FACILITIES AVAILABLE

Fermentation : Lab-to-pilot-scale fermentors of capacities varying from 2 to 1,500 litres for continuous and batch fermentation, high-capacity homogenizers, centrifugal separators, ultra filtration, rotary vacuum filter, spray drier; Large-scale down stream processing equipment.

Tissue & Cell Culture: Facility with multiple, independent units containing laminar flow hoods, CO2 incubators, LN2 storage facilities, inverted and upright microscopes with photography and fluorescence attachments, FACS, and stocks of nearly 100 different cell lines.

Microbial Type Culture Collection: Facility for maintenance, preservation and identification of Microorganisms, the collection holds over 5,000 cultures of bacteria and fungi and is now recognized as an International Depositary Authority (IDA).

Animal House: Experimental animal facility providing several high-quality inbred strains of mice for immunological work, as well as rabbits and hamsters.

Bioinformatics & Biocomputing: Digital Alpha workstation/Silicon Graphics/Apple/Sun/IBM/ 45mbps leased line, Local area networking, Software for molecular modelling; Wifi based Internet accessible from all labs.

Protein & DNA Analysis: Automated protein sequencer, amino acid analyzer, semi-automated peptide synthesizer and manual solution-phase synthesis, HPLCs, FPLCs, microbore and pilot-scale protein purification systems, Automated DNA sequencers, Liquid scintillation counters, pulse-field and other gel electrophoresis, thermal cyclers, Real Time PCR, DNA electroporator’s; MALDI-TOF Mass spectrometer; Protein spot-picking workstation; DNA microarray-analyzer; Gel scanning, imaging  and phosphorimager. Automated protein sequencer, amino acid analyzer, semi-automated peptide synthesizer and manual solution-phase synthesis, HPLCs, FPLCs, microbore and pilot-scale protein purification systems, Automated DNA sequencers, Liquid scintillation counters, pulse-field and other gel electrophoresis, thermal cyclers, Real Time PCR, DNA electroporator’s; MALDI-TOF Mass spectrometer; Protein spot-picking workstation; DNA microarray-analyzer; Gel scanning, imaging  and phosphorimager.

Microscopy: Optical microscopes; Confocal microscope with spectral imaging; SEM & TEM X-ray Cystallography: Rotating anode X-ray generator, image plate and microscope. Spectroscopy: UV/Vis Absorption spectrophotometer, Spectrofluorometer, FT-IR Absorption Spectrophotometer and Atomic absorption spectrometer.

Library: Over 160 subscribed periodicals in areas of Institute's expertise; over 6400 reference books and text; journal back issues in paper and microfilm form; microfilm  reading facilities.

Intellectual Property Management: State of the art patent databases like Scifinder, Delphion, Derwent &  Micropatent.

Miscellaneous: Centrally air-conditioned laboratories with 24 hrs power supply and standby power generation.