Workshop under DBT-FOLDSCOPE promotional drive on 13th August 2019 

A group of 23 students, all from classes VI to XII; accompanied by 7 school faculties, visited Research and Development Cell of IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur on August 13, 2019 under DBT-FOLDSCOPE promotional drive. The Department of Biotechnology at IISU has organized a small workshop along with visit to other department laboratories to encourage budding enthusiasm among the students.

The session commented with welcome address by Dr. Radhika Sharma, Head, Department of Biotechnology, IISU, Jaipur. Dr Ameeta Sharma then introduced the students with the basics of microbial culture and Gram staining. The lecture was very enlightening and received lots of applauds from the visiting fraternity.

Dr. Nidhi Gupta, then told them about assembly of FOLDSCOPE, other light microscopes and inverted microscopes. The students were then taught about process of culturing and Gram staining of E. coli microbial cells with the help of Ms. ParikshanaMathur, Ms. MonishaSinghal, Ms. Priyanka Yadav and Ms. Itisha Paul.

School students have a great time in visualizing the slides which they prepared with the help of research scholars in the lab. Dr. Nidhi Gupta then gave them a visit to Animal Cell Culture laboratory which had sparked their enthusiasm for Biology.

The students were then allowed to visit laboratories of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication where Dr. Garima was very kind to answer their queries. On their visit to Chemistry Laboratory, Dr. Varsha welcomed them and entertained all their questions. Later on when they visited Department of Visual Arts, they all were mesmerized with the beauty our students had depicted in the forms of paintings and sculptures.

Dr. Nidhi Gupta from IISU and faculties of RamjasSchool, then discussed about various uses of FOLDSCOPE and how can that be beneficial for Science students. We were of the opinion that common people have been shown the beauty of nature much closely with the aid of FOLDSCOPE. Overall, it was a very fruitful gathering and discussion on behalf of Ramjas School, New Delhi and IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur.

The school students were also briefed about the various facility our University has such as Animal House, Plant Tissue Culture lab, Audio Visual Lab, CIT lab etc. They were very happy and satisfied with the hospitality we have shown.

IISU visit by students of Ramjas School, R.K. Purum, New Delhi; scheduled for August 13, 2019 at 10:30 am onwards

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Guest lecture
 

SPEAKER:        DR. NEHA JAIN, POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW,THE CHAPMAN LAB, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI

TOPIC:         “BACTERIAL CURLI: AN EXCELLENT MODEL TO      UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM    OF   AMYLOID FORMATION”

Guest lecture on Bacterial Curli: An Excellent Model to Understand the Mechanism of Amyloid Formation by Dr. Neha Jain, Post doctoral Research Fellow,The Chapman Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI was organised by the Dept. of Biotechnology on 8^th Jan 2015.

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Guest lecture

     SPEAKER:           DR. SURENDRA NIMESH, UGC-ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

    TOPIC:              “AN INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS : ENDNOTE”

A Guest lecture by Dr. Surendra Nimesh, UGC-Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Central University on "An introduction to bibliographic tools : Endnote" was organized by Department of Biotechnology on 19^th September, 2015.  All the students and faculty of Sciences attended it. According to Dr. Surendra, now a day’s many tools are available on different websites which can be used for research studt. He talked about various types of BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS. His lecture emphasized on how to use them in one’s research work. It was a knowledgeable and interesting lecture and students were highly motivated to work in this field.

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• Visit To Sewage Treatment Plant, Delawas on 20^th  October 2015

The department of Biotechnology, IIS University recently organized an educational visit to Sewage Water Treatment Plant on 20^th  October 2015 for the UG and PG students of Biotechnology and Microbiology.  The visit was organized on the initiative and guidance of Dr Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Dr Radhika Sharma. The students left the college for visit on 20 October at 10 am. The destination was ‘Sewage Treatment Plant’  Delawas a unit of JMC. The plant handles 62.5 MLD load of domestic sewage which is approx. 60-70% of the total load. At the plant, the students carefully studied and observed the complete process of sewage water treatment, functions of its components, and concept of ‘waste to energy’. Officials at STP guided the students regarding different aspects of treatment of sewage water and gave satisfactory answers to different questions raised by the students. The Plant is based on conventional activated sludge process with diffused aeration system. The sludge is handled in anaerobic digesters. Digested sludge is pumped to centrifuge unit where it is converted to semi solid form having consistency of 22% solids and is then used as manure.  The plant further reduces the quantity of bio-solids through an anaerobic treatment process. Here, in the absence of air, anaerobic bacteria digest the bio-solids, producing "biogas", a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. Methane is the main component of natural gas, and the biogas produced, can be burnt in an engine or turbine to produce power and generate electricity. In this way, anaerobic treatment can generate electrical energy which in turn powers the entire sewage treatment plant. The flexible technical configuration of the plant and the continuous availability of different wastewater and sludge compositions for experiments ensures, even on a small scale, the customization to new research tasks at any time. At last it can be concluded that, the visit was quite enlightening and enriched the knowledge of students and staff alike.

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