DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Major Facilities
- Bio-incubator Facility (Click here)
- Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (Click here)
- Centre of Excellence in Bioprocess Engineering
- DST-FIST Facility
- Low Dose Gamma Irradiation Facility (Click here)
- LC-MS (Orbitrap Elite) (Click here)
- National Cancer Tissue Bank (Click here))
- National Centre for Cellular Dynamics
- Program Support in Cancer Biology
The department has several modern equipment for biotechnology research. Some of the major equipment include:
- Fourier Transform Infrared Analyser
- Circular Dichroism Spectrometer
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- Fluorescent Microscopes
- HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography)
- FPLC (Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography)
- Gas Chromatograph
- Micro plate Spectrophotometers
- UV – Visible Spectrophotometers
- Bioreactors
- Gas Analyser
- Lyophilizer
- Gel Documentation System
- High speed and Ultra Centrifuges
- Atomic Force Microscope
- Cell Counters
- Real-time PCR
- Electric Cell Impedance System (ECIS)
- Live Cell Imaging
- Freezers, Cold rooms
The centralized departmental facilities include:
- Tissue Culture Facility
- Patch Clamp Facility
- Tissue Processing Facility
- Auto radiographic Facility
- Dark Room
- Fly Lab
- Department Computational Facility
- Autoclave Facility
- Biosafety Level 2 Facility
- Flow Cytometry Facility (Click here)
- Confocal Microscopy Facility
- RT-PCR and DNA sequencing Facility