BioTechnology
Infrastructure
Details of Laboratories:
Lab 1- Unit Operations lab/Bioprocess control & automation lab Equipments available:
- Gyratory sieve shaker
- Batch sedimentation apparatus
- Diffusivity measurement apparatus
- Batch distillation setup
- Tray drier
- Vaccum filter or leaf filter setup
- Apparatus for pressure drop through packed bed
- Equipment for studying pressure drop in two phase flow in horizontal pipe
- Heat transfer in packed bed
- Pressure Measurement Trainer Module (ITB – 016 – CE)
- Pressure Process Controller CE (VPPA–40 CE)
- Air compressor with storage tank – ELGI Flow process Controller –ce (VFPA–201– CE)
- Single Tank system
- Two tank non – Interacting system
- Thermocouple Module (ITB – 05 –CE) with thermometer
- Two tank – Interacting system
- Flow Measurement trainer (VFMT – 01)
- Equipment for unsteady state flow studies
Lab 2 – Heat & Mass Transfer Lab
Equipments available:
- Pipe friction apparatus
- Centrifugal pump test rig / AC motor
- Orifice meter, Venturimeter & Rota meter calibration set up
- Bernoulli’s theorem apparatus
- Settling apparatus
- Reynolds flow apparatus
- Gas liquid mass transfer
- Wetted wall column apparatus
- York Sceheibel
- Reciprocating pump test rig /ac motor
Lab 3: Microbiology lab/ Genetic Engg & Immunotechnology lab
Equipments available:
- Autoclave – 40 lit
- Binocular Microscopes – Lobomed
- Clinical Centrifuge (8 tubes capacity)
- Colony Counter
- Hot air oven
- Bacteriological incubator
- BOD incubator
- Laminar Air Flow – 4x2x2feet
- Refrigerated high speed centrifuge Remi
- Refrigerated high speed micro centrifuge Remi
- Refrigerated orbiter shaker 250ml x 25nos
- Microscope dissecting
- Trinocular microscope
- Vertical gel electrophoresis – mini model
- Immunoelectrophoresis unit (minimodel)
- Immuno electrophoresis
- Western blotting unit
- Tissue homogenizer
- Transilluminator (UV-VIS)
- Thermal cycler – Corbett, Australia
Lab 4: Bioinformatics lab
Facility available:
- Computers with high-speed internet - 20
- PHYLIP software
- AUTODOCK software
- PYMOL software
Lab 5: Upstream Processing lab /Downstream Processing lab/ Cell & Molecular Biology lab
Equipments available:
- Fermentor (Autoclavable) - 3 lit capacity
- Plant Tissue Culture Racks
- Labline make Autoclave
- Orbital Shaker Incubator
- Cyclomixer
- Clinical Centrifuge (8 tubes capacity)
- Magnetic stirrer with hot plate
- Packed bed distillation setup
- Electronic balance ELB 300
- Agitation apparatus
- Rocker- Double platform
- Horizontal submarine gel electrophoresis unit
Biochemistry lab/ Biokinetics & Enzyme Technology lab
Equipments available:
- Colorimeter
- Double Distillation Unit
- UV Spectrophotometer
- Heating mantle -2 nos
- Haemocytometers
- Heating mantle-3 lit capacity
- Water bath
- Vaccum Pump
- Batch Reactor
- Mixed Flow Reactor
- RTD in Mixed Flow
- Reactor Plug Flow Reactor
- Temperature effect on denaturation of enzymes
R & D labs:
| Sl. No | Facility name | Details |
| 1 | R & D Lab | Research Centre recognized by VTU. Has facilities for animal cell culture studies viz., autoclave, inverted microscope, CO2 incubator, Biosafety cabinet |
| 2 | Plant Tissue Culture lab | Tissue culture facilities with sterile conditions for growing algal cultures and ex-plants in controlled environment |
| 3 | CCMC Lab under VGST -KFIST |
6 systems with Core i5 processor, 4th gen, Mother board Intel 85FL,Ram transcend 4gb ddr3, Hdd Seagate 1TB,Cabinet I ball Mercury, Logitech keyboard & Mouse, Monitor, Dell18.5” Software - Inventus Drug discovery software, Novo informatics. Pvt. Ltd |
| 4 | Centre for Bioremediation & Studies on Microbial Diversity | Fermenter, autoclave, orbital shaker, biosafety cabinet, UV spectrophotometer, incubator |
| 5 | Centre for Natural product research | Soxhlet extraction, Water bath, Flash evaporator, Magnetic stirrer |
