The School of Biotechnology
consists of the following Departments
DEPARTMENT OF GENETIC ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULER MICROBIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
CONSTITUENT DEPARTMENTS AND FACULTIES
FACULTY
Name
Designation
DEPARTMENT OF GENETIC ENGINEERING
Dr.K.Dharmalingam, M.Sc.Ph.D.
Sr.Professor & Head
Dr.Ranjan Prasad, M.Sc.Ph.D.
Reader
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULER MICROBIOLOGY
Dr.P. Palanivelu, M.Sc., Ph.D
Professor & Head
Dr.H. Shakila
Reader
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Dr.K. Veluthambi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor & Head
Dr. Athithya Kumar Gupta, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor
Technician Training Programme
Dr.T. Anitha Sironmani, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Reader
Dr.S.R.D. Jebakumar, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Reader
Bio-Informatics Centre
Dr.S. Krishnaswamy, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor
Dr.Z.A. Rafi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Reader
Dr.N. Jeyakumar, M.Sc., PGDCA.
Lecturer
Centre for Plant Molecular Biology
Dr.R. Usha, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Reader
COURCES OFFERED
M.Sc.,Biotechnology
Advanced Diploma Course in Bioinformatics
Post M.Sc. Certificate course in Plant Genetic Engineering
Short Term Training Courses and Workshop
THRUST AREAS
1.
Genomics and Proteomics of Industrial microorganisms and Pathogenic microorganisms
2.
Immunology of Leprosy
3.
Structural analysis of Outer Membrane Proteins
4.
Molecular Modeling and Drug designing
5.
Exploitation of microbes for Industrial applications and Xenobiotic degradations
6.
Production of Transgenic Plants against Viruses, Fungi and Abiotic stresses
NATIONAL FACILITIES
Centre for Genetic Engineering and Strain Manipulation
Centre for Plant Moleculer Biology
Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics
National Facility for High Resolution Graphics
VPN Node of DBT
DNA Sequencing Facility
SAP (UGC)
OTHER FACILITIES AVAILABLE
MALDI-ToF
RT-PCR
Proteomic Workstation
OTHER INFORMATION
DNA Sequencing services are available on payment basis,For further details contact,Head & Coordinator, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai-625 021.
