The young and vibrant PG and Research Department of Microbiology is packed up with a modernised well-equipped laboratory. 500 volumes of books and 15 periodicals and journals (National & International) are available in the department. Globally microbiology has grown by leaps and bounds. The unprecedented technology unraveled the mystery of humans and other genomes which brings tremendous benefits for mankind in curing diseases, cleaner and better environment to live in. Microbiology students get positioned as Food Analysts, Water Analysts, Microbiologists, Pharmaceutical and Beverage Industries in India and abroad. The department provides placement assistance for rural students.

Objectives:

To provide a platform to explore the opportunities and works undertaken in the field of biological sciences.

Infrastructure:

The lab is well designed with the latest modern types of equipment like UV Double beam spectrophotometer, Electrophoresis, Flame Photometer, PCR, Gel Doc Unit, etc., Isolation and separation of genetic materials and protein can be done and viewed, and gel conjugation is also done. Facilities are available with necessary pieces of equipment for quantitative estimation of biologically important macromolecules, carbohydrates, protein, and nucleic acids, secondary metabolites like alkaloids, tannins, and polyphenolics. Students are trained to produce cheese, ethanol, and citric acid from the microbes. Quantitative and qualitative studies of soil Microflora, their antagonistic effect, and antimicrobial activities are studied.

Programmes Offered

  • B.Sc., Microbiology: A pass in 10+2 with biology as one of the core subject
  • M.Sc., Microbiology: A pass in B.Sc. With Bio Technology/bio chemistry/ Botany/Zoology/Microbiology/Bioinformatics/Biology/Life science/B.sc. With Biological Sciences as one of the subjects(B.E/B.Tech in Biotechnology)/B.Pharm / B.Sc Agriculture/B.Sc Horticulture
  • M.Phil., Microbiology
  • Ph.D., Microbiology

Head of the Department:

Dr. L. PRINCE   M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Head

Staff Members:

Dr.P. MADHANRAJ M.Sc.,M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor.

Dr.R. BHARATHIDASAN M.Sc., M.Phil. , B.Ed., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor.

Dr.G. SATHYAPRABHA M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., PGDBI
Assistant Professor.

Dr. G. THIRUNEELAKANDAN M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor.

Dr. A.V. ANITA GNANA KUMARI M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor.

 

  1. One day Seminar on Emerging Trends in Biosciences (BIOSPIRT 12) held on 6th March 2012, Organized by the School of Biosciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur
  2. One day Seminar on Research Avenue in Biosciences (BIORESOURCES 13) held on 29th January 2013, organized by the School of Biosciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
  3. One day Seminar on Research Avenue in Biosciences (BIORESOURCES 14) held on 5th March 2014, organized by the School of Biosciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
  4. State level one day Seminar on Emerging Trends in Bioscience and Future Prospects (BIORESOURCES 15) held on 26th February 2015, organized by the School of Biosciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  5. International Seminar on New Frontiers and Challenges in Environmental Science (BIOENVIRON 16) held on 11th and 12th February 2016, Organized by the School of Biosciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  6.  International Seminar on Novel Avenues in Environmental issues and Protection Science (BIOENVIRON 18) held on 15th and 16th February 2018, Organized by the School of Biosciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  7.  One day Seminar on Global challenges and intercollegiate competition of Life Sciences held on 15th February 2019, Organized by the School of Life sciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  8.  One day National level Seminar on Novel Approaches and Future aspects for Cancer therapy (ONCO T20) held on 07th February 2020, Organized by the School of Life sciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  9.  Online Quiz Competition May 2020 During Quarantine period to fight against spread of Coronavirus and successfully Complete.” E-QUIZ COMPETETITION: PANDEMIC COVID-19” Organized by Department of Microbiology, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  10. UNDERSTANDING BIODIVERSITY JULY 2020: Delivered by Dr. Natesan payer Nadimuthu Organized by Department of Microbiology, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur
  11.  One day Inter National level Seminar on Recent Advances in Translational Medicine (ISRTM-2021) held on 26th November 2021, organized by the School of Life sciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.
  12.  One Day Conference on Future Prospective of Nutritive Food for Mankind and intercollegiate competition of Life Sciences (FPNFM-2022) held on 30th March 2022, organized by the School of Life sciences, Marudupandiyar College, Thanjavur.

S. No

Research candidate

Title of thesis

Research advisor

Year   of award

1.      

V. Babu

studies on characterization and antimicrobial activity of secondary metabolites isolated from marine lactobacillus sp.

Dr. G. Thiruneelakandan

01-12-2016

2.      

R. S.  Vigneshwari

Characterisation of multiple antibiotic resistant E.coli in clinical and marine environment strains

Dr. G. Thiruneelakandan

15-04-2017

3.      

S. Vinola Jenifer

isolation, identification and characterization of microbial communities on Pitchavaram mangroov ecosystem south east coast of india

Dr. G. Thiruneelakandan

01-07-2017

4.      

E. Karthikeyan

Studies on bioflim bacteria of urinary track infected patient in thanjavur and antibacterial suspectiblity evalution using aervalanata L.

Dr. R. Rajasekar

01-08-2017

5.      

M. Neelagandan

studies on arbuscular mycorizhal fungi associated with some plants in saline soil and its influence on saline tolerance of catharanths roseus L.

Dr. V. Mahesh

01-10-2017

6.      

S. Prasanth

Studies on the physico chemical analysis and microbiological aspects of periyar river kerala.

Dr.V.Mahesh

01-03-2018

7.      

T. Sheela

Production, purification and characterization of pectinase from soil fungi

Dr. P. Madhanraj

01-06-2018

8.      

N. Jayanthi

Evaluation of antibacterial efffect   of the bioactive compounds of honey on the multidrug resistant p[athogen isolated from  human ocular.

Dr. S. Asokan

01-09-2018

9.      

R. Rathish

Extra cellular enzyme profiling of marine derived fungi isolated from coastal area of tamil nadu

Dr. P. Madhanraj

01-09-2018

10.   

J. Sangeetha

Isolation and identification of bioactive compouds from various extract of sea grass against ocular pathogens

Dr. S. Asokan

01-09-2018

11.   

J. Sujatha

studies and characterization of green synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticals using cassia alata leaf extract against siperficial mycoses

Dr. S. Asokan

01-09-2018

12.   

M. Anjugam

Diversity and biological properties of endophytic fungi and their nano technological approaches of cholesterogenesis

Dr. R. Bharathidasan

01-07-2019

13.   

K. Thembavani

Diversity of AM fungi and their influence on fugicide tolerance and agronomic performance of Capsicum annum L.

Dr. V. Mahesh

01-12-2019

14.   

R. Parthiban.

Studies on diversity and molecular characterization of Rhizobium and agrobacterium in vigna mungo L.

Dr. V. Mahesh

31-1-2020

15.   

A. Anjana

Studies on anticancer compounds isolated from marine fungi

Dr. G. Thiruneelakandan

01-06-2020

16.   

M. Rajeshwari

studies on physiochemical characteriation and diversity of seagrass in northern palk bay of indida and their pharmacological potential

Dr. R. Bharathidasan

01-07-2020

17.   

P. Rajendran

Effect of strees on growth of Rhizobium

Dr. R. Bharathidasan

01-09-2020

18.   

Jeena M john

Biological control of rice bacterial blight by biological agents

Dr. P. Prabhakaran

01-11-2020

19.   

Sweethy K Ennacheril

Effect of strees on growth of Rhizobium

Dr. A. Magesh

01-11-2020

20.   

G. Priya Gowri

studies of urinary tract infection causing Entero bacteriaceae Resistant to third generation cephalosporins and antibacterial susceptibility evaluation using Aristolochia indica L.

Dr. L. Prince

01-10-2021

21.   

A. Kanagaprasad

viable staining of mycobacterium tuberculosis for efficient management of treatment in resource limited settings

Dr. R. Bharathidasan

01-05-2022

UG: B.Sc., Microbiology

S. No

Name of the Rank holder

Position of the Rank

Year

1

R. Sugashini

16 th Rank

2018

2

T. Firdous Nisha

5th Rank

2020

3

M. Malini Devi

18th Rank

2021

4

S. Gowthaman

16th Rank

2022

5

M. Aishwarya

17th Rank

2022

 

PG: M.Sc., Microbiology

 

S. No

Name of the Rank holder

Position of the Rank

Year

1

A. Thilagavathi

17 th Rank

2018

2

S. Sivapriya

5 th Rank

2020

3

K. Anaghadas

3rd Rank

2021

4

J.K Anamika

5th  Rank

2021

5

T. Firdous Nisha

2nd Rank

2022

6

B. Indhumathy

11th Rank

2022

7

T. Elavarasi

16th Rank

2022

 

Name of the Alumni

Present Designation

Year of Study

Degree

Contact No

S. Saranya Mary

Pharmacy of Vishal

2016-2019

B.Sc

8754655106

P. Ramesh

Ph.D., department of Microbiology Bharathidasan University Trichy-620 024

2016-2019

B.Sc

900332817

A. Bhubaneswari

GKV Hospital

2017-2020

B.Sc

8610777145

E. Thilagavathi

Melasathemui, Maharajapuram Thanjavur

 

B.Sc

8489360667

T. Firdous nisha

Hidhayath school vallam

2017-2020

B.Sc

8925695984

S. Thenmozhi

G.H Bothalur

2017-2020

B.Sc

8220194904

J. Elizabeth Praylin

White

Project staff

2017-2020

B.Sc

9787376176

C. Parkavi

Marketing

2017-2020

B.Sc

6385929230

S. Saranya Mary

Pharmacy of Vishal

2016-2019

B.Sc

8754655106

R. Suriya

Lab Technician

2017-2020

B.Sc

7397570217

M. Vijaya

Swastik Pharma

2017-2020

B.Sc

8428727325

A. Anees Rubiya

Meenakshi Hospital

2017-2019

M.Sc

9788512332

M. Prasanth

Muthuthoot Finance Balaji Nagar, Thanjavur.

2017-2019

M.Sc

7904032015

P. Pragadeeswaran

Paramedical Complex, Alathur

2018-2020

M.Sc

735850437

S. Sivapriya

Nursing Tutor

2018-2020

M.Sc

7397047609

G. Karthika

Sri Venkateshwara College of Arts and Science

2018-2020

M.Phil.

6382661953

G. Kowsalya

Meenakshi Hospital Thanjavur

2018-2020

M.Phil.

9789510497

9500982992

S. No

Name of the Investigator

Department

Title of the Project

Student(s) Name

Funding Agency

Amt. Rs.

1

Dr. G. Thiruneelakandan

Microbiology

Studies on a marine origin fibrinolytic enzyme with multiple actions

Logeshwari. P

&

Swathi. M

TANSCST

7500