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.

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Congratulations to the following PhD students for receiving the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF): AJITHKUMAR V, BHARATHWAJ N, DEEPA MEHTA, MOHAMMED ASKKAR DEEN F, POOJA JATAV, SHOMINA DEHURY, VISHWA R New

Oct 31, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. B Anand for being awarded "S. Ramachandran-National Bioscience Award for Career Development" by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. New

Sep 1, 2023

Congratulations to Krishna Kant Pachauri, a research under the supervision of Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi, for receiving travel grant from SERB-DST under the International Travel Scheme (ITS) for presenting research paper at "15th International association for Plant Biotechnology Congress (IAPB 2023), Celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology, from August 6-11, 2023 held at Daejeon Convention Center (DCC), Daejeon, Korea New

Aug 17, 2023

Congratulations to the medal winners of 25th Convocation: Amey Ramesh Rambatla, Harita M, and Khushi Karnani New

Jul 10, 2023

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Information regarding PhD selection interview in the the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering for December, 2023 session. New
Nov 17, 2023
Courses offered for July-November semester 2023 New
Jul 26, 2023
Time Table for July-November 2023 session New
Jul 13, 2023
Changing of the name of the programme B.Tech In Biotechonology to B.Tech in Biosciences and Bioengineering
Sep 25, 2020

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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. Dipak Kumar Kanaujiya, Ajay Kumar Chhantyal, G. Pugazhenthi, Kannan Pakshirajan
A novel hybrid system for continuous biodegradation and toxicity removal of low molecular weight phthalates,
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering vol.11, no.3 , pp.109983-, [2023]

4. Sweta Kumari, Bhagyashree Deka, and Kusum Kumari Singh
Serine-rich domain of RNPS1 functions in activation of alternative splicing,
Genes to Cells vol., no.PMID: 37204171 , pp.-, [2023]

5. Baruah D, Marak CNK, Roy A, Gohain D, Kumar A, Das P, Borkovich KA, Tamuli R
Multiple calcium signaling genes play a role in the circadian period of Neurospora crassa,
FEMS Microbiology Letters vol.370, no. , pp.-, [2023]

6. Mahesh R, Yashavanth PR, Maiti SK
Modulation of macro and micronutrients to enhance lipid production by Scenedesmus abundans in a flat-panel photobioreactor under outdoor natural sunlight,
Biofuels vol., no. , pp.1-16, [2023]

7. Aparajita Dutta , Kusum Kumari Singh , Ashish Anand
Identification of Splice Junctions Across Species Using BLSTM Model,
ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY vol., no. , pp.1-6, [2023]

8. Sweta Kumari, Ayushi Rehman, Pratap Chandra, Kusum K. Singh
Functional role of SAP18 protein: From transcriptional repression to splicing regulation,
Cell Biochemistry and Function vol., no. , pp.-, [2023]

9. Bhagyashree Deka, Kusum K Singh
Identification of Candidate RNA Binding Proteins Associated with RNPS1 3’UTR,
Healthcare Research and Related Technologies vol., no. , pp.-, [2023]

10. Bhagyashree Deka, Ayushi Rehman, Kusum Kusum Kumari Singh
miR-6893-3p is a bonafide negative regulator of splicing activator, RNPS1,
3 Biotech vol.13, no.340 , pp.-, [2023]

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Awards and honours

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]
Prof. Shankar Prasad Kanaujia, "Adjunct Faculty at the Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad", [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]
Soumyadeep Sarkar, ""Novel Intraoperative Device Award" while leading a team from IIT Guwahati in MEDHA 2023 event held at IIT Bombay", [2023]
Krishna Kant Pachauri, "Travel grant from SERB-DST under the International Travel Scheme (ITS) for presenting research paper at "15th International association for Plant Biotechnology Congress (IAPB 2023), Celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology, from August 6-11, 2023 held at Daejeon Convention Center (DCC), Daejeon, Korea", [2023]
H Krishna Kumar, "Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Award 2021 ", [2022]

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