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