Research

Equipment available with the Department:

Equipment available with

 

Generic Name of Equipment

 

Model, Make & year of purchase

 

Funding

 

 
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Gel Documentation system

Gel Doc EZ system BioRad (2014)

DST
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Lyophilizer

 LABCONCO- 7740060, 7522800  (2016)

 

DST
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-80° C Freezer

Eppendrof New Brunswick (2014)

U410 230v  50 Hz

DST
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CO2 Incubator

 

Symbiogen Biotechnologies  (2017)

Necternova EP 165 A

KSCSTE
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Bio Safety Cabinet (Class 100)

LABLINE –B S C 4 (2016)

 

DST, KSCSTE
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Laminar Hood, Vertical (2), horizontal (1)

LABLINE (2016)

Management
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PCR Machine-normal and gradient

Applied Biosystems ABI 2720 (2014)

BIORAD Thermal CyclerT-100 (2016)

UGC, DST
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Research Microscope/ Fluorescent Microscope

OLYMPUS Trinocular Microscope Model CX21i, LED fluorescence, Magnus UHCCD-USB2 Mega Pixel camera (2016)

DST, UGC

 
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Inverted Microscope

 

EVOS XL Core Imaging system –THERMO FISCHER SCIENTIFIC (2017)

 

 

Invitrogen Bioservices

KSCSTE
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UV-Vis spectrophotometer

ELICO (2015)

Management
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Hybridisation incubators

LAB PLUS HI-1 (2016)

DST
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UV transilluminator

Bangalore genei (2016)

DST
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-20 0C Freeze

ELANPRO EFS 340

DST
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Incubators/ BOD Incubators

Kemi, LABPLUS, BOD INCUBATOR ROTEK (RCI-3A)  (2014) 

DST
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Water Purification System

Milli-Q-DQ3 Tap to Pure and Ultra Pure Water Purification system (2014) 

DST
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Microscopes

OLYMPUS Monoocular and Fluorescent, MOTIC- Stereo microscope, (2016)

DST
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Electrophoresis Apparatus- Horizontal, Vertical

BioRad Electrophoresis System and High Current Power Supply-(2016) 

1658003, 1704469, 1645050

DST
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Western blotting apparatus

 

BioRad Electrophoresis System and High Current Power Supply- 1658003, 1704469, 1645050 (2016) 

DST
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Semi-dry transfer apparatus

Hoefer–TE70XP Semi Dry Transfer Unit with built in power pack (2016) 

DST
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Ice flaking machine

Labline- LIM 30 (2016) 

DST
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Flame photometer

Roy instruments digital flame photometer (ri 512) (2014) 

DST
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Refrigerated Centrifuge benchtop

Eppendrof, Germany (2020) 

DST
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Orbital Shaking incubator

Remi (2020)

DST
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Qubit nano fluorometer

Invitrogen (2016) 

DST
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Weighing Balance (4 digit)

Sartorius (2019) 

Management

1. Dr. Sumi Mary George

Scholars

Sl.No Joining Year Name of scholar Title of thesis Part-time/Full time Status
1 2013 Jithasha Balan KITCHEN WASTE DEGRADATION USING MICROBIAL CONSORTIA Part Time Awarded
2 2015 Sherin Joy Parappilly Antifungal and Aflatoxin Degrading Activity of Human Gut Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and its Application in Biopreservation Full Time Awarded
3 2017 Dona V. Idicula PROBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF ANTI - AFLATOXIGENIC HUMAN GUT LACTOBACILLI WITH ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY Full Time In progress
4 2024 Indu Mathew BACTERIOCINS FROM HUMAN GUT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA AND IT’S POTENTIAL APPLICATION IN BIOPRESERVATION Full Time In Coursework
5 2024 Jiya Paul ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE PROFILE OF PROBIOTIC HUMAN GUT LACTOBACILLI Part Time In Coursework
Sl.No Faculty Name Academic_year Title Type sponsor Duration
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1 Dr. Sumi Mary George2022-2023 Probiotic human gut lactobacilli with antiaflatoxigenic activity- a potential candidate for gut health (ICMR –SRF F.No.3/1/2/296/2021-Nut) (Ongoing) Ms Dona V. Idicula Others Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi From 2020 To 2020
2 Dr. Sumi Mary George2016-2017 Anti-aflatoxingenic activity of gut lactic acid bacteria and its application in bioassay of aflatoxin Maulana Azad Minority Scholarship UGC 201516-MANF-2015-17-KER-50234 (Completed) Dr Sherin Joy Parappilly Minor University Grants Commission , New Delhi From 2020 To 2020
3 Dr. Sumi Mary George2015-2020 Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST), No.487/DST/FIST (Completed) Others Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi From 2020 To 2020
4 Dr. Sumi Mary George2014-2015 Study of Microbial Diversity, Study of Primitive Bacteria, Isolation of microorganisms producing enzymes, Evaluating their Application in Waste Management. Selective Augmentation of Research & Development (SARD) scheme 10/SARD/2013/KSCSTE (Completed) Major Kerala state Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) From 2020 To 2020
5 Dr. Sumi Mary George2013-2014 Solid Waste Management Using Consortium Of Microorganisms And Its Potential Application In Composting” (SB/FT/LS-330/2012) Under the Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist (Completed) Major Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi From 2020 To 2020
6 Dr. Sumi Mary George2009-2010 Development of a molecular diagnostic system for the diagnosis of pulmonary infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (SR/FT/L-82/2004) Under the Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist (Completed) Minor Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi From 2020 To 2020
Sl.No. Faculty Academic Year Title of Paper Journal Name Publisher Impact PDF
1 Dr Sandhya C. 2020-2021 The relationship of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status to selected modifiable risk factors in coronary artery disease patients. International Journal of Cardiology Hpertension Anoop Vijayan, Sandhya.C and Chithra V Elsevier
2 Dr Sandhya C. 2023-2024 Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among the hydrogen sulfide producing bacteria isolated on XLD agar from the poultry fecal samples. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Maya Mathew, Muhammed Afthab, Sreejith S, Sandhya.C, Radhakrishnan E.K. Springer
3 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2022-2023 Salutary attributes of probiotic human gut lactobacilli for gut health. (2023) Letters in Applied Microbiology. Impact factor-2.813 Dona. V. Idicula, Krishnaprasad R, Sherin Joy Parappilly, Neya Joy, Jithasha Balan, Sumi Mary George
4 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2022-2023 Antimicrobial compound produced by human gut lactic acid bacteria having antifungal activity against aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus MTCC 2798 Journal of Food Processing and Preservation e16834 impact factor-2.19 (2022) Sherin Joy Parappilly, Kavyakrishna Mathil Radhakrishnan, Dona V. Idicula, Sumi Mary George
5 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2021-2022 Antifungal activity of human gut lactic acid bacteria against aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus MTCC 2798 and their potential application as food biopreservative. Journal of food safety (2021). impact factor- 1.665 Sherin Joy Parappilly, Dona V. Idicula, Archana Chandran ,Kavyakrishna Mathil Radhakrishnan, Sumi Mary George
6 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2017-2018 Diversity of Degrading Microbes Isolated From Waste Dumping Yards of Kochi (Ernakulam). Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences (2017) Vol 19, Issue 4, Page No.(1017-1022) Jithasha B., Laxmi. M., Anaswara F., Sherin P. J. and Sumi M.G.
7 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2015-2016 Screening and Selection of Fungus for Keratinase Production by Solid State Fermentation and Optimization of Conditions of SSF and Formulation of Low Cost Medium for the Production of Keratinase by Aspergillus flavus S125. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 4 Number 9 (2015) pp. 535-548 K.D. Mini, Sumi M. G. and Jyothis Mathew
8 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2015-2016 Nontuberculous Mycobacteria diagnosis using conventional methods compared with INNOLiPA MYCOBACTERIA DNA probe assay Indian Journal of Applied Research 2015; 5(2), 698-700. Sumi M. G., Biljo V Joseph, Sathish Mundayoor.
9 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2003-2004 Circulating Tumour necrosis factor alpha and soluble TNF receptors in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2003 May; 117:216-220. Radhakrishnan VV,Sumi MG, Reuben S, Mathai A, and Nair MD.
10 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2003-2004 Detection of heat stable mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid by Dot-immunobinding assay. Neurology India. 2003 Jan-March; 51:1 Mathai A, Radhakrishnan VV, Sarada C, Sumi MG.
11 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2014-2015 Solid waste management using vermicomposting and kodmic™ bio-pedestal column and its utility as organic manure Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences 2014; 16;2. 333-338. Sumi M. G., Vani M., Dona V. Idicula and Mini K. D.
12 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2009-2010 Immunology of neurotuberculosis. Reviews in Neurology 2009; 247-264. Mathai A, Sumi M.G., Sumi S., Anie Y., and Radhakrishnan VV.
13 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2003-2004 Circulating Tumour necrosis factor alpha and soluble TNF receptors in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome.Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2003 May; 117:216-220. Radhakrishnan VV,Sumi MG, Reuben S, Mathai A, and Nair MD.
14 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2003-2004 Detection of heat stable mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid by Dot-immunobinding assay. Neurology India. 2003 Jan-March; 51:1 Mathai A, Radhakrishnan VV, Sarada C, Sumi MG.
15 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2002-2003 Serum tumour necrosis factor-a in Guillian-Barre syndrome and its relation to plasma exchange. The Neurologist 2002; 8:47-50 Reuben S, Mathai A, Sumi MG, Nair MD, Radhakrishnan VV.
16 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2002-2003 A comparative evaluation of dot immunobinding assay (Dot-Iba) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2002; 42(1): 35-8. Sumi MG, Mathai A, Reuben S, Sarada C, Radhakrishnan VV, Indulakshmi R, Sathish M, Ajaykumar R, Manju YK.
17 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2002-2003 Immunocytochemical method for early laboratory diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 2002; 9(2): 344-7. Sumi MG, Mathai A, Reuben S, Sarada C, Radhakrishnan VV.
18 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2001-2002 Dot-immunobinding assay (dot-Iba) for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2001 Oct;39(10):984-8. Sumi MG, Mathai A, Reuben S, Radhakrishnan VV, Sasikumar S, Jayapal V, Felix JA
19 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2001-2002 A newer approach for the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2001; 39(4): 225-8. Mathai A, Radhakrishnan VV, Sumi MG, Sarada C.
20 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2001-2002 Diagnostic utility of Polymerase Chain reaction and immunohistochemical techniques for the laboratory diagnosis of intracranial tuberculoma. Clinical Neuropathology 2001; 20:176-180. Sumi MG, Mathai A, Sheela R, Radhakrishnan NS, Radhakrishnan VV, Indulakshmi R and Sathish Mundayoor.
21 Dr. Sumi Mary George 2000-2001 Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by a Dot-immunobinding assay. Acta Neurologica Scandnavica 2000; 101:61-64. Sumi MG, Mathai A, Sarada.C and Radhakrishnan VV.
22 Dr. Sumi Mary George 1999-2000 Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis using Dot-immunobinding assay to detect mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1999; 37: 3925-3927. Sumi MG, Mathai A, Sarada.C and Radhakrishnan VV.
Sl.No. Faculty Title Awarded Year Indian/International Certificate