DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES AND BIOENGINERING

List of Research Topics

13th April 2016
Sr.
No.

Name of Guide/
Co-guide

BTI 1

S. Patankar

BTI 2

Ranjith P

BTI 3

Ashutosh Kumar

BTI 4

Shamik Sen

BTI 5

P.V. Balaji

BTI6

Ambarish Kunwar

BTI 7

Ambarish Kunwar

BTI 8

Ambarish Kunwar

BTI 9

Kiran Kondabagil
Co guide: Pradeep
Kumar (Chemistry
Dept.)
BTI 10 Ashutosh Kumar
Co-guide: Kiran
Kondabagil

Title/s of research project

BT I Interdisciplinary
Role of upstream ORFs in stress responses of
Plasmodium falciparum
Physics of DNA packaging: computational study of
3D architecture of genome
Role of intrinsic dynamics in the protein
interaction, recognition, and assembly of
specialized nucleosome
Physical regulation of cancer stem cell properties
and invasiveness by the extracellular matrix
Algorithms for the identification of ligand binding
sites based on hybrid machine-learning and
evolutionary-computing techniques: applications in
functional genomics and drug design
Computational study of interactions of various
potential anti-cancer drugs with cancer drugresistant tubulin istopyes
Understanding interplay of biological nano-motors
during chromosome segregation
Computational Modelling of Changes in Cargo
Transport by Molecular Motors with Temperature

Special academic prerequisites

None
M Sc Physics
BSc with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics; M.Sc.:
Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology.
The project will be entirely computational. The selected
student should either have some programming knowledge
or be willing to learn programming.
None

Experience of computer programming and strong interest

in computational modeling
Experience of computer programming and strong interest
in computational modeling
Experience of computer programming and strong interest
in computational modeling

Insights into the mechanism of terminal transferase

and DNA polymerase activities of a promiscuous
primase from mimivirus:

None

Investigation of structural and molecular

determinants of encapsidated viral genome
architecture by NMR spectroscopy

Student should have Physics and Chemistry in B. Sc.

BTI 11 Samir Maji

BTI 12 Samir Maji

BTB 1

S.K. Ghosh

BTB 2

P.V. Balaji

BTB 3

Shamik Sen

BTB 4

P.S. Phale

BTB 5

Prakriti Tayalia

BME 1 Hari M Varma

BME 2 Hari M Varma

BME 3 Rohit Srivastava

BME4

Rohit Srivastava

BME 5 Neeta Kanekar

BME 6 Prakriti Tayalia

Studying amyloid formation of growth hormone

(GH) and prolactin (PRL) for their storage
mechanism in secretory granule biogenesis
Amyloid formation of p53 in cancer
BT B - Biology
Understanding regulation of meiosis at a molecular
level
Role of loop flexibility in modulating the function
of enzymes involved in glycosylation a molecular
dynamics study
Microenvironmental regulation of embryonic stem
cell fate
Studies on molecular mechanisms involved in the
preferential utilization of aromatic compounds by
Pseudomonas putida CSV86
Biomaterial-based immunotherapeutic strategies
BME
Developing a diffuse correlation tomography
system for blood flow measurement
Developing computational algorithms/ codes for
diffuse correlation tomography system for blood
flow measurement
Preclinical Evaluation of Gold NP coated
PLGA/PNVCL Based Cancer Therapy
Development of Low Cost Water Monitoring Kit
for multiplex heavy metal detection
Role of Cognitive Fatigue in Feedforward and
Feedback Control of Human Standing Balance

Photoresponsive hydrogels for tissue engineering

applications

M.Sc. in Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biotechnology and

Physics, Chemistry & Maths at B.Sc. level.
M.Sc. in Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biotechnology and
Physics, Chemistry & Maths at B.Sc. level.
None
None

None
None

None
Students with Engineering (Electrical, Electronics,
Mechanical, Instrumentation, Biomedical, Photonics),
Physics (Masters) or Mathematics (Masters) background
Students with Engineering (Electrical, Electronics,
Mechanical, Instrumentation, Biomedical, Photonics),
Physics (Masters) or Mathematics (Masters) background
MTech/M.S with at least 2 years experience
MTech/M.S with at least 2 years experience
MATLAB programming skills highly desirable,
Computer Science/Electrical/ Instrumentation/Biomedical
engineering/ Physiotherapy/M.B.B.S backgrounds
preferred
M.Pharm., M.Tech. (BT, Ch), M.Sc.(Ch)

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