Name & Designation of the Faculty
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Major Research Areas |
Sr.Prof. P. Gunasekaran,
Co-ordinator, NRCBS program,
Co-ordinator, DBT-IPLS Program,
Coordinator UGC-CEGS program,
Head,
Dept. of Genetics. |
- Genomics of Zymomonas mobilis and filamentous fungi
- Bioprocess technology for enzymes
- Enzyme engineering and enzyme technology
- Metagenomics for biomedical & industrial applications
- Plant-Microbe interactions
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Prof. G. Marimuthu,
Chairperson, School of Biological Sciences,
Co-ordinator CAS in Functional Genomics,
Head,
Dept. of Animal Behavior & Physiology. |
- Behavioral ecology of bats
- Human circadian rhythms
- Chronopharmacological and chronotherapeutic studies
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Prof. G.S. Selvam,
Head,
Dept. of Biochemistry. |
- Development of transgenic Lactobacillus plantarum for therapeutic application
- Biomarker Discovery for cardiovascular diseases & oral cancer
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Prof. Sripathi Kandula, Head,
Dept. of Immunology. |
- Molecular Evolution & Population dynamics of bats
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Prof. K. Hussain Munavar,
Head,
Dept. of Molecular Biology. |
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Prof. P.Sudhakar Swamy, Head,
Dept. of Plant Sciences |
- Molecular ecology & Population dynamics of ecosystem
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Prof.K.Manoharan, Head,
Dept. of Plant Morphology. |
- Somatic embryogenesis & Signal transduction in legumes species
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Dr.R.Baskaran,
Professor, Inter-department faculty |
- Data mining
- Software Development
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Dr.R.Murugesan,
Emeitus Professor |
- Nano-Pharmaceuticals for drug delivery and therapeutics
- Molecular Modeling and Drug Design
- Imaging for Biomedical Applications
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Dr.G.Kumaresan,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Genetics.
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- Cancer biomarker discovery by genomics approaches
- Identification of novel cancer therapeutics by cellomics
- Epigenomic characterization of long-term diabetes patients
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Dr. G. Gopalan,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Genetics. |
- Cancer cell signaling
- Epigenomics
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Dr.K.Balakrishnan
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Immunology.
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Dr. S. Chandrasekaran,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Plant Sciences |
- Impacts of Biological Invasions
- Quantification of Ecosystem Services
- Marine Ecology
- Climate Change Studies
- Molecular Ecology
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Dr.Suguna Shanmugasundaram,
Assistant Professor and Head in charge,
Dept. of Microbial Technology |
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Dr.M. Jayalakshmi,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Immunology. |
- Tissue typing for transplantation
- Biological characterization and purification of insect hemaggutinin
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Dr.C.Amutha,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Animal Behaviour and Physiology
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- Fish behaviour changes due to Endocrine disruption
- Pollution monitoring & assessment in aquatic environment
Utilization of molecular enzyme biomarkers in the detection of xenobiotics
Bioremediation of oil pollution in marine waters
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Dr. M. Murugan,
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Microbial Technology. |
- Fungal Biotechnology
- Molecular plant Virology
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Dr. S.Ramasamy,
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Microbial Technology.
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- Identification of microRNAs during pathological and physiological hypertrophy.
- Role of cadmium accumulation on development of early atherosclerosis.
- Role of alpha-2 macroglobulin in ageing related aortic stiffness.
- Search for novel cardioprotective drugs from the sponge associated marine bacteria.
- Mitochondrial dynamism in the endocardial cells during infective endocarditis.
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Dr.U. Ramesh,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Molecular Biology. |
- Bioactivity and Bioefficacy of Glucosamines in Fish (Aquaculture)
- Fish Nutrition
- Fish Histopathology
- Solid Waste Management
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Dr. V. Shanmugaiah,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Microbial Technology |
- Isolation and chracterization of Bacteria and Fungi from rhizosphere soil
- Purification and Characterization of Secondary Metabolites from diverse rhizosphere of Bacteria, Fungi and Medicinal plants.
- Identification secondary metabolites genes from bacteria and fungi by PCR
- To study the defence related enzymes such as Phenylalanine ammonialyase, Tyrosine ammonialyase, Peroxidase and Poly phenol oxidase and Phenol
- Primary screening and characterization of of lytic enzymes from bacteria and fungi
- Application of talc formulation using antagonistic bacteria and Fungi, to control of plant disease in both green house and field conditions.
- Estimation of Plant growth hormones from bacteria and fungi
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Dr. R. Sankar,
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Animal Behaviour & Physiology. |
- Pheromones and Reproductive Behaviour of Mammals
- Behavioural ecology
- Cell Physiology
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Dr. S. Kathiresan,
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Molecular Biology. |
- Genetic Transformation
- Genetic Engineering
- Molecular Cloning
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Dr.K.Jayakumar,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Animal Behaviour and Physiology.
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Dr. J. Rajendhran,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Genetics. |
- Marine Metagenomics for novel drug discovery
- Human Microbiomics
- Genomic diversity of bacterial pathogens
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Dr.T.Jebasingh,
Assistant Professor,
DBT-IPLS Programme. |
- The molecular mechanisms involved in interactions between the virus and host plant cell.
- Molecular characterization of viral proteins.
- Anti cancer mechanism of Phycocyanin.
- Studying the assembly, dynamics and structure of Phycobilisome
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Dr. K. Sujatha,
Project Faculty,
NRCBS Program. |
- Microbial biofilms and their control strategies
- Biobased polymers and its applications
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Dr. A.Murugan,
Project Faculty,
NRCBS Program. |
- Microbial processing for cyanide and oil degradation
- Screening of HPV in cancer patients
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Dr. J. Sridhar,
Project Faculty,
NRCBS Program.
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- Microbial genomics of non-coding small RNAs
- RNA-SEQ data analysis and mapping for sRNA identification & characterizations
- DNA repeat based polymorphisms in Salmonella spp.
- Commercial applications of CRISPR
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Dr. A. Mahalakshmi,
Project Faculty,
NRCBS Program. |
- Agricultural Biotechnology: Bio-based pesticides: Characterization and its Applications
- Exploration of therapeutic Opportunities in the Human Microbiome.
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