RESEARCH PROJECTS (ONGOING EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS AT GBU)
| Project Title | Funding Agency (DST, DBT, GSBTM) | Principal Investigator (PI) Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI) |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the urban clusters of Narmada River, Gujarat. | GSBTM | Dr. Chirayu Desai (PI) |
| Novel enzymaic strategy for synthesizing human milk oligosaccharides for promoting health of infants. | DBT | Dr. Ravindra Pal Singh (PI) |
| Prophylactic health products from macroalgae and their digestion by human gut microbial communities. | DBT | Dr. Ravindra Pal Singh (PI) |
| Exploring prophylactic activities of diverse structural pectin oligosaccharides: a step towards nutrigenomics. | DBT | Dr. Ravindra Pal Singh (PI) |
| Hydrogen gas production by engineered Escherichia coli utilizing crude glycerol and lignocellulose biomass. | DBT | Dr. Sudheer P. (PI) |
| Aptamer-nanoparticles conjugate: a next generation theranostic agents for phytopathogenic fungi. | DBT | Dr. Tarun Sharma (PI) |
| Understanding the role of microtubule dynamics in autophagy and its implication in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. | DBT | Dr. Ankit Rai (PI) |
| Identification of Novel Genes/QTLs for seed quality and nutrition traits in pigeon pea using genome-wide association mapping. | DST | Dr. Nisha Singh (PI) |
| Chemical modulator based microalga bio refinery for the production of biofuels and bio products. | SERB-DST | Dr. Imran Pancha (PI) |
| Development of an aptamer based Low-cost Non Invasive Screening Test for Hyperbilirubinemia. | DBT | Dr. Tarun Sharma (PI) |
| Sepsis-related Mortality in Neonates in India: A Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Institutional Research Program For Context-specific solution-“Project 10 – an aptamer Based approach To Expedite Accurate Diagnosis of Bacterial and Fungal Sepsis in Neonates. | DBT | Dr. Tarun Sharma (PI) |
| Identification and validation of potential phytochemicals against proteases (3CLpro/Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 using combined computational and experimental tools. | GSBTM | Dr. Dhaval Patel (PI) |
| Development of high-throughput drug repurposing pipeline for lead molecule identification against ESKAP. | GSBTM | Dr. Dhaval Patel (PI) |
| Wastewater to biofuel and bio products: Cyanobacterial bio refinery through a green circular bio-economy. | GSBTM | Dr. Sudheer Pamidimarri (PI) Dr. Imran Pancha (PI) Dr. Sangram Lenka (PI) Dr.Chirayu Desai (PI) Dr. Sandeep Panda (Co-PI) |
| CRISPR Crop Network: Targeted improvement of stress tolerance, nutritional quality and yield of crops by using genome editing. | ICAR-NASF | Dr. Sangram Lenka (PI) |
| Mari culture waste generated seaweed biomass production for agriculture, bioenergy and biomedical application. | DST | Dr. Nitin Trivedi (PI) |
| Heterogeneity and specialized functions of Ribosome: Role of mRNA multiplexing. | DBT | Dr. Rohini Nair (PI) |
| Low-Budget Natural Farming (LBNF): Underpinning the Gujarat agro-climatic zones’ soil-specific natural farming practices for sustainable and climate resilient agriculture. | GSBTM | Dr. Jagat Rathod (PI) Dr. Balaram Mohapatra (PI) Dr. Imran Pancha (Co-PI) |
| Engineering Hybrid Biological Systems for self-Sustainable treatment of persistent mobile chemicals in common effluent treatment plant (CETP) wastewater. | GSBTM | Dr. Chirayu Desai (PI) Dr. Varun Shah (Co-PI) |
| Development of a point-of-care (POC) biosensor for the detection of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides in environmental samples. | GSBTM | Dr. Tarun Sharma (PI) |
| Establishing environmental surveillance of emerging pathogens and pollutants from Gujarat using multi ‘-omics’ approaches. | GSBTM | Dr. Varun Shah (PI) |
| Integrated Treatment of Lignite and Acid Mine Drainage for Remediation of Pollutants and Generation of Clean Coal, Bio Methane and Bio-Composites: A Circular Bio-Economy Approach. | GSBTM | Dr. Sandeep Panda (PI) Dr. Balaram Mohapatra (PI) Dr. Jagat Rathod (PI) |
