Research Projects

Research Projects

Dr. B.B. Chattoo
Dr. A.K. Shah
Dr. M. Nair
Dr. T. Bagchi
Dr. J. Manjrekar
Dr. B. Chandani
Dr. A.J. Desai
Dr. G. Archana
Dr. A.S. Nerurkar

Dr. B.B. Chattoo

Research Projects of Dr. B.B. Chattoo

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi	Heterologous Gene Expression in the Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica	Completed	1989-93
Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi	Use of RFLP and allied techniques for rice genetic and improvement	Completed	1989-93
BIOCON India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore	Gene Expression in Aspergillus	Completed	1992-95
The Rubber Research Institute. Kottayam, Kerala	Genome analysis of Hevea Brasiliensis	Completed	1993-94
National Dairy Development Board, Anand	Marker assisted selection for production traits in cattle and buffaloes	Completed	1993-95
Maharashtra Hybrids Seeds Co, Ltd., Mumbai	Genomic analysis in crop plants	Completed	1993-95
Indo-Swiss Collaborative programme funded by Dept of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and Institute of Biotechnology, Switzerland	Bioprocess Development and Genetic Manipulation in microbial systems	Completed	1989-92 (Ph.I) 1992-95 (Ph.II) 1995-99 (Ph.III)
The Rockefeller Foundation, USA	Genetic Engineering of Rice	Completed	1989-94 (Ph.I) 1994-99 (Ph.II) 1999-2002 (Ph. III)
Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Improvement of Fibre Jute crop for commercial use under UNDP's National Jute Development Programme	Completed Ongoing	1998-00 (Ph.I) 2000-2005 (Ph.II)
Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Expression of the gene fro BhcG inyeast	Completed	1994-96
Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt of India, New Delhi	A novel approach to obtain rice plants resistant to the blast diseases: Transgenic plant expressing single chain antibodies against pathogene proteins under Indo-Israeli S & T cooperation	Completed	1997-99
GSFC Science Foundation, Baroda	Centre for Genome Research	Completed	1998-2002
Indo-Swiss Collaborative programme funded by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and Institute for Biotechnology, Switzerland	Molecular analysis of fungal disease resistance in Wheat	Completed	2000-04
CSIR, New Delhi	NMITLI project on using functional genomics in plants for gene expression modulation	Completed	2000-04
Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Functional Genomics of the Rice Blast fungus (Magnaportha grisea)	Completed	2001-05
Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi	Engineered resistance of Rice Blast	Completed	2000-04
CSIR, New Delhi	Development of Novel Fungicide	Completed	2005-08
GSBTM, Gandhinagar	Microarray Facility	Completed	2005-08
Indo-Israel S & T Cooperation by DST, New Delhi	Plant SUMO conjugates - its role in biotic stress	Completed	2006-08
Indo-UK Collaboration by DBT, New Delhi	Molecular analysis of disease resistance signaling	Ongoing	2006-09
Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi	A systems biology approach to the study of pathogenicity of rice blast fungus M.grisea	Ongoing	2006-09
Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi	Multi Institutional project between MSU & Vellore Institute of Technology ‘Improved production and processing of Therapeutic proteins’	Ongoing	2007-12
Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi	RNA silencing as a tool for exploring gene function in the rice blast fungus M.grisea	Ongoing	2007-12
Donated By Sr.Citizen Shri P.N.Gurjar , Baroda	Centre for Advanced research in Molecular Genetics	Ongoing	2007-10

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Dr. A.K. Shah

Research Projects of Dr. A.K. Shah

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi	Preparation, characterization & Biodegradation studies of tailor made polymeric materials	Completed	1998
GSFC Science Foundation, Baroda	Production of lysine from Caprolactam	Completed	1999
Gunjan Paints Ltd., Ahmedabad	Characterization, production and development of algal alginate like Microbial Exopolysaccharide (EPS)	Completed	1999-2000
Gujarat Ecology Commission, Vadodara	Development of a process for Biological treatment of coloured effluents from Textile processing and dyestuff manufacturing units	Completed	1999-2001

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Dr. M. Nair

Research Projects of Dr. M. Nair

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi	Micro RNAs in E.coli and other human and plant pathogenic bacteria	Ongoing	2007-2010
Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi	Strategy to increase omega-3 fatty acid content in the food employing Omega-3 desaturase expressed in yeast	Ongoing	2005-2008
NDDB, Anand	Development of assays based on PCR and non radioactive probes for diagnosis ..... animal brucellosis & tuberculosis	Completed	1998-2000
International Foundation for Science, Sweden	Development of a thermophilic amylase from local bacillus for industrial applications	Completed	1998-2000
M.S. University	Study of expression of osmoregulatory genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae	Completed	1996
UGC- Minor Research Project	Characterisation & thermostability studies of a thermophilic amylase from Bacillus sp.,	Completed	1999
M.S. University	Regulation of an osmotically induced in E.coli by an alternate sigma factor	Completed	1998

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Dr. T. Bagchi

Research Projects of Dr. T. Bagchi

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi	Study of Lactobacillus adhesion to caco-2 cells	Ongoing	2006-2009
Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi	PCR based CTL assay for screening recombinant MTB antigens.	Ongoing	2007-2010
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi	Study of Bacillus thruringiensis toxin-larval gut protein interaction towards development of a more effective biopesticide	Completed	2003-2006
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi	Molecular analysis of H. armigera susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin.	Completed	1996-1999
NDDB, Anand	Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against Brucella abortis and Blue tongue virus	Completed	1998-2002
M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara	Purification and Characterization of larval midgut receptor specific for Bacillus thuringiensis toxin	Completed	1994

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Dr. B. Chandani

Research Projects of Dr. B. Chandani

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
M.S. University	A study on the interaction of polyethylene glycol with protein folding intermediates and its effect on protein aggregation during refolding.	Completed	1997-99

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Dr. A.J. Desai

Research Projects of Dr. A.J. Desai

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, Mumbai	Metabolic properties of Rhizobium sp.	Completed	1979-1982
Dept. of Sci. & Tech. Govt. of India, N.Delhi	Genetics and physiology of Rhizobium sp.	Completed	1983-1986
M.S.University, Baroda	Isolation and characterization of nodule inducing principle from C. cajan	Completed	1991-1992
Dept. of Biotechnology, N.Delhi	Technology development & demonstration of biofertilizers - Rhizobium (Co-investigator)	Completed	1992-1995
Dept. of Biotechnology, N.Delhi	Application of natural & recombinant microorganisms to biosurfactant production, oil spill degradation and pollution control	Completed	1992-1995
IPCL, Baroda	Microbial degradation of some petrochemicals & pollution control	Completed	1992-1994
Dept. of Biotechnology, N.Delhi	Preparation, characterization & biodegradation studies of tailor made polymeric materials (Co-investigator)	Completed	1995-1998
Gujarat Ecological Commission,Baroda	Studies for ecological restoration & planning of Alang ship-breaking yard	Completed	1996-1997
GNFC, Bharuch	Development of bench scale process treatment of nitrate containing effluent	Completed	1997-2000
Reliance Industries, Surat	Development of bench scale process for degradation of terepthalic acid & PTA plant effluent	Completed	2000-2001
University Grants Commission, N.Delhi	Characterization of high affinity transport system in Rhizobium sps.	Completed	2001-2004
Dept. of Science & Tech., New Delhi	Microbial production of biodegradable plastic from cheese whey	Completed	2002-2005
Dept. of Biotechnology, N.Delhi	Development of transgenic Rhizobium strains for pulse crops	Completed	2002-2005
Dept. of Biotechnology, N.Delhi	Inventory of microbial resources in India	Completed	2002-2003
Board of Research in Nulear Sci. (BRNS) BARC, Mumbai	Studies on physiology & biochemistry of Deinococcus sp.	Completed	2002-2005
Institute of Reservoir Studies (IRS), ONGC, Ahmedabad.	Development of a biosystem producing microbial metabolites such as feedstock for microbial enhanced oil recovery.	Completed	2004-2006
CSIR, New Delhi.	Isolation of Bioactive agents from osmotolerant bacteria from different saline habitats.	Completed	2004-2007
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Ltd. Bharuch, Gujarat	Development of a bench scale process for the treatment of ammonia containing effluent	On going	2007-2009

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Dr. G. Archana

Research Projects of Dr. G. Archana

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
GSBTM, Gandhinagar	Microbially mediated alleviation ……..using copper as model	Ongoing	2008-09
DST, New Delhi	Bacterial community structure and activity in shallow subsurface soils of Baroda window in relation to land use	Ongoing	2008-09
Ms. Priya Pillai (PI) Supervisor, DST, New Delhi	Development of an eco-friendly technology for application in leather processing”	Ongoing	2008-09
DBT, New Delhi	Isolation, identification and characterization of genes for Azo Dye degradation : An approach towards construction of efficient bioremediation strain	Ongoing	2008-09

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Dr. A.S. Nerurkar

Research Projects of Dr. A.S. Nerurkar

Funding Agency	Title of the Project	Status	Period
UGC, New Delhi	Analysis of abundance, diversity and activity of denitrifiers in activated sludge	Ongoing	2010-11
DST, New Delhi	Bioemulsifier from marine bacteria : Characterization and yield enhancement	Ongoing	2010-11

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