Faculty of Science and Technology

About The Department

The University of Mysore established Department of Studies in Applied Botany and Seed Pathology (DAB) by integrating the ICAR supported Downy Mildew Research Laboratory (DMRL), UGC-SAP-DRS programme on Seed Pathology and M.Phil. in Seed Pathology programme which were formerly housed in the Department of Studies in Botany.  DAB introduced M.Sc. in Biotechnology in 1992, which was recognized under DBT-HRD programme of Government of India in 1998.  The Department proved its potential as a premier training and research center by attracting grants from various national funding agencies like UGC, ICAR, ICMR, DAE, DBT, and DST, and international agencies like DANIDA, EEC, EU etc.  In the last 20 years, the department has generated INR 25 Crores. 

M.Phil. programme in Seed Pathology (later Seed Technology) was initiated by the efforts of Dr. Paul Neergaard and Dr. S. B. Mathur, Director of DGISP in the year 1980.  Dr. Paul Neergaard was a Visiting Professor under Sir M. Visweswaraiah Chair.  With the support of DANIDA and Danish Seed Health Center (DSHC) the department was recognized as Asian Seed Health Center to coordinate the training and research activities in seed health for the Asian region.

The DOS in Applied Botany & Seed Pathology was renamed as DOS in Biotechnology in 2009 by integrating all the courses and research activities and the faculty resources. The M.Sc. Biotechnology Programme at the department is funded by DBT under the HRD scheme.  Under this scheme 15 students are admitted to the M.Sc. programme through National level Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B) conducted by National Testing Agency. The department is currently carrying out research in various branches of Biotechnology such as Plant molecular biology and biotechnology, Molecular plant microbe interactions, microbial biotechnology, cancer biology, peptidoglycomics, environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, etc. 

Outstanding Achievements/ Milestones of the department

Sl.No Name of Programme Funding Agency Duration Total approved cost (Rs in lakhs)
1 UGC-SAP-DRS UGC    
  Phase I   1982-87 18
  Phase II   1988-93 23
  Phase III   1994-99 35
  Phase III Cont   2000-05 47
  UGC- SAP-DSA      
  Phase I   2007-12 71.5
  Phase II   2014-19 100
2 Seed Virology, Bacteriology Research & training DANIDA-ENRECA, Denmark 1992-98 200
3 UGC- COSIST UGC 1999-2004 35
4 FIST- Phase I DST 2002-07 55
  Phase II   2010-15 72.5
5 Seed Pathology Training Programme DANIDA, Denmark 2003-10 300
6 DBT-HRD for M.Sc Biotechnology DBT 1999- till date >200

 

Infrastructure Facilities

  • High Speed Refrigerated Centrifuges
  • Thermal cyclers
  • Microscopes
    • Epifluorescence, phase contrast, stereo binocular with digital imaging
    • Inverted Trinocular and fluorescence with CCD Camera
  • Deep freezers (-200C and -800C)
  • UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
  • Gel documentation unit/Chemidoc-it
  • Biofermentor
  • CO2 incubator
  • Nano drop Spectrophotometer
  • Multimode Plate Reader
  • Liquid Scintillation Counter
  • Lyophilizer
  • Computational and networking facilities
  • Departmental Library
  • Generator facilities 
  • Green House, Screen House and Polyhouse facilities
  • Plant Tissue Culture
  • Eukaryotic cell culture facility
  • Well equipped Molecular Biology Laboratories
  • National facility to screen for downy mildew resistance in pearl millet
  • Two Lecture Halls, One Seminar Hall
  • Four practical Labs for M.Sc. Students

 


Seminar Hall


Computational Facility


M.Sc Biotechnology Lab


Departmental Library


Multilable Plate Reader


Refrigerated Centrifuge


Chemidocit (Image analysis)


Lyophyllizer


Inverted Microscope with Image Acquisition


Biosafety Cabinet (Class II)

Location

The department is located at Manasagangotri postgraduate campus of the university. Click on the image below for a detailed map of the campus and the city.


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