RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1.RESEARCH PROJECTS (ON GOING)
1. Doctoral research entitled “DNA and protein profiling for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease” by Mr. Praveen M.V. under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Philip.
2. “In vitro cloning and propagation of Indian mango [Mangifera indica (L)]”. by Lakshmi Mahadevan and Praveen M. V..
2.COMPLETED PROJECTS
UBCHEA funded project on the use of DNA fingerprinting as a molecular tool for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
Our MSc Biotechnology students have been utilizing the facilities of our laboratories to do their MSc Projects in Biotechnology (e.g., Transformation, Transgenics, DNA fingerprinting), Microbiology (e.g., isolation and characterization of microbes), and Biochemistry (e.g., Analyses) from 2002 when the Biotechnology programme was started.
During 2006- 2007 we did a project funded by the UBCHEA on the use of DNA fingerprinting as a molecular tool for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Praveen M.V. (Joint Coordinator of the Biotechnology Division) is currently doing his PhD research under Dr. T.Thomas Philip (HOD) on DNA fingerprinting and Autoantibody profiling with respect to Alzheimer’s disease 3.RESEARCH SCHOLARS IN THE DEPARTMENT NAME OF RERSEARCH SCHOLAR NAME OF GUIDE TOPIC OF RESEARCH FULL TIME/PART TIME PRAVEEN M.V. Dr.T.THOMAS PHILIP DNA and protein profiling for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease(PART TIME ) .
ASHA RAJ K.R. Dr.JOHN JOSEPH Environmental Toxicology (PART TIME )4.COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
1. Micropropagation of anti-diabetic medicinal plant Costus pictus. (Proposal recently submitted. Discussions are going on).
M.Sc Biotechnology Projects
1. Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated gene transfer in Cucumis sativus L. for cry4Ba gene insert from Bacillius thuringensis subsp. israelensis. Darsana S. and Praveen M. V., 2004.
2. Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated gene transfer in Jatropa curcas L. for cry4Ba gene insert from Bacillius thuringensis subsp. israelensis. Anu Jaims and Praveen M. V., 2006
3. Molecular traceability of meat and meat products by PCR-RFLP analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Anju Philip and Praveen M. V., 2008
4. Construction of a soil metagenomic library and identification of clones carrying amylase gene. Sreedevi K. and Praveen M. V., 2008
5. Construction of Recombinant Escherichia coli strain with cry4Ba gene insert from Bacillius thuringensis subsp. israelensis. Revathy T.R. and Praveen M. V., 2009
6. Construction of Recombinant Escherichia coli strain with cyt1Aa gene insert from Bacillius thuringensis subsp. israelensis. Meera M. and Praveen M. V., 2010
7. Construction of Recombinant Escherichia coli strain with cyt2Ba gene insert from Bacillius thuringensis subsp. israelensis. Shruthi S. Menon and Praveen M. V., 2010
