Areas of Research

• Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology

  • Development of biosorption technology for removal of radio nuclide from nuclear industry waste
  • Biodegradation of organic pollutants.
  • Development of bioleaching technology for recovery of metal from ores.
  • Development of high affinity biosorbant by surface display of metal binding proteins

• Development of Bacterial Biosensor

  • Development of whole cell bacterial biosensor for detection of antibiotics
  • Recombinant bacteria based biosensor for detection of bioavailability of arsenic and other heavy metals
  • Characterization and pharmaceutical evaluation of bioactive compounds (cyanotoxins) from the cyanobacteria isolates from Shekhawati region of Rajasthan
  • Biodiesel Production from microalgae
  • Development of r-DNA based biosensors for detection of arsenic in water

• Molecular diagnostics and Molecular Parasitology

  • PCR, dipstick or nucleic acid ELISA for species-specific detection of malarial parasites based on 18S ribosomal RNA.
  • Sequencing, analysis and characterization vaccine candidate antigens oh the malarial parasites of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.
  • Characterization of apicoplast genome in Plasmodium vivax from Indian isolates.
  • Cloning expression and characterization of cytokines including synthetic gene expression for combined synergistic cytokines.
  • A Systems Biology Approach Towards Understanding Severe Malaria with Special Reference to the Transcriptome and Proteome of the Parasite and the Host

• Bioinformatics

  • Vector design strategies to generate novel prokaryotic expression vectors from naturally occurring plasmids.
  • Development of programme to detect and analyze EGF and EGF like domain from given protein sequence.
  • Analysis of codon usage pattern in Bacillus anthracis for probable heterologous gene expression studies

• Bioprocess development and optimization

  • Cloning, expression and large-scale purification of potent and versatile microbial surfactants.
  • Strategies for lab scale manufacture of nutraceuticals.
  • Process development for effective microbial enhanced oil recovery strategies.
  • Large scale production of secondary metabolites