Department of Biotechnology Laboratories

Plant Growth Facilities

Hi-tech greenhouse
Net house
Plant growth chamber

Microbial Culture Facilities

Autoclaves
Laminar air flow chambers
Environmental shakers
Anaerobic glove chamber
Anaerobic incubators
Biosafety cabinet
Electronic colony counters
Compound microscope with digital imaging facility
Phase contrast and fluorescence microscope
Incinerator

Plant Tissue Culture Facilities

Laminar air flow chamber
Stereozoom microscope
Plant growth chamber
Net house for hardening

Biochemistry / Molecular Biology / Bioinformatics Facilities

Electronic balance
Circulating water bath
Colorimeter
Spectrophotometer – UV
Table top ice maker
Plant sample grinder
Tissue grinder for DNA extraction
Benchtop refrigerated centrifuge / microfuges
Deep freezers (-20°c / -40°c / -80°c)
Elisa multimode microplate reader
Gradient PCR machine
Real time PCR
Electrophoresis units for DNA and protein analyses
Gel documentation unit
Hybridization oven
Water purification system
Workstations / Linux server for genome data analyses
Analytical Facility
IR digester
Fume hood
Vacuum concentrator
Rotary evaporator
Spectrophotometer- UV – VIS – NIR
X-ray fluorescence analyser
Amino acid analyser
Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
Freeze drier – Lyophilizer

Food science research

Rice milling meter
Retort packaging machine
De huller with grader polisher
Destoner for small millets