Department of Biomedical Sciences

The Human Anatomy, Physiology and Embryology Laboratory at PAF-IAST will equip the undergraduate students to the fundamental practical aspects of human anatomy, physiology, and Embryology. The Human Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology Laboratory will complement the lecture course and aims to provide students with hands-on access to practical and advanced techniques in human anatomical, physiological and embryological analyses. The facility will offer a high-impact human anatomy, physiology and embryology experience necessary to foster critical thinking skills required for practical implementation of human anatomy, physiology and embryology knowledge. The lab emphasizes on creating a learning environment that relies on experiment participation, collaborative assignments, course-based undergraduate research, and interaction among staff and peers.

Biomaterials and tissue engineering lab will introduce students to the cutting-edge technologies of cell culture, tissue engineering and artificial organ technology. The student will acquire experience on conventional (2D) and 3D mammalian cell culture. The student will also be trained on the creation of artificial tissue and organs using modern technologies such as 3D bioprinting, biofabrication and organ on CHIP. The students will also learn the latest techniques used in biomedical nanotechnology.

Biochemistry and molecular biology lab will give insight of the experiments in biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, neurochemistry. The students will acquire extensive experience working with biomolecules in the laboratory. This provides students the skills needed for future research participation at the undergraduate and graduate level and for jobs in the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries. The students will get hands on experience on purification and characterization of biomolecules including carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. They will learn the basics of molecular biology and biochemistry techniques thus generating a thinking process to words the specialized fields such as therapeutic interventions, personalized medicine and gene therapy and thus disease prevention. Biochemistry and molecular biology lab will give insight of the experiments in biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, neurochemistry, etc. The students will acquire extensive experience working with biomolecules in the laboratory. This provides students the skills needed for future research participation at the undergraduate and graduate level and for jobs in the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries. The students will get hands on experience on purification and characterization of biomolecules including carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. They will learn the basics of molecular biology and biochemistry techniques thus generating a thinking process towards the specialized fields such as therapeutic interventions, personalized medicine and gene therapy and thus disease prevention.

The Pathology and Hematology Laboratory at PAF-IAST will equip the undergraduate students to the fundamental practical aspects where clinical pathology tests are carried out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Clinical Medical laboratories are example of applied science, as opposed to research laboratories that focus on basic science, such as found in some academic institutions. This laboratory aims to provide students with hands on training to deal with many specimens that end up in one or more sophisticated automated analyzers that process a fraction of the sample to return one or more test results. Students will be highly trained healthcare providers who specialize in diseases of the blood and blood components. Clinical Chemistry is the area of chemistry that is generally concerned with analysis of body fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The lab emphasizes on creating a learning environment that relies on experiment participation and course-based undergraduate research.

The core facility of the department consists of six labs that include the state of the art-equipment/facilities for In-Vitro Fertilization, Histology, Cell Culture, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Microscopy. Histology lab has the provision of automatic tissue processor, microtome and cryostat for students. The molecular biology lab been bifurcated into PCR and post-PCR working stations, equipped with multiple PCRs, qPCRs as well as the post-PCR with electrophoretic, gel imaging and western blotting systems. The microbiology lab is furnished with separate workstations for virus, fungus/parasite and bacterial culture and experiments. The cell culture lab is equipped with BSL2 facility for human and animal cell and tissue culture. The microscopy and Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) lab is accoutered with latest confocal microscope, fluorescence microscopes, inverted microscope and FACS sorter. Besides these core labs, the department also has a computer lab. The core facility labs are available to all students and are open 24/7 for training and experimental work.