M.Sc Molecular Biology
and Biotechnology
SRM University – AP, Andhra Pradesh
Admission open - 2023
About
the University
SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh,
is a multi-disciplinary research-intensive institute combining academic rigor,
evolving research ecosystem, entrepreneurial heritage, and pioneering faculty.
University is equipped with world-class research and teaching facilities.
About
the Department
The Department of Biological Sciences at SRM University – AP offers B.Sc
(Hons) Integrative Biology, M.Sc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, and Ph.D.
degree in various subjects. All programs are research-intensive covering cutting-edge
topics. The Department has outstanding, internationally recognized faculty
supported by excellent facilities for both teaching and research. The Department is equipped with state-of-the-art labs with several
essential instruments such as high-speed centrifuges, spectrophotometers, PCR
machines, real-time PCR, FPLC, shakers, incubators, multimode plate reader,
fluorescence microscope, BSL2 facility, High-performance computing clusters
(HPCC)etc.
About
the Program
The Department of Biological Sciences at SRM University –AP is offering a
two-year MSc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology program. The program is
research-intensive and covers a variety of sub-disciplines with a Research track or Industrytrack
Highlights
•
State-of-the-art
labs
•
100% internationally
trained faculty members (https://srmap.edu.in/seas/biology-faculty/)
•
Merit-based
scholarship including 100% tuition fees waiver based on B.Sc marks
The program comprises
of 82 credits that can be completed in two years
|
Course
|
Credits
|
|
Core
|
32
|
|
Electives (Industry or Research
Track)
|
12
|
|
Skill Enhancement
|
6
|
|
Summer Internship
|
3
|
|
Mini project
|
4
|
|
Final semester project
|
16
|
|
Open electives
|
9
|
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Total
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82
|
Faculty
members - The department has outstanding, internationally
recognized faculty trained from premier institutes of National and
International level. Faculty members with publications from the top-most
journals including Nature, Science, Nature Microbiology, Plos
Biology, PNAS, Green Chemistry, Applied Materials and Interface etc
Core Faculty Members
Prof. Jayaseelan Murugaiyan (Head of
the Department)
PhD - University of Leipzig, Germany
Senior Scientist – ITU, Freie Universitaet
Berlin, Germany
‘Proteomics and Antimicrobial Resistance’
Prof C Durga Rao, Emeritus
Professor, IISc
PhD - Indian Institute of Sciences
‘Virology
and Gene Regulation’
Dr. Anil K. Suresh (Associate
Professor)
PhD - CSIR -National Chemical Laboratory
(NCL)
Post-doc - Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, USA &McGill University, Canada
‘Bionanotechnology’
Dr.Writoban Basu Ball(Assistant
Professor)
PhD - CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical
Biology, Kolkata
Post-doc - Texas A&M University, USA
‘Mitochondrial
biology’
Dr. Sutharsan Govindarajan (Assistant
Professor and DBT-Wellcome Trust Faculty)
PhD – The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel
Post-doc - University of California, San
Francisco (UCSF), USA
‘Bacteriophages
and CRISPR-Cas’
Dr. PitchaiahCherukuri (Assistant
Professor)
PhD - International Max Planck Research
School for Neurosciences (IMPRS)/European Neuroscience Institute (ENI),
Göttingen, Germany
Post-doc- European
Neuroscience Institute (ENI), Göttingen, Germany
‘Neurosciences’
Dr. Naga Bhushana Rao
Karampudi (Assistant Professor)
PhD - Indian Institute of Technology –
Kharagpur
Post-doc- University of Lausanne,
Switzerland&Texas Tech University, USA
Funding – The Department has ongoing projects with a total value of 6 crores with
support from SRM-AP, DBT, DST-SERB (SRG, CRG, SURE), DBT-Wellcome Trust.
Scopes
and Opportunities
• Problem-based
curricula to qualify National and International level exams (eg: CSIR, DBT,
ICMR, ICAR, GATE, GRE etc)
• Opportunity
to work with Industry and Industry-supported projects
• Excellent
chance for placement in biotech industries or prestigious PhD programs within
India or abroad
Admission
Eligibility: Bachelor degree in science with any subject in
Biology as a major or Honours subject with minimum 60% marks.
Selection: Based on UG marks and interview process
Department of
Biological Sciences
For admissions, visit
– https://srmap.edu.in/admission-india/seas-msc-programme/
For more information
about the department, visit – https://srmap.edu.in/seas/biology/
Campus virtual tour – https://srmap.edu.in/campus-life/virtual-tours/
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