Biotechnological approaches of plant associated microbes for improved plant productivity and ecosystem functioning in mangrove forest of Bhitarakanika, Odisha, India. Sponsoring Agency: DBT Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Surajit Das (PI)
• Jan 2022 - Jan 2025

Deciphering MTP18 as an inner membrane mitophagy receptor in clearance of damaged mitochondria subdomains and its relevance in mitoptosis. Sponsoring Agency: Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB) Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Sujit Kumar Bhutia (PI)
• Dec 2021 - Dec 2024

Identification of novel autophagy modulators to augment host directed therapies again mycobacteria. Sponsoring Agency: Science & Technology Department,Govt Of Odisha Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Rohan Dhiman (PI)
• Nov 2021 - Nov 2024

Role of microorganisms on the productivity of the Bhitarakanika Mangrove Forest and potentiality of rhizosphere inhabiting bacteria in mangrove reforestation. Sponsoring Agency: CSIR Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Surajit Das (PI)
• Aug 2021 - Aug 2024

To study and gain mechanistic insights into the regulation of Salmonella pathogenesis by endogenous CRISPR-Cas system. Sponsoring Agency: DBT Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Vidya Devi Negi (PI)
• Dr. Meghana Tare (Co-PI)
• Jul 2021 - Jul 2024

Optimizing znonp-insulin interaction interface in order to optimize insulin formulation. Sponsoring Agency: ICMR Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Suman Jha (PI)
• Prof. Monalisa Mishra (Co-PI)
• Mar 2021 - Mar 2024

Enhancing broad spectrum disease resistance against rice blast by engineering orthologous nonhost resistance genes of Arabidopsis in rice. Sponsoring Agency: Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB) Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Binod Bihari Sahu (PI)
• Mar 2021 - Jun 2024

Analysis of Pax9 methylation in oral carcinogenesis and its reactivation leading to lethal autophagy for potential cancer therapeutics. Sponsoring Agency: ICMR Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Sujit Kumar Bhutia (PI)
• Prof. Samir Kumar Patra (Co-PI)
• Mar 2021 - Feb 2024

Identification of new drug(s) for treating Endometriosis-Associated Infertility by drug repurposing using signature MicroRNAs. Sponsoring Agency: ICMR Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Bibekanand Mallick (PI)
• Dr. Srinivasan Muthuswamy (Co-PI)
• Sep 2020 - Sep 2023

Evaluation of alpha-synuclein aggregation propensity on interaction with varying zinc oxide nanoparticles interfaces. Sponsoring Agency: DST Department: LS:Life Science

• Prof. Suman Jha (PI)
• Dec 2019 - Jun 2023