Research Areas in Various Departments/Centres/Schools

Department of Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnology [Code BEZ]

• Microbial and Enzyme Engineering :

  Analysis and design of microbial and enzyme reactors for production of industrially important products such as biofuels, industrial enzymes, biopolymers, organic solvents, biofertilizers and biopesticides etc.; development of bio-sensors for detection of various analytes; application of artificial neural networks for control of bio processes.

• Bioseparation and down stream processing :

  Membrane separation techniques, chromatographic separation techniques, water purification etc.

• Animal and plant cell culture :

  Development of cell culture techniques for cultivation of plant and animal cells in specialized reactors for production of therapeutic compounds.

• Environmental Biotechnology :

  The development of reactors and processes for stabilization of organic and industrial wastes.

• Biochemistry and molecular biology :

  Industrial enzymes, development of recombinant clones for over-production of enzymes and metabolites; development of expression systems in bacteria and yeasts; bioenergetics and biological molecular machines; chaperone-mediated proteins folding of native and recombinant proteins; protein conformation study and structure-function relationship using biophysical methods; application of bio-informatic tools for development of bioprocesses.