Infrastructure:
BUILDING ( AREA: 11,600 sft. )
Ground Floor - Two Class Rooms (Previous & Final) cum Seminar Hall,
(7000 SFT.) A Computer Lab, A Head Room and two Staff Rooms
(Teaching & Non- Teaching).
First Floor - Two Laboratories (Practicals), A Microbial Culture Room,
( 4600 SFT.) A Plant Tissue Culture Room, A Library and Reading Room, Two Research Labs, An Animal Cell Culture Room, ELISA Room and A Store Room
EQUIPMENTS/INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE:
Thermocycler (PCR), CO2 Incubator, Gel Documentation system, Refrigerated Centrifuge, Microplate Reader (ELISA), Deep Freezer (-20oC), Low temperature Freezer ( -86oC),LaminarAir Flows, Inverted Microscope, Cold Centrifuge, Trinocular Research Microscope, Ice Flaking Machine, LCD Projectors, Orbital Shaker (cold), Digital Balance, Distillation Apparatus, Electrophoretic Units, Microfuges, Centrifuges and Dry baths
Small equipment and chemicals/consumables
Ovens, pH meters water bath shakers, refrigerators, microwave oven, autoclaves, magnetic stirrers, cyclomixer, incubator, balances, microscopes.
Adequate number of chemicals, consumables, disposables and glassware for conducting practicals in Molecular Biology, Animal Cell Culture, Plant Tissue Culture, Biochemistry and Microbiology are available in the Department. Restriction enzymes, PCR consumables, Cell lines, Diagnostic kits etc have been procured.
Facilities Available:
· Animal Cell Culture Facility
· Plant Tissue Culture Facility
· Microbial Culture Facility
BIOINFORMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY (BIF):
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi has sanctioned (Rs. 43.0 Lakhs) Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) for promotion of Biology teaching through Bioinformatics (BTBI) to Kakatiya University, Warangal, AP under the Biotechnology Information System Network (BTISnet) Programme. We have created a separate lab in the building of Biotechnology, Kakatiya University. Complete equipment hardware and software is procured and BSNL Broad Band connectivity is obtained. The facility is being utilized by the Faculty, Research Scholars and Student of Biology departments.
SAP-DRS Programme: University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi has sanctioned Rs.32.50 lakhs under SAP-DRS scheme for promotion of infrastructural facilities and Research in the department and Prof.N.Rama Swamy has been appointed as Co-ordinator.
Library:
Books: About 7.5 lakhs worth books (676 Nos) are maintained in our Departmental Library
Journals: Several Research journals are subscribed for departmental library
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