Overview

• Ongoing Research Projects

  pRINCIPAL iNVESTIGATOR	tITLE OF THE pROJECT	fUNDING aGENCY	Year & AMOUNT
  Dr. Utpal Roy	Studies on extremophile isolates for novel antimicrobial substance: Biochemical and  Genetic characterization of Antimicrobial substances Produced by a selected wild- type  extremophiles isolated against multi-drug clinical isolates.	Department of Science and Technology (DST)	2011-2013 Rs. 11.34 lacs
  Dr. Anghshuman Sarkar	Study the Effect of nanoparticles on protein synthesis and expression of small GTPases	Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)	2011 - 2014
  Dr. Utpal Roy	Biochemical and genetic characterization of antimicrobial (Candidacidal) Peptides Produced by the strain E. faecalis APR 210”.	UGC	2011- 2014   7.74 lacs
  Dr. Sumit Biswas	Structure Elucidation of VCO395_300 Protein from Vibrio cholerae (leading to an alternate method of checking cholera)	Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS).	2011-2014   Rs. 23.36 lakhs
  Dr. Anasuya Ganguly	Testing novel and existing materials for manufacturing Tissue Engineered Heart Valves (TEHVs)	Aditya Birla Group	2011 - 2014 Rs.15 Lakhs
  Dr. Vijayashree Nayak	A New Biodegradable Polymer Scaffold for CartilageTissue Engineering	Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)	2011 - 2014 Rs. 22 Lakhs
  Dr. Vijayashree Nayak	Advanced study on association of Salmonella typhi carriage and its link with hepatobiliary carcinoma	Aditya Birla Science & Technology Company (ABSTC)	2011 - 2014 Rs.10 Lakhs
  Dr. Anghshuman Sarkar	Effect of Cadmium toxicity on human neural cells and predicts a potential candidate for recovering from Cadmium stress.	BITS Seed Grant	2011 - 2013
  Dr. M. Srikanth	Consulting services for a pilot project on waste to Energy project in Nashik	Indo German Environment Programme, German Development Cooperation	2011 – 2013 Rs. 10.23 Lakhs
  Dr. Meenal Kowshik	Biological Synthesis of Metal Sulfide and Metallic Nanoparticles Using Halophilic  Archaebacteria	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)	2010 - 2013 Rs 17 Lakhs
  Dr. Judith M. Braganca	Screening of Haloarcheal cultures for synthesis of polyhydroxy alkanoates.	University Grants Commission (UGC)	2009 – 2012 Rs. 10 Lakhs
  Dr. M. Srikanth	Experimental pilot scale horizontal plug flow reactor for anaerobic digestion of food waste	Goa Energy Development Agency	2009 – 2012 Rs. 3.65 Lakhs
  Dr. Utpal Roy	Screening of extremophile isolate for novel antimicrobial substances: Cloning and characterization of selected antimicrobial substances against multidrug resistant human pathogens	DST-WOS	2009-2012 14.92 lacs

   

• Completed Research Projects

  pRINCIPAL iNVESTIGATOR	tITLE OF THE pROJECT	fUNDING aGENCY	Year & AMOUNT
  Dr. Utpal Roy	Isolation and screening of microorganisms from extreme and unusual environment for  new and novel antimicrobial peptides to combat some clinically important  multidrug resistant  fungal pathogens.	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	2007-2011,   Rs. 17 lacs
  Dr. M. Srikanth	Expression of cyclodextrin glucosyl transferase (CGTase) gene in hydrocarbon degrading  bacteria and their role in bioremediation.	Department of Biotechnology (DBT)	2007 – 2010 Rs. 17.02 Lakhs
  Dr. M. Srikanth	Genetic diversity of polyaromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacteria	DST	2006 – 2009 Rs. 9.8 l Lakhs
  Dr. Meenal Kowshik	Studies on marine micro-organisms for synthesis of nanoparticles	DST  under the SERC fast track proposal for young scientists	2006 - 2009 Rs 8.28 Lakhs
  Dr. Meenal Kowshik	Preparation and characterization of nanosized TiO2 and studies on its  photodegradation capability of model organic pollutants.		2006 - 2009 Rs 19.2 Lakhs

• Publications

  Degradation of anthracene and pyrene supplied by microcrystals and by non-aqueous phase liquids - Srikanth Mutnuri, N.Vasudevan and Matthias Kaestner*, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 67 (2005), pp. 569 – 576

  Changes in Fatty Acid Composition of Chromohalobacter israelensis with varying Salt Concentrations - Srikanth Mutnuri, N.Vasudevan, Matthias Kaestner and Hermann Heipeiper*. Current Microbiology, Vol. 50 (2005), pp. 1–5.

  Influence of bioaugmentation with wheat bran on bioremediation of anthracene contaminated soil - Srikanth Mutnuri, N.Vasudevan* and D.Beck, Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, 2005.

  Kakarlapudi R, Mulage P, Sharma S and Kowshik M (2007) Biological synthesis of silver nanoparticles using marine bacterial culture isolated from the west coast of India, Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Bioengineering, Sathyabhama University, Chennai, 12-15

  Desai V & Kowshik M (2009) Antimicrobial activity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles synthesized by sol gel process, Research Journal of Microbiology, 4:97-103.

  Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado (2009). Haloarchaea associated with salt crystals obtained from solar salterns of Goa, India. Visual Image, Microbe Library.org. American Society for Microbiology.

  Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado (2009) Isolation and characterization of Haloarchaea from low salinity Coastal sediments and waters of Goa – India. Current Science 96(9): 1182 – 1184

  S. Gayathri and Judith M. Braganca (2009). Biosensors for monitoring environmental pollutants: A review . Environmental Science: An Indian Journal.5(9).

  Biocatalytic production of a commercial textile dye (Indigo) from a xenobiont – Srikanth Mutnuri*, Chanakya Bandi and Anasuya Ganguly, Research Journal of Microbiology, Vol 4, Is 3 (2009), pp 82 – 88.

  Effect of plant secondary metabolites on anaerobic digestion of food waste – Vidhya Prabhudesai, Anasuya Ganguly and Srikanth Mutnuri* “Annals in Microbiology” Vol 59, Is 4 (2009), pp 643 – 648.

  B. B. Salgaonkar, M. Kabilan and Judith M. Braganca (2010). Sensitivity of Haloarchaea to Eubacterial Pigments Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa SB1. World J Microbiol Biotechnol. DOI 10.1007/s11274-010-0519-z

  Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in the presence of cyclodextrins - Sivaraman C, Anasuya Ganguly and Srikanth Mutnuri* "World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology" Vol 26, Is 2 (2010), pp 227 - 232.

  Biogas Generation Potential by Anaerobic Digestion for Sustainable Energy Development in India – P.Venkateswara Rao, Ranjay Dey, S.S.Baral and Srikanth Mutnuri. Renewable and Sustainable Energy reviews Volume 14, Issue 7, September 2010, Pages 2086-2094.

  Deepti Singh,Vijayashree Nayak and Ashok Kumar; Proliferation of Myoblast cells on three dimensional supermacroporous cryogels, Internatioal journal of Biological Sciences, 2010, 6(4), 371-381.

  Debnath A, Gomes A, Saha A, Biswas S, Chakrabarti P, Giri B, Biswas AK, Dasgupta S, Gomes A. A lethal cardiotoxic-cytotoxic protein from the Indian monocellate cobra (Naja kaouthia) venom.Toxicon. 2010 Sep 15;56(4):569-79.

  Isolation of Hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria from Bilge oil contaminated water - Sivaraman C, Anasuya Ganguly, Marcell Nikolausz and Srikanth Mutnuri. Accepted in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol 8, No.3, Summer 2011.

  Sequence trademarks in oncogene associated microRNAs, Sharma S, Biswas S. Bioinformation. 2011;6(9):364-5.
  
  Sachin Seshadri, & Meenal Kowshik, (2011) Deoxyribonucleic Acid Functionalized with Gold Nanoparticles: A Golden Route to Molecular Biology, Journal of Bionanoscience, 5, 1-8

  Sachin Seshadri, Saranya K & Meenal Kowshik, (2011) Biological Synthesis of Lead Sulfide Nanocrystallites by a marine yeast Rhodosporidium diobovatum, Biotechnology Progress, 27 (5) 1464-1469.

  SushmaJ, Meenal Kowshik & Sutapa Roy Ramanana, (2011) Low temperature synthesis of hydroxyapatite nano-rods by a modified sol-gel technique  Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite nano-rods by a modified sol-gel technique, Materials Science and Engineering C, 31, 1534-1538.

  Bhanudas Naik, Vilas Desai, Meenal Kowshik, Vadakkethonippurathu Sivankutty Prasad, Gerard Franklyn Fernando, Narendra Nath Ghosh (2011) Synthesis of Ag/AgCl–mesoporous silica nanocomposites using a simple aqueous solution-based chemical method and a study of their antibacterial activity on E. coli, Particuology, 9:243-247.

  Singh, Deepti; Tripathi, Anuj; Nayak, Vijayashree; Kumar, Ashok ; Proliferation of Chondrocytes on a 3-D Modelled Macroporous Poly(Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate)-Gelatin Cryogel, Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, Volume 22, Number 13, 2011 , pp. 1733-1751(19)

  Chandra Sekhar C and Chakrabarty D 2011 Fibrinogenolytic toxin from Indian monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) venom. J. Biosci. 36 355–361]