Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering : Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

The Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) was established in November 2002 to contribute the fascinating and emerging area of biological sciences. It has both undergraduate (B.Tech.) and postgraduate (M.Tech. and Ph.D.) academic programmes. The Department is unique in North-Eastern India, imparting quality education and providing an excellent research environment through its ongoing programmes. It imparts training for students to make them competent, motivated engineers and scientists.

News

Isha Kashyap, a research scholar under the supervision of Dr Shirisha Nagotu, won the best poster presentation award at the 21st Biennial conference of AGI held at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi from 13-15 December. New

Dec 18, 2024

Dr Shirisha Nagotu, Assistant Professor was conferred the Mid-Career Lady Gerontologist Award (Biogerontology) of the Association of Gerontology India (AGI) in the 21st Biennial conference of AGI held at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi from 13-15 December. New

Dec 18, 2024

Professor Debasish Das and Dr Krishna Kalyani Sahoo of the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, have developed an advanced biological method to convert methane and carbon dioxide into cleaner biofuels using a special type of bacteria called methanotrophic (methane-eating) bacteria. New

Dec 12, 2024

The 1st BSBE Alumni Meet 2024 was held on October 26-27 at IIT Guwahati. The event was a resounding success, uniting alumni, students, faculty, and staff for a weekend of nostalgia, insights, and networking. New

Dec 3, 2024

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Events

Swayam NPTEL Online Course On Biointerface Engineering
Jan 20, 2025

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Notification

Timetable with classroom details for the July-Nov 2024 session New
Jul 20, 2024

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Academic Programmes

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Recent Publications

1. Ngiimei SD, Tamuli R
CDF family of zinc transporters ZRC-1, MSC-2, and ZRG-17 are involved in survival at high zinc conditions, vegetative development, and cellulase utilization in Neurospora crassa,
Journal of Biosciences vol.49, no.12 , pp.-, [2024]

2. Rasaily M, Ngiimei SD, Thaosen RK, Gupta S, Deka S, Tamuli R
Methods for the detection of intracellular calcium in filamentous fungi,
MethodsX vol.12, no. , pp.-, [2024]

3. Tanushree Paul, Ayushi Aggarwal, Shishir Kumar Behera, Saroj Kumar Meher, Shradha Gupta, Divya Baskaran, Eldon R. Rene, Kannan Pakshirajan, G. Pugazhenthi
Neuro-fuzzy modelling of a continuous stirred tank bioreactor with ceramic membrane technology for treating petroleum refinery effluent: a case study from Assam, India,
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering vol.47, no. , pp.91-103, [2024]

4. Satti Venu Gopala Kumari, Kannan Pakshirajan, G. Pugazhenthi
Development and characterization of active poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) based composites with grapeseed oil and MgO nanoparticles for shelf-life extension of white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus),
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules vol.260, no.2 , pp.129521-, [2024]

5. Priyanka Yadav, Raja Tamilselvan, M Harita, Kusum Kumari Singh
MicroRNA-mediated regulation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factors: Insights into microRNA prediction tools and profiling techniques,
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms vol.1867, no.2 , pp.195022-195032, [2024]

6. Kumari S, Ali A, Kumar M
Nucleotide-induced ClpC oligomerization and its non-preferential association with ClpP isoforms of pathogenic Leptospira,
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules vol., no. , pp.-, [2024]

7. AK Rout, S Gautam, VK Mishra, MD Bopardikar, B Dehury, and H. Singh
NMR insights into the beta-lactamase activity of UVI31+ from C. reinhardtii,
J. Mag. Res vol.362, no.107689 , pp.-, [2024]

8. N Kumari and H. Singh
1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments of S2A mutant of human carbonic anhydrase II,
Biomol. NMR Assign vol., no. , pp.-, [2024]

9. Naorem Bela Devi, Gopal Pugazhenthi, Kannan Pakshirajan
Synthetic biology approaches and bioseparations in syngas fermentation,
Trends in Biotechnology vol., no. , pp.-, [2024]

10. Hota S and Kumar M
ErpY-like protein interaction with host thrombin and fibrinogen intervenes the plasma coagulation through extrinsic and intrinsic pathways,
ACS Infectious Diseases vol., no. , pp.-, [2024]

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Awards and honours

Dr Shirisha Nagotu, "Mid-Career Lady Gerontologist Award (Biogerontology) of the Association of Gerontology India (AGI)", [2024]
Prof. Biman B Mandal, "Top Cited Author Award by IOP Publishing, for his impressive work published in Biofabrication journal", [2023]
Prof. B Anand, "S. Ramachandran-National Bioscience Award for Career Development" by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. The award includes a cash prize of Rs. 200,000 and research grant worth Rs. 1500000 (Rs. 500,000 per year for a duration of 3 years)", [2023]
Prof. Utpal Bora, "Appointed as a Member, Board of Research Studies, Mizoram University for 2 years", [2022]
Prof. Biman B Mandal, "Featured in the book published by Vigyan Prasar titled 75 under 50: Scientists Shaping Today's India", [2022]
Satyam, "Best Product Design" award at the prestigious Vishwakarma Awards 2023, organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in partnership with Maker Bhavan Foundation and the WIN Foundation.", [2024]
Adhithya B, Mohd. Asif Idrisi, and Nirmal Sarkar, "Congratulations to Adhithya B, Mohd. Asif Idrisi, and Nirmal Sarkar, M.Tech students working under Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan, Prof. Lingaraj Sahoo, and Prof. Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, for winning the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize for Poster Presentation in Sessions 8, 5, and 3, respectively, at BioSangam 2024 - 6th International Conference on Bio-Technological Intervention for Health, Agriculture, and Circular Economy, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad from 23 to 25 February 2024.", [2024]
Rashmi Singh, "3rd Prize in the "Best Poster Presentation Award" at the Winter Symposium & SouthZone MICROCON 2024. The theme of the symposium was Anti-Microbial Resistance Vector Borne Diseases & Zoonoses, and it was held at CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, on the 1st and 3rd of February 2024", [2024]
Isha Kashyap, "Best poster presentation award at the 21st Biennial conference of AGI held at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi from 13-15 December.", [2024]
Anjali Gupta, "Best Poster Presentation Award at the 63rd Annual International Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India conducted by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana from 2nd to 4th of February.", [2023]

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