. Estimation of Reducing sugar by using Dinitro Salicylic Acid (DNS) Method 18. To perform quantitative determination of total protein in Serum/plasma 19. Enzyme Activity Using Starch assay 20. To Estimate Protein by Bradford's Assay 21. To Identify a Protein Sample Using SDS-PAGE 22. Genomic DNA isolation from whole blood 23. PCR for gene amplification 24. Agarose Gel Electrophoresis (AGE) 25. RNA Isolation from Human tissue 26. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) 27. Preparation of competent cells by CaCl2 treatment 28. RNA Isolation from Plant tissues 29. DNA isolation from the bacterial culture broth 30. DNA isolation from fungal Mycelium 31. Quantification of the DNA using spectrophotometer 32. Formaldehyde gel electrophoresis of the isolated RNA sample 33. Paper chromatography of different amino acid 34. Separation of plants pigments using Column Chromatography 35. Separation of plant pigment by Thin Layer Chromatography 36. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) Protocol 37. Types of Media 38. Preparation of Nutrient Agar Media 39. Serial Dilution of the Bacterial Cells 40. Spread Plate Method of The Bacterial Cells 41. Streak Plate Method 42. Identified Bacterial Colony in Culture Broth 43. Pour plate method for bacterial colony counting 44. Gram Staining of Bacteria 45. Casein hydrolysis test 46.