Department of Biotechnology Laboratories

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University > Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai > 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

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

Food science research

  • De huller with grader polisher
  • Destoner for small millets
  • Retort packaging machine