IILM - Department of Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the most fascinating and developing technology in this growing world.

The roots of biotechnology came from ancient world and became the most promising field

in the science of life. By definition “Biotechnology means any technological application

that uses living organisms or their derivatives, to make or modify products or processes for

specific use.” Development, sustainability and innovation – present scenario of

Biotechnology deals in all these domains covering the thrust areas like agriculture,

pharmaceutical biotechnology & drug discovery, medical biotechnology, industrial

biotechnology, protein engineering, plant & environmental technologies, microbial

research, food biotechnology.

Department of Biotechnology at IILM College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida is a

Centre of Excellence established in the year 2002 to contribute in the field of research and

education. It has four year full time undergraduate (B.Tech.) and two year full time postgraduate

(M.Tech.) academic programs with NBA accreditation, AICTE approval and AKTU affiliation.

The programs runs to impart quality education producing university rank holders every year. The

department is continuously growing in the field of research giving an excellent research

environment for budding biotech engineers and research scholars. It has strong interdisciplinary

research base along with collaborations with research organizations and industries. Research

contribution by students and faculty members includes both projects and publications.

Student’s shows tremendous interest in biotechnology as it has both technical and procedural

applications touching a vast array of disciplines. This in turn opens a lot many job opportunities

for students who are seeking a stable career in their life. Multiple career opportunities are

introduced to students with an excellent placement record every year. Students are well placed in

industries like Biocon, Mankind, Nestle, Anmol, Coco Cola, Horiba, Bikano, Besure, Cordlife,

IDS, Biocell, Aptara, Cryoviva, Max, etc. and research institutes like AIIMS,IARI, DRDO, ICAR,

IIT, etc. Students are exposed to higher studies qualifying GATE and TOEFL, GRE, IELTS

studying in US, UK, Australia, Germany, etc.

Placement is a major concern and thus Guest Lectures (AIIMS, IITD, CTC, NII, Codon, IASRI,

GBU, JIIT, etc), Workshops (IBRI, IIPTA, Rapture, etc.) and Visits to Research Institutes &

Industries (Coco Cola, Yakult, Priyagold, Mother Dairy, NDRI, NSDC, etc.) are regularly

organized keeping students aware about the ongoing scenario of this field. Mentoring, Career

counseling and Personality Development are the key areas which we focus apart from

conventional learning. Department is regularly organizing conferences & seminars (Sponsored by

AKTU, AICTE, ICMR, CSIR, DST, etc.) bringing together various eminent personalities from the

field of research and industry (Dr. Reddy’s, Jubilant, ICMR, DRDO, TERI, AIIMS IITD, ICPO,

DTU, DU, etc.) and giving a platform to students to show their talent. Students actively participate

in cultural, sports and extracurricular activities organized at college and inter college levels.

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Ms. ROMA CHANDRA

CONTENTS

1. The cover story : Colours of biotechnology

2. Departmental events

a. National conference

b. Faculty development programs

c. Workshops

d. Guest lectures

e. Industrial visits

3. Students achievements

4. IBIOC club activities

5. Placements

6. Research @ IILM – DBT

7. Alumni speaks

8. New discovery

9. Poem

The Cover Story

Colours of Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a rapidly growing area of science and technology working for human

welfare. The field of biotechnology expands from agriculture to food, from human health to

environment, growing in multiple areas to improve human life throughout the world.

Biotechnologies based on applications are broadly classified into Animal Biotechnology,

Medical Biotechnology, Industrial Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Plant

Biotechnology. Biotechnology has several branches like blue biotechnology, bioinformatics,

green biotechnology, red biotechnology and white biotechnology. Blue biotechnology mainly

deals with marine organisms, their study and their protection. Green biotechnology is a

branch that basically deals with agriculture sector. Agriculture with study of tissue culture

techniques, growing transgenic plants and applications of genetic engineering are few areas

covered under green biotechnology. Bioinformatics is the combination of computer and

biotechnology which has applications both in biotech and pharma sector. It includes study of

genomics and proteomics including drug development and data management. Red

biotechnology refers to medical biotechnology as it deals with production of drugs and

dealing with the analysis and cure of diseases. White biotechnology is industry

biotechnology dealing with various biotech products. Also, following branches are also

working under Biotechnology. Animal Biotechnology: Its main application is to develop

transgenic animals for increased milk or meat production with resistance to various diseases.

Medical Biotechnology: Its main application is to develop drugs and vaccines for various

diseases like chicken pox, rabies, polio etc. Industrial Biotechnology: Its main application is

commercial production of various useful organic substances, such as acetic acid, citric acid,

acetone, glycerine, etc., and antibiotics like penicillin, streptomycin, mitomycin, etc., through

the use of microorganisms especially fungi and bacteria. Environmental Biotechnology: Its

main application is to deal with detoxification of waste and industrial effluents, treatment of

sewage water, and control of plant diseases and insects through the use of biological agents,

such as viruses, bacteria, fungi etc. Plant Biotechnology: Its application is both in tissue

culture and genetic engineering as it deals with development of transgenic plants with

resistance to biotic and abiotic stress; development of haploids, embryo rescue, clonal

multiplication, cryopreservation etc. Some of the other areas in which biotechnology is

making marked contributions are in Developing Bioproducts, Horticulture, Floriculture,

Dairy, Food processing, Renewable energy, Crime detection, Aquaculture etc.

Why Biotechnology as a career?

Biotechnology is all about when living cells and materials produced by them are used for

environmental, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. In essence,

biotechnology is all about utilizing the raw ingredients of life and produce maximum output

to help solve society’s problems. What's more, biotechnology is the branch of science which

is not confined or bound as a single discipline but includes many interdisciplinary branches

of science rapidly gaining significance and opportunities for youngsters who want to explore

the new frontiers of science. On one hand, it caters to the industrial sector such as food and

beverages industry, textiles industry, biological products, medicines and pharmaceuticals

while on the other hand this branch of science caters to the requirements of agriculture,

animal husbandry, nutrition and environmental conservation. It is predicted that

biotechnology will become one of the most important applied sciences of this century and

beyond and that is the reason why biotechnology is the perfect field to get involved with

a graduate job. When we think about careers in biotechnology, we think of a scientist in a

white coat in a laboratory developing drugs to improve the quality of life. However,

biotechnology has a wide variety of career opportunities ranging from research and

development, to sales and marketing, from manufacturing to quality control and assurance in

industrial sector such as food & beverages industry, textiles industry, biological products,

medicines and pharmaceuticals.

Students are showing tremendous interest in biotechnology as biotechnology has both

technical and procedural application touching a vast array of disciplines. This in turn opens a

lot many job opportunities for students who are seeking a stable career in their life.

Biotechnology, along with its many sub-fields, finds use in so many applications that many

new fields have and are being derived from within it.

Some of the areas where a biotechnologist can fit in are Agriculture, Animal Husbandry,

Animal Technician, Bioinformatics Specialist, Clinical Research Associate, Documentation

Coordinator, Environment Conservation, Forensic DNA Analyst, Genetic Engineering,

Greenhouse And Field Technician, Health Care, Industrial Research And Development

Medicine, Instrumentation/ Calibration Technician, Laboratory Automation Specialist,

Laboratory Technician, Manufacturing Assistant, Manufacturing Technician, Quality

Assurance Specialist, Quality Control Technician, Research Associate, Sales Representative.

Few of the recruiters at IILM are following:

Building Researchers in Biotechnology

Make in India campaign had helped India to grow as a manufacturing hub and establish itself

as the next global biotech hub opening new opportunities for the coming generations. India is

a land of talented and enthusiastic scientific workforce and is putting its efforts in a direction

to grow its bioeconomy. Biotechnology as an industry can provide significant economic

growth and development. It has various branched to address like substantial healthcare, food,

energy, environmental, etc. The Indian biotechnology sector is divided into five major

segments - bio-pharma, bio-services, bio-agriculture, bio-industrial and bio-informatics.

Besides, India’s biotech industry is the third largest in Asia-Pacific region and is on the cusp

of entering a new era. The growth in this sector is a contribution of government along with

various investments. And particularly the country is able to produce scientists and engineers

who are capable of developing products and technologies. Research laboratories had given

biotechnology wings to fly. And academic institutions providing degrees in biotechnology is

boosting this sector producing new engineers and researchers who can work in this field and

make biotechnology sector famous across the world. IILM as an organization is involved

both in research and education. The institute is involved in many research projects. Both

B.Tech. And M.Tech. students are involved in projects under the guidance of faculty

members. Students are publishing research articles as well as presenting them in conferences.

B.Tech Biotechnology program at IILM has an underlying objective to provide a stimulating

environment to students where knowledge is integrated with research. Students at IILM are

performing well in the field of research having research work in integration with

organizations like AIIMS, IARI, ICPO, etc.

The organization aims to give quality education and high-tech training and students are well

trained with personality development programs and field work in the corporate world.

Training in both research labs and industries is part of the curriculum. To groom young

professionals with in depth knowledge, practical skills as well as develop their scientific

aptitude and attitude is a process with roots from the first year itself. IILM ultimately aims at

providing a unique combination of modern infrastructure, resource expertise and

opportunities for excellent education and training in Biotech sector and are well placed in the

final year. Also, giving their best IILM students are every year in the university ranking.

We provide following laboratory facilities at IILM Biotechnology Research Labs:

Biochemistry

Bioinformatics

Bioprocess Engineering

Cell Biology

Downstream Processing

Genetic Engineering

Environmental Biotechnology

Enzyme Engineering

Fermentation Technology

Immunology

Microbiology

Molecular Biology

Molecular Dynamics

Plant Tissue Culture

Project

Develop yourself at IILM

Knowledge is the key to success but what if you could not extract anything fruitful from this

knowledge and make the best use of it? What can be the reason for the failures which

students face during their campus placements? Is lack of preparation the reason that makes

students not reach their goals and dreams? So when should the preparation need to be

started? The answer is right from the beginning. You need to develop yourself from the

beginning. The process of placement is not an overnight preparation but a journey of hard

work and focused preparation. The biggest task for a student is to train herself/himself in the

right direction. IILM focuses on preparing young minds and building their overall

personality. Various development programs are conducted at the campus itself. Regular PDP

classes and workshops are conducted to train up the students for the Placement Drives.

Placement preparation is a step by step process training the students for several rounds:

Questionnaire Round, Group discussion Round, Personal Interview along with Technical

Round. Technical knowledge and good communication skills is what a student should be

focused upon along with right attitude and confidence. In recruitment process of a biotech

student the most crucial and important aspect is to focus on the technical round. A student

should be well prepared for the technical round right from the beginning. Starting with the

first year of B.Tech student should be focused on basic concepts of engineering followed by

the basics of biotechnology. In the second year of B.Tech they are introduced to basics of

biotechnology covering subjects like biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, genetics &

molecular biology, etc. With the third year they are introduced to research specific subjects

like genetic engineering, plant tissue culture, fermentation biotechnology, food

biotechnology, bioinformatics, etc. A student should be focused on working on the concepts

of biotechnology focusing on practical knowledge with well laboratory practice. IILM

focuses both on knowledge through study and practice. Lectures supported by laboratory

practice are the need of biotechnology and IILM provides best of the facilities with well

equipped laboratories. Inculcating knowledge with good laboratory practice is what IILM

aims at preparing the students for the placements right from the beginning. Personality

development programs, workshops, guest lectures and mentoring program all together work

for the overall development of a student to prepare him/her for the placements.

Department Highlights

Centre of Excellence established in 2002 with NBA accreditation, AICTE

approval & AKTU affiliation.

Running full time B. Tech.& M. Tech. programs

Highly competent and veteran faculty with domain specific teaching

expertise

Excellent teaching learning milieu with university rank holders

Strong interdisciplinary research base

State of art research laboratory facilities

Industry oriented curriculum

Excellent Placements with multiple career opportunities

Alumni lectures & Alma connect sessions

Technical Fest ,Cultural Events & Sports Meet

Collaborations with research organizations and industries

Mentoring ,Career counseling & Skill development programs

Industry meet ups & Corporate connect sessions

Creating opportunities & talents for International challenges

Research Projects & Publications

Technical value addition with guest lectures ,workshops ,trainings,

internships and industrial visits

Seminars & Conferences funding by AKTU, AICTE, ICMR, CSIR, etc.

Students qualifying GATE and TOEFL, GRE, IELTS

Students activity club IBIOC

DEPARTMENTAL EVENTS

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

BIOGENESIS – The Series

BIOGENESIS is a vision initiated and inculcated by Department of Biotechnology at IILM

in the year 2004, with the objective to bring together inspiring speakers & experts for

bridging the gap between research & industry, discussing innovative ideas, challenges &

solutions in the field of biotechnology. BIOGENESIS started in 2004 as BIOGENESIS-I

with Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chair person, BIOCON, Bangalore as Chief Guest.

BIOGENESIS-II was organized in 2009 with Prof. R. P. Bajpayee, Vice Chancellor,

Kurukshetra University as Chief Guest & Dr. Akhil C. Banerjea, NII as Keynote Speaker.

BIOGENESIS-III was organized in 2014 with Prof. Ravi Mehrota, Director General, ICPO

(ICMR) as Chief Guest. AICTE Sponsored BIOGENESIS-IV was organized in 2015 with

Prof. Ram Shankar Katheria Hon’ble Minister of State for HRD as Chief Guest.Continuing

the series, Department of Biotechnology is organizing its National Conference BIOGENESIS

- V: “Insights and Innovations in Biotechnology” on 2nd & 3rd August 2017. Experts from

leading Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical companies of India like Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories,

Sun Pharmaceuticals along with Researchers & Academicians from AIIMS, IIT-D, ICMR,

TERI, DRDO, DTU, NSIT and NESA are part of this conference.

ABOUT BIOGENESIS – V

Department of Biotechnology had organized a two day National Conference “BIOGENESIS

- V: Insights and Innovations in Biotechnology” on 2nd & 3rd August 2017. The

conference was a stupendous effort to bring together the major contributors- academic

institutions, industries and research organization together. It was sponsored by ICMR, PS

Laboratories, ACS and co sponsored by Anmol Bakers.

The conference was graced by the presence of Hon’ble Chief Guest Prof. Ramesh

Chandra - Director, Dr B.R. Ambedkar Centre For Biomedical Research, Delhi

University & Ex Vice Chancellor, Bundelkhand University; Guest Of Honor - Dr.

Rakeshwar Bandichhor - Director & Vice Chair - API, R&D, Dr. Reddy's Labs. along

with Key Note Speakers - Prof. T. P. Singh -AIIMS; Dr. Ravindranath - ICMR; Dr.

Sunil Kumar Deshmukh -TERI; Dr. T.C.Shami - DRDO; Prof. T. Satyanarayana -

NSIT; Dr. Pravir Kumar - DTU; Prof. Javed Ahmad – President, NESA.

Inaugural session was started by Hon’ble Chief Guest Prof. Ramesh Chandra where

he talked about significance of chemistry in life sciences and role of opium alkaloids,

noscapine in drug discovery area. Keynote speaker of Inaugural Session, Prof T.P Singh

highlighted the role of industrial research in academic institutions. He explained in depth

about protein structural studies using NMR and X-Ray crystallography & role of innate

proteins as super-antibiotics.

The conference fulfilled the object to discuss innovations, challenges & opportunities

in the field of biotechnology as well as provided a platform for young scholars. The

conference had discussions on current technological aspects and methodologies used in

biotechnology covering thrust areas like pharmaceutical biotechnology & drug discovery,

medical biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, protein engineering, plant & environmental

technologies, microbial research, food biotechnology. The speakers discussed conference on

topics from pharmaceutical biotechnology to medicinal plants, from proteins to antibiotics,

from immunity to disorders, from microbial biotechnology to healthcare.

More than 150 Researchers & students from institutes and colleges like AIIMS,

FRAC, UP Council of sugarcane research, Delhi Technical University, Punjab

University, Shiv Nadar University, Amity University, Sharda University, Jaypee

University, Gautam Buddh University, Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology

and IILM College of Engineering and Technology had participated in this conference.

They participated in oral & poster presentation competition. Cash prizes along with gift

hampers were given to winners of oral and poster presentations. More than 42 abstracts were

published in the proceedings of the conference after screening large number of abstracts

received from different colleges and research organizations.

The conference was blessed & appreciated by messages from Hon’ble Deputy Chief

Minister, Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Mr. Manish Sisodia, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia

Islamia University - Prof. Talat Ahmad; Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University

- Prof. Tariq Mansoor; Director of AIIMS – Prof. Randeep Guleria; Technical Director

of Department of Information Technology, National Informatics Centre, Delhi – Mr.

Pramod Kumar Rajput; Secretary , Council of Science & Technology, UP - Mr. Anil

Yadav; HOD, Toxicology & Experimental Medicine, CDRI – Prof. R.K.Singh. Two day

national conference, Biogenesis V was successfully conducted and concluded with the

futuristic view on upcoming innovations in Biotechnology domain.

FUNDINGS BY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

1. “Environment - A level field of play integrating Scientists & Engineers across disciplines” Talk By Dr. Krishna Sundari, Associate Professor, JIIT on 6/09/16

Faculty Development Program FDP was organized by IILM Department of Biotechnology

with invited speaker Dr. Krishna Sundari, Associate Professor, JIIT who delivered the talk on

"Environment - A level field of play integrating Scientists & Engineers across

disciplines".Dr. Krishna highlighted the importance of sustainable management of e-waste

generated by developed nations like Japan & USA which is sent to developing nations like

India. Her lecture stimulated the engineers and scientific fraternity present on the forum to

think about the danger posed by this huge quantity of e-waste and to analyze the feasible

solutions to process this e-waste in the environment friendly manner. Faculty members from

different engineering domains of CET had attended this FDP.

2. “GMO's and food security: blending science and society”

Talk By Dr. Bhaswati Banerjee, Professor, GBU, Gr. Noida on 29/11/16

Dr. Bhaswati Banerjee, Professor, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida delivered the

talk on "Genetically Modified Organisms and food security: Blending Science and Society".

She is Doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology from JNU, Delhi. She has enormous research

& teaching experience, working at places of National & International repute. She harbors

research Interest in the area of molecular biology, Cancer biology and apoptosis. Dr.

Banerjee holds membership in various scientific societies. She has published various leading

research papers in high impact journals. Dr. Banerjee delivered an impactful lecture on

genetically modified food and their role in society. She highlighted different strategies to

create GMO foods and substantiated various paradigms of GMO crops and Animals like BT

cotton, Strawberries with Anti-freeze gene (AFP), Sheep with infused clotting factor (Factor

IX).Her talk focused on pros and cons of GMOs on society, creation of hypoallergenic food,

high environmental tolerance, enhanced yield of biopharmaceuticals, altered ecosystem.

Dr.Banerjee's talk led to awareness of food security issues and ethical aspects related to

advancement in food Industry

3.

“Entrepreneurship in Engineering Domain” Talk By Dr. Tripti Bhatnagar, Professor & Managing Director, Codon Biotech on

15/12/16

Dr. Tripti Bhatnagar, Professor, Managing Director, Codon Biotech Pvt Ltd delivered the

talk on: "Entrepreneurship in Engineering Domain". Codon Biotech is one of the few

companies to be recognized as an In House R&D company by the Department of Scientific

and Industrial Research (DSIR), Department of Science and Technology, Government of

India. Also it is viewed as one of the topmost companies in NCR in the field of

Biotechnology, involved in both research and manufacturing. She has to her credit several

research papers in National and International journals. Dr. Tripti herself being an

entrepreneur delivered an insightful lecture on different aspects of becoming successful

entrepreneurs. She also shared the challenges she faced during her entrepreneurial journey.

4. “From moulds to extracts to antibiotics to protein antibiotics - a fight against

invading microbes” Talk By Prof .T. P. Singh, INSA Senior Scientist, AIIMS on 14/01/17

Prof. T.P. Singh, INSA senior scientist & Distinguished Biotechnology Research Professor,

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi is a renowned biophysicist and

scientist known nationally and across the globe for his work in the fields of Rational

Structure-based drug design, Protein Structure biology and X-ray crystallography. He was

Dean and HOD of Department of Biophysics at AIIMS from 1983 to 2010. He has published

more than 250 international and national research papers of repute in high impact factor

journals. Prof. T. P. Singh has delivered an impactful lecture on emerging role of protein

antibiotics in combating infectious bacterial infections. He emphasized on role of PGRP

proteins in accentuating innate immunity across mammals. He highlighted the significance of

camel and porcine proteins in innate immunity. His talk highlighted that, in recent years, very

less number of new chemical entities have been discovered that could act as potential

antibiotic. He said that Protein antibiotic is one way to target bacteria for which complete

conformational knowledge of protein and receptor molecule is required so that we can target

it accurately. He compared the transition and evolution in the field of medical therapeutics

from era of herbal medicines to current era of synthetic protein antibiotics.

5. “Applications of GC and HPLC in Biotechnology”

Talk By Dr. Atul Kumar Gupta, Assistant Manager, CTC India, Noida on 4/03/17

Dr. Atul Kumar Gupta is doctorate in Biotechnology from G.B.Pant University of

Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar. He has more than 10 years of working experience

in renowned pharmaceutical industries which includes CTC-India Ltd., Intertek India Pvt.

Ltd, SCCI India Pvt.Ltd., Shivek Labs Ltd, Indian Agricultural Research Institute etc. He

talked on the application of HPLC in separation of non-volatile compounds mainly smaller

molecular weight drugs and cosmetic ingredients. He explained basis of HPLC in various

modes, specifically ion exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, molecular size

exclusion chromatography and TLC etc. He highlighted that analysis of chromatograph,

maintaining good resolution, analyzing retention time, capacity factor are key aspects of

HPLC. He highlighted that GC is used for volatile compounds and optimum maintenance of

GC stationary columns is a tricky and costly aspect faced in instrumentation industries. This

FDP has opened up thinking avenues in domain of instrumentation & analytical techniques.

6. “Animal models and their application in Biotechnology”

Talk By Dr. Imteyaz Qamar, Asst. Professor, GBU, Gr. Noida on 09/03/17

Dr. Imteyaz Qamar is an academician and renowned researcher in the domain of

Reproductive Biology and Hormone research. He is currently working as Associate Professor

in Gautam Buddha University. He has tremendous research experience in the area of DNA

Repair, Cancer Genetics, reproductive biology, and metabolic syndrome. In last 15 years, he

has won several national and international accolades which includes IAS-INSA-NASI

Research Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science, DBT-Post Doctoral Fellowship from

National Institute of Immunology, Brain Korea-21 Post Doctoral Fellowship and Brain

Korea-21 Best Researcher Award and is into projects from CSIR and ICMR for his current

projects. He talked about animal models in drug discovery and assessment of ADMET

parameters of NDE (New drug entities) in clinical phase trials. His talk focused on

advantages and limitations of each of these animal models in deciphering problems in

metabolic pathways associated with various diseases.

7. “Exploring the long non coding (lncRNA) through NGS data analysis”

Talk By Dr. Himansu Kumar, RA, IASRI on 8/04/17

Dr. Himansu Kumar, RA, Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural

Statistics Research Institute (ICAR), New Delhi conducted this FDP. He is presently working

on his post-doctorate research: “Elucidating the mechanism of pashmina fiber development:

An OMICS approach”. He has published 16 research articles in International & National

Journal Publications with two book chapters in Elsevier on his name. During his talk on long

non coding RNA(lnc RNA) through NGS data analysis, he explained about various lncRNAs

and how they can be studied using in-silico method of NGS analysis. He explained about

long non coding RNAs, their classification, biogenesis, functions and various mechanisms

related to long non coding RNAs. In silico study of lncRNA includes NGS Data analysis and

use of software’s like Bowtie, TopHat, Trinity, Circos, CummerBand, FastQC,Trimmomatic,

etc. He mentioned about the role of lncRNAs in various diseases like Alzheimers and

Cognitive disorders, Cardiovascular diseases, Cancer, Diabetes mellitus, etc. It was an

informative and insightful talk attended by all the faculty members of Department of

Biotechnology .The FDP was a learning experience for everyone. As we all know an infinite

work is going on in the field of research which will continue with developing technologies,

FDPs like this make academicians aware about the ongoing research and challenges faced in

the field of Biotechnology.

WORKSHOPS

1. “Intellectual Property Rights and the career opportunities in this field”-

Conducted By Mrs. Chestha Sharma, IIPTA, Delhi – 17/10/16

A workshop was organized in association with IIPTA - Indian Institute of Patent and

Trademark Research and Education Private Limited on “Intellectual Property Rights and the

career opportunities in this field”. Everyday industries are developing new molecules and

processes and products which needs to be patented, IPR has become a major thrust area in

these organizations. Mrs. Chestha Sharma, the co founder of IIPTA conducted the workshop.

IIPTA has Job Support and career service for people who want to start or grow career in

intellectual property industry.

2. “Natural Product Research”- Conducted by Mr. Mayank Bharadwaj, CEO & Dr.

Vinod, R &D Head, Rapture Biotech Ltd. - 7/03/17

Mr. Mayank Bhardwaj, CEO of Rapture Biotech started the session with a brief idea of bio

entrepreneurship and booming opportunities for biotechnology students in various segments

of industries, starting from R& D labs to CRO, KPO, pharmacy till establishing their own

enterprise. He focused on significance of Natural Products and their applications. After the

theoretical session, Dr. Vinod, R&D Head, Rapture, demonstrated the isolation and screening

strategies of secondary metabolites from herbal extracts and plant products along with

assessment of antimicrobial activity of these secondary metabolites. He gave important tips

on data interpretation and data representation related to extraction & analysis of primary and

secondary metabolites present in natural products. The purpose of this workshop is to create

awareness and provide hands-on training to students of Biological Sciences in Natural

product research and Management aspects in Biotech, so that they are able to meet the

challenges for competitive Biotechnology job sector. Workshop introduced students to plant

secondary metabolite qualitative testing, antibacterial activity, quantitative analysis and

preparation of standard graph, management aspects in biotech comprises of science

management and communications, biotech entrepreneurship.

3.

“Practical Extraction Report Language”- Conducted By Ms. Roma Chandra, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IILM – 6/03/17

The workshop was conducted by Ms. Roma Chandra, Assistant Professor, Department of

Biotechnology, IILM. The workshop was about Perl and its applications in Bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics is an area in Biotechnology related to study of complex biological data. Perl

and Bioperl have applications in computational biology and makes handling and analysis of

complex biological data easy. Perl is a scripting language, easy to interpret and includes use

of variables, conditional operators, functional operators, special operators, file handling

operators. It has applications in Biotechnology - genome annotation, protein annotation,

transcription, translation and alignment. Workshop was organized in two phases: Firstly an

introduction and demonstration of how to write, compile & run programs was given followed

by the Second phase with the practical session in the computer lab.

4. "Key aspects of Environmental Engineering"-

Conducted By Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Gupt, Royal HaskoningDHV - 8/02/17

The workshop was conducted by our alumnus, Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Gupt (B.Tech,

Biotechnology,2005-2009) who is currently working as JE at Royal HaskoningDHV

(Netherland based MNC). Prior to working in Royal HaskoningDHV, He was working as

Design Engineer in Sewage system and STP at NJS Engineers India Pvt. Ltd (a Japanese

MNC). He is expert in domain of waste water management and solid waste treatment. During

the workshop, he emphasized on types of pollution, pollutants and their impact on tangible as

well as intangible environment. He covered the significant strategies of applying Sequential

Batch reactors (SBR), Integrated ISBR, C-tech SBR, membrane bioreactor, soil

biotechnology, Nereda and FCR (Food chain Reactor) in sewage treatment. He highlighted

the key strategies to mitigate pollutants and solid waste management. Mr. Dhananjay gave a

live demonstration on the functioning of sewage treatment plant installed at IGSM campus to

our current students of Biotechnology.

5. “Pharmacovigilance and clinical trials” – Conducted By Dr. Abhinav (Founder),

Dr. Suhasini Bhatnagar and Mr. Mithilesh Mishra, IBRI, Noida - 31/01/17

Dr.Abhinav (Founder of IBRI), Dr.Suhasini Bhatnagar and Mr.Mithilesh Mishra took this

workshop. Dr. Suhasini Bhatnagar’s talk covered the basics of clinical trials, types of clinical

trials, importance of Pharmacovigilance to monitor various types of adverse drug reactions

(ADR) and Regulatory affairs in Pharmaceutical industries.

She provided insights on market trends in area of clinical research along with emphasis on

effective record maintenance for good quality clinical database management. Dr. Abhinav

(Founder of IBRI) focused on existing job opportunities and challenges in this domain. He

talked about critical pharmacovigilance processes and business continuity for effective

monitoring of clinical trials. He substantiated the importance of certification courses in this

area. This workshop has broadened the thinking horizons of Biotechnology students to think

about the profiles of clinical research associates and clinical research coordinators with

respect to placements.

6.

“DNA isolation, PCR amplification and Stem cell in Cancer Research” Conducted By Dr. Ravindra Kumar & Dr. Rashmi Bharadwaj - Helix Biogenesis, Noida - 4/04/17

This workshop was conducted by Helix Biogenesis Pvt. Ltd. The purpose of the workshop

was to bring hand on experience on molecular techniques like PCR, agarose gel

electrophoresis and genomic DNA isolation, stem cells and their application in diagnostic

and therapeutic. Dr. Ravindra Kumar and Dr. Rashmi Bharadwaj shared the basic knowledge

about stem cells and use of embryonic stem cells lines. She talked on ongoing research based

on stem cells for treatment of many diseases like cancer, neurological disorders, HIV, AIDS,

Spinal cord injury, liver diseases, corneal diseases and more interestingly baldness.

At the end of this session she also focused on challenges being faced in embryonic stem cell

research. The second session was conducted in lab where undergraduate students got hand on

exposure on molecular techniques basically genomic DNA isolation from bacterial culture

followed by analysis of extracted genomic DNA by agarose gel electrophoresis. In the other

part of this session they performed DNA amplification by Polymerase Chain Reaction

followed by electrophoresis to check the amplification. This workshop has helped the

students to develop clear insight on molecular techniques.

GUEST LECTURES

1. “Career of Biotechnologists in Digital Marketing” Conducted by Mr. Agam

Chaudhary, Managing Director, iDream Digitalabs Pvt. Ltd - 1/03/17

Mr. Agam Chaudhary is alumnus of B.Tech, Biotech, 2002-2006 batch. He interacted with

B.Tech Biotech students regarding their placements and career opportunities in current

market scenario. His talk highlighted the applications of biotechnology in different horizons.

He covered the digital marketing aspect in detail. He said that digital marketing allows

businesses to reinvent their marketing strategies to better connect with target customers and

to stay relevant in the customer’s perspective. In the process, businesses leverage the

technology enabled tools such as emails, blogs and social media to expand the reach of their

offerings. During his talk, he went back to college days memories at IILM and he deeply

appreciated the facilities and guidance provided by college as well as faculty members. He

shared his real time experiences and hurdles in establishing his own business network.

2.

“Healthcare session” Conducted By Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd - 29/03/17

Ms. Jyoti (Executive, Dept. of Science, Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd) delivered useful

insights on the benefits of probiotic drink and its associated health advantages. In her session,

she told students that digestive system performs a vital role for healthy and long life and

focused on the prime role of intestine in digestion, absorption, removal of waste material and

most importantly in building of immunity. She spoke on intestinal flora and their role in

digestion as well as in enhancement of immunity by suppressing harmful microbes and by

activating NK cell which fight against cancerous cells. She also emphasized on factors such

as ageing, stress, medication, imbalance diet and infections which can demolish intestinal

microbial flora. After that she discussed the prevention steps that should be taken to balance

the flora inside our intestine like balanced and healthy diet, adequate sleep and intake of

probiotics like Yakult milk. In brief introduction of Yakult company and its product she

shared the information that Yakult is a fermented milk drink that contains over 6.5 billion

probiotic bacteria - Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota which can give good health and

longevity. After this enlightening session, Ms. Jyoti has solved many quarries raised by

students and faculty members related to Yakult and other pro-biotic products. She also shared

information about the training and placement opportunities in Yakult Company.

3.

“An insight on Biomedical Nanotechnology” Conducted By Prof. Veena Koul, Head of Centre for Biomedical Engineering at IIT, Delhi - 31/03/17

Prof. Veena Koul took guest lecture on “An insight on Biomedical Nanotechnology”. She

had joined Centre for Biomedical Engineering at IIT Delhi in 1986.Her research interests

includes Drug Delivery Systems, Medical Devices, and Soft Tissue regeneration. Her

research group at IIT-Delhi focuses in the area of design and development of

hydrogels/nanogels and polymersomes which will be landmark development in the area of

Biomedical nanotechnology. She has contributed significantly in high impact Projects like

Clinical trials on Male Injectable Contraceptive, Equipment for Mass Health Care, UNFDP

funded project on National Centre for Evaluation of Female Contraceptives. She has received

several national and international awards which includes Dogra Educational Endowment

Medal for best publication in CBME, IIT Delhi in the years-2003, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015

and 2016.Most innovative project award for “Polymer SPI0N hybrid systems for combined

cancer targeting& imaging” at I.I.T Delhi. She has developed and transferred several

sophisticated technologies in the domain of Biomedical engineering which includes

Development of optohaemoglobinimeter, Development of Iontophoresis Unit for transdermal

drug delivery, Bio compatible Nano particle system for Drug Delivery to Brain and Cancer,

Artificial Skin for Trauma care, Hydrogel for Haemostasis etc. She has authored around 120

research publications which have been published in high quality national & international

journals. Advances in Nanotechnology have proved the potential to make significant

contributions to disease detection, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention. This lecture will guide

the current biotechnology graduates to expand their thinking horizons in the direction of

advances in nanotechnology. Moreover, they will understand how these advances have

helped in developing immaculate solutions to existing complex problems of Biomedical

engineering and Biotechnology domain.

INDUSTRIAL VISITS

1.

NSIC (National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.) Delhi - 27/09/16

Students of IILM Department of Biotechnology visited NSIC - National Small Industries

Corporation Limited. NSIC is a PSU under Government of India working for micro and

small scale industries. The visit included a training program where students were given an

idea about how to be an entrepreneur. They were introduced to various fields where a new

entrepreneur can put ideas with their financial support to go for startup companies.

2.

Yakult , Sonepat – 3/02/17

An Industrial visit of B.Tech (BT)- II year students to Yakult manufacturing plant located at

Sonepat, Haryana on 3/02/17.During the visit, Students were shown complete production

process of Yakult. They were given demonstration of all the machinery involved in the

process, initiating from the step of pre-processing of raw materials to mixing of raw

materials, sterilization & preparation of fermentation tank to inoculation with probiotics,

injection moulding machine, and Bottle storage tank to complete packaging of Yakult.

Further, they were guided about Quality control and Quality assurance steps implemented

during the production & packing process. On this trip, students were exposed to the

significance of probiotics and industrial applications of microbial enzymes.

3. Anmol Bakers, Gr. Noida– 5/04/17

An industrial visit was organized to Anmol Bakers Pvt Ltd Greater Noida on 5th April’17 for

third year students. Anmol Bakers is one the leading manufacturer & suppliers of biscuits -

sweet, semi sweet, health segment, premium cookies and a variety of bar, cup and tiffin

cakes produced at word class state of the art manufacturing facilities. Their multilevel quality

check with certifications like ISO, HACCP and GMP ensures that the perfect balance of

taste, hygiene and nutrition are maintained across all products. The visit started with different

stages starting from the raw material section to their quality checks followed by mixing unit

section and forming unit section producing unbaked biscuits which are baked in a 200 feet

oven on the conveyer belt. Finally the biscuits are packed in next section. At all the stages the

quality checks were performed as they were strongly committed to quality assurance.

Several stringent measures were taken in the entire manufacturing and packaging process to

ensure the safety of end users. This visit has been highly fruitful for students to understand

food technology processes.

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS

OUR UNIVERSITY RANK HOLDRERS

Ms. AKANSHA LAMBA

6TH RANK

BATCH 2004-2008

Ms. RUBY AGARWAL

9TH RANK

BATCH 2005-2009

Ms. VIBHA VERMA

2ND RANK

BATCH 2006-2010

Ms. SAMAR SHAMSHAD

10TH RANK

BATCH 2008-2012

Ms. NAMRATA GUPTA

17TH RANK

BATCH 2008-2012

Ms. SUNAINA GERA

9TH RANK

BATCH 2009-2013

Ms. SANDHYA BISWAS

20TH RANK

BATCH 2009-2013

Ms. JUHI RASTOGI

6TH RANK

BATCH 2012-2016

Ms. SHIKHA JHA

10TH RANK

BATCH 2013-2017

Ms. NANCY MANCHANDA

10TH RANK

BATCH 2007-2011

GATE 2017 QUALIFIERS

Department of Biotechnology is proud to announce that two of our students of

B.Tech. Biotechnology have cleared GATE entrance exam 2017 with flying

colors. Biotech final year student - Ms. Shikha Jha has secured All India Rank of

287 while Ms. Shivani Singh Gaur has secured All India Rank of 798 in GATE-

2017. It's a moment of pride & joy for all of us.

Student Placed in Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India

Mr. Prateek Kumar, Student of B.Tech. Biotechnology final year (2013-2017)

had been selected under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.

IBIOC Club Activities

Debate Competition

Singing Competition

Brain Games & Team Building Competition

Poetry Competition

Dance Competition

Bollywood quiz

DEBATE COMPETITION

Debate completion was organized where students talked for and against the mentioned below

topics:

1.) Should Mobile phones be used during class?

2.) Is friendship the most important relationship in life?

3.) Should cigarette smoking be banned?

SINGING COMPETITION

BRAIN GAMES & TEAM BUILDING COMPETITION

POETRY COMPETITION

PLACEMENTS

Students are well placed in industries like Biocon, Mankind, Nestle, Anmol, Coco Cola, Horiba,

Bikano, Besure, Cordlife, IDS, Biocell, Aptara, Cryoviva, Max,etc. and research institutes like

AIIMS,IARI, DRDO,ICAR, IIT,etc. Students are also exposed to higher studies qualifying GATE

and TOEFL, GRE, IELTS studying in US, UK, Australia, Germany, etc. Few of the recruiters are:

ALOE VERA INDIA PVT. LTD. - Mr.Anshuman Mohapatra, Mr.Govind Narayanam, Ms.Rukhsar

APTARA - Ms. Chitwan Sharma

CHC HEALTH CARE - Ms. Urvashi Varshney, Ms. Neha Chaudhary,Ms.Menaka

CORDLIFE - Mr.Yash Gupta,Mr.Pankaj Kumar,Mr.Suraj Sharma,Ms.Shruti Vats

CRYOVIVA - Mr. Abhishek Kumar Sharma, Ms. Ankita, Mr.Karan Chauhan, Mr.Jai Pratap Singh, Mr.Prateek Kumar, Mr.Arjun Chauhan

GATEWAY IMPEX - Ms. Shivali Gandotra

GLAND PHARMA - Mr. Rohitash Kaushal

HIIMPACT CONSULTANT - Ms.Anamika, Ms.Ankita Srivastava, Ms.Diksha Kumari, Ms.Diksha

Srivastava

ISBM - Ms. Anmol Awasthi

ISOURCE - Ms. Jyoti Kumar

MAX HOSPITAL - Mr. Akshay Jain, Ms. Manisha Joshi

OJAS SOFTECH PVT. LTD. - Ms. Arisha Khan

PARK HOSPITAL - Ms. Nuzhat Khan

Soothe HealthCare - Ms. Monika

Venus Biosciences - Mr. Vivek Singh

and many more…..

FEW OF THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTES

RESEARCH @ IILM- DBT

Ongoing Research Projects Project funded by AKTU on Isolation and Cloning of WRKY Transcription factor involved

in response to salt and drought stress in Brassica.

Project funded by Science and engineering research board, Ministry of Science and

technology, Govt. Of India.

Regulated expression of isopentenyl transferase gene in rice to improve grain yield and

drought tolerance.

Biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol.

Prenatal study of prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities.

Collaborations All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Indian Biological Sciences and Research Institute, Noida

Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, NICPR, New Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

King George's Medical University, Lucknow

Shri Venkateshwara University ,Gajraula

Advanced Genomics Institute And Laboratory Medicine, New Delhi

Allele Life Sciences, Noida

Micelle Life Sciences, Lucknow

Rapture Biotech, Noida

Institute of Transgene Life Sciences, Lucknow

Institute of Advance Bio med sciences, Karnal

PROJECTS(2016-17)

S.

No.

Name of the Student(s) Project Title Project

Supervisor(s)

1. Chetna Singh, Manish

Srivastava, Nuzhat Khan,

Rishab Sharma, Urvashi

Varshney

Protein profiling of bacterial cell under

stress condition.

Ms. Neha

Srivastava

2. Nishtha Singh, Shubhangi

Bharadwaj, Shivali Gandodra,

Prateek Kumar, Yash Gupta,

Anshuman Mahopatra

Isolation of endophytes from Phylanthus

Emblica and checking its antimicrobial

activity

Mr. Ved

Prakash

3. Akshay Jain, Kumari Sumbhul

Fatima, Sapna, Savita Yadav,

Shikha Jha, Shruti Karn, Swati

Bharadwaj

Phtochemical and antimicrobial

properties of Indian spices

Dr. Avijit Guha

4. Alisha Srivastava, Gazel Om,

Monika Gupta, Chitwan

Sharma, Abhishek Sharma,

Govind Narayanam, Ankita

Srivastava

Effects of anitioxidant properties of

ethanolic extract of Amorphophallus

Panoenifolius on lipid oxidation of edible

oils to enhance the shelf life of packaged

foods

Ms. Garima

Gupta

5. Ayushi Goyal, Ankita,

Geetika, Jaya Singh, Mahira

Khan, Manisha Joshi

In-silico study of miRNA related PPI

Networks involved in squamous lung

carcinoma by assistance of Argonaute

Protein

Ms. Roma

Chandra

6 Shivani Singh, Sanskriti

Sharma, Karan Chauhan,

Anmol Awasthi, Arjun

Chauhan, Rohit Chauhan

Inhouse preparation of compost bin and

compost analysis

Mr. Avinash

Singh

7 Diksha Srivastava, Diksha

Kumari, Samita Tiwari, Arisha

Khan, Menka, Shruti Vats

Extracellular lipase production and

estimation from Staphylococcus and

Aspergillus species isolated from oil

contaminated soil

Ms. Pallavi

Singh

8. Rukhsar Khan, Akansha

Chauhan, Neha Chaudhary,

Jyoti Yadav, Sagar Sharma,

Seeta, Vivek Singh

Isolation and Identification of

Pectinolytic bacteria from soil sample

Dr. Arpita

Mishra

FACULTY RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (2016-17)

Pallavi Singh, Chaiti Ganguly, Mausami Bharadwaj, 2017. “Assessment of

Anticancer therapeutic potential of Capsaicin and Eugenol using InVitro & In Silico

Approaches,Accepted in International Conference.

Pallavi Singh, Chaiti Ganguly, F.W.Bansode,2016. “Impact assessment of skin

irritation,Hematological profile and skin sensitivity by SMA-DMSO”. IJIRSET, 5(4),

6265-6272.

Pallavi Singh,Sadiya Draboo,Aishwarya Singh,Swapnil Chaturvedi,Swati

Sharma,Pooja Verma, 2016.”Citric acid production from different sources under

submerged condition using Aspergillus niger”,Int J

Curr.Microbiology.appl.sci.,2016,vol 5(5).

Roma Chandra, 2017. “Study of miRNA mRNA Modules and their Relationship with

Cancer Pathways” JPSR, 9(1):10-13.

Roma Chandra, 2017. “miRNA: Biogenesis, Functions, Gene Targets, Prediction

tools & Databases – A Review” RJPT. Accepted.

Sunil Kumar Deshmukh, Ved Prakash, Nihar Ranjan, 2017. “Recent advances in the

discovery of bioactive metabolites from Pestalotiopsis”. Phytochemistry Reviews, 1-

38. DOI: 10.1007/s11101-017-9495-3

Ved Prakash, 2017. “Terpenoids as source of anti-inflammatory

compounds”. AJPCR, 10(3), 68-76.

Ved Prakash and Sarika Saxena, 2017. “Molecular Overview of Heavy Metal

Phytoremediation”. In Handbook of Research on Inventive Bioremediation

Techniques (247-263). IGI Global.Chapter

Ved Prakash, Shivali Gandotra, Prateek Kumar, Nishtha Singh, 2017. “Phytochemical

Screening and Antimicrobial Activity of Ficusreligiosa” JPSR 9(2):100-101.

Aditya Sood, Ridhi Sood, Candy Sidhu, Ved Prakash, 2016. “Homology Modeling of

Mouse orphan G-protein coupled receptors Q99MX9 and G2A”. Quality in Primary

Care, 24(1), .49-57.

Santosh Kumar , Reena Yadav , Dhiresh Kumar Pathak,2016,“Study Of Solute-

Solvent Interaction Of O-Benzo Quinone With Aqueous Organic Solvent’’ IRJNAS.

3(8).

Charu Agarwal,"Chemical Analysis of Municipal water sample of Gurgaon" was

presented in a National conference on Recent Advances in Chemical sciences

organized by Department of chemistry, maharishi Markandeshwar university,

Mullana , Ambala on 11-12 Nov 2016.

Alumni Speaks

Mr. Anil Chauhan Executive Microbiologist

Intas Biopharma, Ahmedabad

Previous Company : Biocon Limited, Bangalore

A new academic year begins with new energy and vibrant faces on the

campus. I want to give a small message to every individual who joins IILM

that here you will get ample opportunities to explore and develop yourself.

IILM encouraged me to explore my talent and potential by providing an

exceptional integrated learning environment. I want to express my heartfelt

thanks to the college who gave me the perfect opportunity to explore myself

and raised my level of confidence. I am really grateful to my teachers who

have changed my whole aspect towards learning.

Alumni Speaks

Ms. Ankur Chaturvedi Research Associate

SCELSE, Singapore

IILM - It looks like an acronym but for me it was an institute which shaped

me into a person I am today. It is said that if the foundation is strong then the

whole building can with stand the heaviest of catastrophe. IILM was one

such foundation for me. I was apprehensive when i entered the institute but

when i left the place i left with confidence to go about reaching for my goals

and a heart filled with the most wonderful memories. For me it was not a

college but a life experience in itself. it made me into what i am today,

Research Associate at SCELSE, Singapore working on the Asian population

study.

Alumni Speaks

Ms. Ritu Tiwari

Project Associate in DRDO-Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences

Previous Profile: Project Associate in ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic

Resources .

It gives me great pleasure to say with pride that I have completed my

graduation from CET-IILM-AHL. It would be difficult to sum up four years

of IILM in just few lines. I must say that the learning and exposure which

IILM give is just commendable. The time spent here had an amazing

influence on my personality. The faculty at IILM is very knowledgeable and

helpful. IILM provides lots of exposure through seminars, conference and

guest lectures which play significant role in shaping one’s confidence. I feel

proud to be a student of the prestigious college.

New discovery: Zika for Brain Cancer

Zika is not in news as diseases caused by the virus are under control and the number of new

ases had dropped. Presently, it is used as a potential treatment for cancer. Researchers from

Washington University School of Medicine and the University of California, Santa Barbara

have conducted preliminary tests with the virus for the as a treatment for one of the brain

cancer form, glioblastoma. Zika, leads to many risks and infects the developing brain cells.

In infected fetuses it leads to microcephaly which is a condition marked by severely stunted

brain growth. In case of glioblastoma, the virus targets the cells responsible for malignant

tumor growth.

Zika virus (green) preferentially targets the stem cells (red) in a human glioblastoma. (Credit: Zhu et al.,

2017,Discover Magazine)

Brain tumors are caused by stem cells and neural progenitor cells which gone bad and led

astray by harmful mutations as well as grew out of control. In glioblastomas, these cells are

hard to cut out completely, as they insinuate themselves into brain tissues, and often recur

even after intensive rounds of chemotherapy. Most people with glioblastoma die within two

years. Zika virus is an ideal vector for targeting them as the brain tumors are formed by stem

cells. The virus easily crosses the blood-brain barrier and homes in on brain stem cells while

leaving mature cells largely alone. The researchers had tried the treatment on samples of

human brain tissue in the lab, and concluded that applying it on to cancerous cells causes

them to die.

New discovery: the Biodegradable Car

The Lina biodegradable car. (Credit: Eindhoven University,Discover Magazine)

“Lina” is a biodegradable car designed by students at Eindhoven University of Technology

Neitherlands which is composed mainly of sugar beet resin and flax. Its weight is almost 700

pounds with a top speed of around 50 miles per hour. It is a four-seater battery car which

goes for about 60 miles on a single charge. The beet and flax take just 20 percent of the

energy that traditional materials like steel and aluminum require during automotive

production, the team says, and its low weight further enhances energy savings. And, when

you’re done with it all the materials can be degraded to Earth naturally although batteries,

tires and few metal components were not biodegradable. Another biodegradable car,

the Phoenix Roadster, was built out of bamboo and rattan, with a projected life of five years.

If car owners wanted to get more use out of their car, they can simply swap the old skin by

new one. While fully biodegradable cars may not be in our near future, the project does

prove that certain parts — hoods, side panels, interiors — can be constructed of light,

biodegradable materials. The appeal is even stronger for parts that will wear out anyway,

like tires. Michelin has already announced a prototype biodegradable tire that would be both

airless and 3-D printable, and the same could go for plastic components on the interior and

beneath the hood.

New discovery: Squeezing extra value from fruit and

veg

Research revealed that by setting up onsite facilities, fruit and vegetable processors can cost-

effectively transform their by-products into sustainable added-value compounds boosting up

the rural employment and providing a new source of ingredients for the chemicals, materials,

food and pharmaceutical industries.

A huge amount of by-product is produced in the processing of fruit and vegetables which

simply goes to waste just because of large cost of transporting and processing. To repurpose

this waste and create valuable compounds for use in, for example, detergents, biopolymers or

platform chemicals, it must be converted while still fresh. Thus working more closely

together with others in the same chain was done, developing ways for companies of all sizes

to extract further value from their processed raw material. The most promising by products

were characterized and selected. New procedures were developed to transform them into

fermentable substrates, as the basis for the biopolymer PHB used in bioplastics, bio-based

succinic acid (used in food and beverage applications as well as platform chemicals) and

enzymes for detergent applications. One possible application for PHB production could be in

food packaging helping firms to market their products as sustainable – the packaging comes

from the food by-product itself. Succinic acid is used in large industrial quantities. Therefore,

developing more cost-effective and indeed sustainable approaches to producing this from

waste is of great interest to chemical companies.

PAPA Poem by Ms. Shalini Singh (B.Tech. BT 3rd yr) Papa mujhe station chorne aya na kro,

Aasu chipate ho fer k nazarein,

Itna feeka muskuraya na kro.....Papa mujhe chorne aya na kro

Pani ki bottle Rakhi ki nahi,

Ticket kahi bhooli to Nahi,

Purse mei khule paise rakhe ya nii,

Itna narm pyaar jataya na kro..... Papa mujhe chorne aya na kro

Seat k nichay bag jamate,

Dhyaan rakhna akeli ja rhi,

Sath ki kisi mahila ko batate ,

Pal-pal itni chinta jataya na kro.... Papa mujhe chorne aya na kro

Pahuchte hi kr dena phone,

Ab jab hoga ana fir tumhara,

Rag rag Kar dete ho tanga,

Udasi Se sir par hath firaya na kro.... Papa mujhe chorne aya na kro

Mai khamosh ho jati hu,

Ji bhar aise gale lagaya na kro,

Door tak dekhti reh jati hu bikhar Kar,

Gamgin khade u hath hilata na kro.... Papa mujhe chorne aya na kro.

A Promise To Keep Promises Poem by Mr. Rajneesh Rai (B.Tech. BT 3rd yr) Life is so complicated but it’s amazing too. So let me tell you something today. There will be times when life will hit you hard but promise me you'll escalate again. You'll fall from heights; but promise me you'll mount again. There will be times when people will break you from inside-out, you’ll feel shattered but promise me sweetheart you'll not let that heart turn into cold again. There will be times when you'll feel like escaping from this world but promise me darling you'll not live in those cocoons again. There will be times when your dreams will burn down to ashes but promise me you'll rise like a phoenix from those ashes again. There will be times when everyone will doubt, misinterpret and will finally leave you, but promise me traveler you'll be your own aide again and again. There will be times when you will feel like giving up on life but promise me warrior you'll fight till your last breath. Most importantly there will be times when you will feel like breaking all these promises but promise me unlike others you'll keep this promise.

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