FACILITIES

Laboratories

Genetic Engineering Laboratory

PCR, High speed cooling centrifuge, Sonicator, SDS PAGE, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, UV Transilluminator, Gel documentation, UV Spectrophotometer, Deep freezer, Autopippettes, Binocular microscopes.

Bioinformatics Laboratory

Computer systems with high speed Pentium IV Processor and multimedia facilities, laser Printers, Scanner, Biological software CD Library: Rasmol, Swiss PDB Viewer, MEGA, Hex, Primer Premier, AutoDock, BLAST collections, Clustal X, CS Chemoffice Pro, RDBMS Package, PDB Complete set of Structure data and Experimental data (DVD version & CD version), CCT Microscope, Software for Controlling Fermentor.

Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory

Culture room, Green house, Laminar air flow chamber, Homogeniser, Microtome, Soxhlet apparatus, Membrane filter system, Microwave oven, Autoclave (Horizontal), Hot air oven, Drier, BOD Incubator.

Animal Cell Culture Laboratory

Egg incubator, Deep freezer, CO2 incubator, Ultra centrifuge, Membrane filter system, double distillation unit, Inverted Microscope, Phase contrast microscope.

Bioprocess Technology Laboratory

Upstream process: Culture collection and maintenance, Incubator orbital Shaker, Laboratory Fermentor (Applikon instruments, Netherlands), Downstream process: Homogeniser, Sonicator, Chromatography, Distillation Unit, UV Spectrophotometer, Vertical and Horizontal Electrophoresis.

Immunology Laboratory

Haemocytometer, Haemoglobinometer, Haemometer, Immuno electrophoresis, ELISA, Diagnostic kits, cooling centrifuge,fluorescence microscope and Western-Blot Apparatus.

Microbiology Laboratory

Isolation & maintenance of Microbes-All type of Culture media, LAFs, Autoclave, Incubator, Hot air Oven, Shaking Incubator, BOD incubator, Colony counter, Microscopes, Air Sampler, Membrane Filtration apparatus.

Animal House
 

Ornamental and commercial fishes, Guinea pigs, Mice, Rabbits.

 

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