TOUR REPORT OF IAMR STUDENTS

TO UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

IAMR group of institute Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology has organized an institutional trip at Delhi University South Campus for the students of M. Tech Biotechnology (Integrated) V^th Semester, on November 20, 2009 under the guidance of Prof V.K Gera and with two Faculty members Dr. Bhagat Singh and Dr. Toshi Jindal to give the exposure of the student, of Research laboratory dealing/involved in frontline investigation in microbiology/biotechnology and research projects being carried out at their institute.

            After reaching there, first of all we went to the Department of Plant Molecular Biology that  was enriched by merger of the Unit for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology in 1988 (originally established by the DST), and award of COSIST grant by the UGC (1990-1995). The Department has been recently awarded Special Assistance (DRS) by  UGC (2002-2007) to strengthen research/teaching in the area of Functional Genomics and presently The Head of the Department is Prof. Anil Grover. The first laboratories  visited are, of Prof. Jitendra Paul Khurana ( Molecular Genetic Analysis of Photoperception and Signal Transduction Mechanisms Reproductive Development and Abiotic Stress Tolerance and culture room of Prof.Indranil Dasgupta  (Molecular biology of plant viruses and plant-virus interactions ,of Prof. Paramjeet Khurana ( Somatic embryogenesis) ,of Prof. and Head Dr.Anil Grover( Genomics of Plant Abiotic Stress Responses), of Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi,  (Rice Genome Sequencing and Tomato Genome Sequencing, of Prof. Madan Mohan  (molecular analysis of insect resistance genes) ,of Prof. Arun Sharma ( gene expression and methylated DNA binding proteins)., of Dr. Girdhar Pandey (Calcium mediated signaling ).

            Finally, the group went to the, the laboratory of Dr. R. K.Saxena (Deptt. of Microbiology) working in the field of microbial physiology, industrial microbiology and genetics for Bio- leather processing for leather industries. There the group observed working of various types of fermentors ( like solid state fermenter, continuous fermenter and Fed-Batch fermenter for the production of Lipase and Proteases enzymes) and their down-stream processing.

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