Central Dogma conducts projects for
- Bachelor’s and Master’s dissertation
- Research project for hands-on skill building (as part of MS/PhD assistance program for prospective applicants applying in India/ Abroad)
Domain Areas:
rDNA Technology
- Cloning and expression of recombinant protein
- Recombinant protein purification and activity
- Fusion protein expression (along with cloning)
- Cloning and expression of antibiotic resistance gene
- Optimization of fermentation conditions for recombinant protein expression using shake flask method (optimization of media, seed culture age, inducer, induction time etc)
- Expression and purification of industrially important enzyme
- Expression of recombinant bacterial enzyme
Population genetics: Genotyping and SNP analysis
Microbiology:
- Isolation and identification of industrially important microbes from enviorment
- Study of antimicrobial activity from plant source
- Enzyme production from microbes at lab scale and enzyme activity analysis
Food Technology:
- Biochemical analysis and comparison of different food/juice/soft drink/Milk
- Microbiological analysis of food samples and method development and validation for identification specific food contaminating microbes
Botany:
- Analysis of plant extracts (Biochemical/ TLC/ Microbial)
- Extraction of phyotochemicals from plant source and comparitive analysis
Duration of the project: Can be 5-6 months or 3-4 months
For 6 months project:
- Training before initiation of project: 3-4 weeks depending upon chosen project
- Project work: 3-4 months
- Thesis/Report drafting: 4-5 week
For 3 months project:
- Training before initiation of project: 1-2 weeks depending upon chosen project
- Project work: 8-10 weeks
- Thesis/Report drafting: 1-2 week
Project Execution
Project is designed based on the interest of the participant
Participants are expected to do literature review on their own. Guidance is given to carry out literature review.
Participants undergo training with respect to utilization of instruments and are familiarized with laboratory rules, reagent preparation and utilization
All the projects are supervised by the faculty on daily basis
Faculty member updates the participant about his/her progress and also gives suggestions for any improvements to complete the project in timely manner
Faculty member also guides on the documentation/interpretation of the results
Participants are responsible for writing the thesis /dissertation