Department of Biosciences
Dept. of Biosciences
Department of Biosciences is a multidisciplinary research institute that aims to uplift the life of poor people and rural farmers through modern scientific research and extension activities. It encompasses major domains of biosocial sciences research,
Major research areas
- Plant biotechnology
- Genome editing
- Ethnopharmacology
- Phytochemistry
- Computational Biology
- Mushroom cultivation
- Microbiology and probiotic research
- Training and extension activities
Objectives of research
- To improve crop plants and help rural farmers for sustainable agriculture through modern biotechnological research
- To find medicines for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, inflammation, tuberculosis, etc.
- To find and extract novel compounds from medicinal plants and microbes to cure diseases
- To promote edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation for the benefit of people
- To conduct awareness and extension program for rural farmers to improve their livelihood
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Modern Biotechnology Lab
- Plant Tissue Culture Facility
- Mushroom Growth Unit with Spawn Production Facility
- Containment Greenhouse
- Phytochemistry and Drug Design Lab
- Animal cell culture facility
EQUIPMENTS
- Eppendorf Refrigerated Centrifuge
- Thermo Scientific Nanodrop ONE Spectrophotometer
- Bio-Rad Electrophoresis Units
- Bio-Rad Thermal Cycler
- Bio-Rad Gel Documentation system
- Eppendorf Micropipettes
- Kemi Orbital Shaking Incubator
- Kemi BOD Incubator
- Laminar Air Flow Chambers
- Godrej Deep Freezer, 300 L
- Borosil Double Distillation Unit
- Borosil Soxhlet Extraction Apparatus
- Autoclave -portable vertical
- Shimadzu Electronic Balance
- Magnetic Stirrer with E.R & Hot Plate
- Hot Air Oven
- Water Bath- Serological (Thermostatic)
- pH Meter with electrode and temperature probe
- Microscope- Binocular
- Tabletop Centrifuge
- Heating mantle
- Spectrophotometer
- Rotary evaporator
- Bio-Rad Real-Time PCR System-CFX Opus qPCR Instrument
- Olympus Trinocular Inverted Tissue Culture Microscope with Magnus Fluorescence and Bright Field Camera
- Eppendorf CellXpert Carbondioxide Incubator
- Bacteriological Incubator
Vision
- To become a centre of excellence in quality higher education and research for the sustainable socio-economic development
Mission
- Socio-economic development through value-added education, modern scientific research and extension activities
- To promote sustainable and cost effective agriculture and nutritional security through modern biotechnological research
- The scientific validation and sustainable utilization of traditional herbal wealth for drug development
