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

Congratulations to Shaurya Dumka, a M.Tech student working under Prof. Sachin Kumar for winning the Best Oral Presentation Award at Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research(IAAVR) Conference held at Anand, Gujarat on 3rd and 4th Feb, 2023 New

Feb 7, 2023

Congratulations to Anjali Gupta (Supervisor: Prof. Sachin Kumar) for winning the 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. New

Feb 7, 2023

Congratulations to our PhD students: Shirish Bhagwan Kathane, Sam P Mathew, Atreeye Borthakur, Chinmaya Panda, Jyoti Prakash Ray, Kodieswaran M, Sujisha S Nambiar, Naveen Kumar, Smrity Sonbhadra for receiving the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) in May 2022 session. New

Nov 23, 2022

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Events

Online Course On "Biointerface Engineering" Through NPTEL Swayam. New
Feb 20, 2023

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Notification

DBT - BIOTECH INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME (BITP) 2022-23 UNDER SKILL VIGYAN New
Jan 19, 2023
List of supervisors for newly admitted PhD students Dec, 2022 New
Jan 11, 2023
Timetable for January-April 2023 semester New
Jan 2, 2023

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Academic Programmes

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Doctoral

Post Doctoral

Recent Publications

1. War, A.S.V., Kumar, N., Chanda, S.
Does preclinical analysis based on static loading underestimate post-surgery stem micromotion in THA as opposed to dynamic gait loading?,
Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Springer vol., no. , pp.-, [2023]

2. Hussain MS, Anand V, Kumar M
Functional PAM sequence for DNA interference by CRISPR-Cas I-B system of Leptospira interrogans and the role of LinCas11b encoded within lincas8b,
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules vol.237, no.124086 , pp.1-14, [2023]

3. Gaurav Bhatt, Akshita Gupta, Latha Rangan, Anil Mukund Limaye
Global transcriptome analysis reveals partial estrogen-like effects of karanjin in MCF-7 breast cancer cells,
Gene vol.830, no. , pp.146507-, [2022]

4. Anand V, Harshini SP, Gogoi P, Kanaujia SP and Kumar M
Structural and functional characterization of Cas2 of CRISPR-Cas subtype I-C lacking the CRISPR component,
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences vol.988569, no.9 , pp.-15, [2022]

5. Das M, Maiti SK
Current knowledge on cyanobacterial biobutanol production: advances, challenges, and prospects,
Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology vol.21, no.2 , pp.483-516, [2022]

6. Rumela Mitra, Ayushi Rehman, Kusum Kumari Singh*, Bithiah Grace Jaganathan*
Multifaceted Roles of MAGOH Proteins,
Molecular Biology Reports vol., no.MOLE-D-21-06677R1 , pp.-, [2022]

7. Vivek Prakash, Mukesh B, Sajitha Sasidharan, Amay Sanjay Redkar, Abhishek Roy, R. Anandalakshmi and Vibin Ramakrishnan
Syndiotactic hexamer peptide nanodots,
European Biophysics Journal vol., no. , pp.-, [2022]

8. Gaurav Jerath, Pramod Darvin, Yvonne Christian, Vishal Trivedi, T. R. Santhosh Kumar and Vibin Ramakrishnan*
Delivery of Small Molecules by Syndiotactic Peptides for Breast Cancer Therapy,
Molecular Pharmaceutics vol., no. , pp.-, [2022]

9. Vivek Prakash, Yvonne Christian, Amay Sanjay Redkar, Abhishek Roy, R. Anandalakshmi and Vibin Ramakrishnan*
Antibacterial Hydrogels of Aromatic Tripeptides.,
Soft Matter vol., no. , pp.-, [2022]

10. Bhagyashree Deka, Pratap Chandra, Priyanka Yadav, Ayushi Rehman, Sweta Kumari, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara and Kusum Kumari Singh
RNPS1 functions as an oncogenic splicing factor in cervical cancer cells,
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology vol., no. , pp.-, [2022]

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Awards and honours

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]
Prof. Shankar Prasad Kanaujia, "Adjunct Faculty at the Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad", [2022]
Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi, "Featured in the book titled “She Is: 75 Women in STEAM” is released by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India and British High Commission, New Delhi.", [2022]
Prof. Sachin Kumar, "F.M.Burnett award from INDIAN SOCIETY FOR VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (ISVIB) Year 21-22.", [2022]
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]
Shaurya Dumka, "Best Oral Presentation Award at Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research(IAAVR) Conference held at Anand, Gujarat on 3rd and 4th Feb, 2023.", [2023]
H Krishna Kumar, "Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Award 2021 ", [2022]
Sandra Jose, Arisha Arora, Sandhya S, "Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF)", [2022]
IMNANARO, "Assam Bio-Innovation Fellowship (ABF) Award by the Assam Biotechnology Council (ABTC) under Department of Science, Technology and Climate Change, Govt. of Assam", [2022]

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