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Research and Development


Royal School of Bio-sciences (RSBSC)

Department of Biotechnology

Thrust areas of Research

  • Drug Discovery from Natural Products
  • Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology
  • Cancer Genetics


Instruments and Facilities

# Name of the instrument Make/Model
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UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
Lasany, and BioEra Ltd., India
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Bacteriological incubator
NSW-151, NSW India Ltd.
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Shaker incubator with temperature control (4-60 oC)
REMI, India and Scigenics, India Ltd.
Scigenics Orbitek, Scigenics India Ltd.
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High speed cooling centrifuge
REMI, India Eppendorf Centrifuge 5418R, Germany
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Sensitive weighing machine
Mettler Toledo, USA
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Biosafety Level-II cabinet
Klenzaids, India Ltd.
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Digital pH meter
BioEra, India Ltd.
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Thermocycler
Thermocycler T100, BioRad, USA
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Gel-Documentation unit
BioRad Gel Doc EZ imager, USA
11 Western Blot units with power packs BioRad, USA
12 Gel electrophoresis unit with power packs BioRad, USA
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Nanodrop
Eppendorf BioSpectrometer, Germany
14 Probe sonicator Riviera, India
15 Bath sonicator Riviera, India
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ELISA reader
Genexy, India
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Deep freezer (-20 oC, and -40 oC) etc.
Blustar India Ltd.
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Mastercycler nexus gradient
Eppendorf Mastercycler, Germeny
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Rotary vaccum evaporator with chiller &vaccum pump
Equitron, India
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Binocular light microscope with camera attachment
Magnus India Ltd.

PhD Students :

Ongoing PhD students :

# Name of the Ph.D. Scholar Title of the Thesis: Name of the supervisor:
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Saahana Syed Juhi
Comparative evaluation of the endophytic fungi diversity in Costus speciosus & Costus pictus, two traditional medicinal plant species of Assam Dr. Ranjan Dutta Kalita
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Sahiba Khan
Isolation and characterization of azo-dye degrading indigenous soil microbes and exploring its bioremediation potential Dr. Debajit Borah
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Debaleena Kashyap
Synthesis and Characterization of a few metal nanoparticles and assessment of their antimicrobial property against bacterial pathogen Dr. Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi
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Bishwapriya Chutia
Isolation, Characterization and Therapeutic Assessment of potential Probiotic strains from Traditionally used Fermented foods of North-East India Dr. Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi

Degree awarded

# Name of the Ph.D. Scholar Title of the Thesis: Name of the supervisor:
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Dr. Indukalpa Das
Biosurfactant mediated green synthesis of metal nanoparticles for enhancing seed germination and antimicrobial applications Dr. Debajit Borah
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Dr. Vanshika Sharma
Wound healing and antimicrobial properties of Kaempferia galanga L. and formulation of topical applications Dr. Ranjan Dutta Kalita

Degree awarded

# Name of the PI and Co-PI Title of the project Name of the funding agency Duration
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Dr. Debajit Borah (PI) Associate Professor
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Dr. Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi (Co-PI) Assistant Professor
Production of commercial grade banana fruit beer and assessment of its nutritional values DBT-ALSBT Hub (Assam) 2 years
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Dr. Siddhartha Narayan Borah (PI) Assistant Professor
Bacillus-mediated synthesis of selenium nanoparticles for terbinafine delivery against zoonotic dermatophytosis DBT-ALSBT Hub (Assam) 2 years


Publications For the last 5 years (segregate Year-wise)

-2024-

1. Das I, Bharali P, Gogoi P, Borah A, and Borah D*; BioNanoScience. 2024 (accepted and in press).
2. Khan S, Alam FS, and Borah D*; BMC-Biotechnology for the Environment (new journal), 2024 doi: 10.1186/s44314-024-00003-4.
3. Patowary R*, Rajbongshi B, Devi A, Sen B, Goswami M, Sarma H; Next Sustainability. 2024 Jan 1;3:100034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxsust.2024.100034
4. Das R, Kumar R*, Rai AK, Sarma A, Kakoti L, Kataki AC, Bhattacharyya M, and Kalita M; Advances in Cancer Biology-Metastasis. 2024; 100115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adcanc.2024.100115
5. Saikia L, Gogoi B, Sen S, Dutta PP, Kumar D. Medical Oncology. (accepted for publication)
6. Samanta SK, Choudhury P, Kandimalla R, Aqil F, Moholkar DN, Gupta RC, Das M, Gogoi B, Gogoi N, Sarma PP, Devi R. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2024 Jan 30; 319: 117235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2023.117235
7. Sharma V, Gogoi B, Borah SN, Ghosh A, Mazumdar A, Kalita RD; Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2024 Jan 27:1-3. DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2024.2310773
8. Singh KD, Chetia D, Gogoi N, Gogoi B, Rudrapal M. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 2024 Jan; 21(1): e202301299. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.202301299
9. Sharma V, Gogoi B, Borah SN, Ghosh A, Mazumdar A, Kalita RD*; Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2024 Jan 27:1-3. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2024.2310773

-2023-

1. Patowary R*, Jain P, Malakar C, Devi A; Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2023 Nov; 30(54): 115185-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30466-z
2. Gogoi B, Das I, Begum S, Dutta G, Kumar R, Borah D*; Microbes and their Genes involved in Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon, Bioremediation for Environmental Pollutants Sustainable Materials, 2023, 1: 271. https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815123494123010011
3. Shelke DB, Islam NF, Chambhare MR, Sonawane HB, Patowary R, Prasad R, Sarma H; Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 2023 Aug 3:102805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102805
4. Patowary R, Devi A, Mukherjee AK; Potential Application of Biochar for Efficient Restoration of Crude Oil-Contaminated Sites. In Land Remediation and Management: Bioengineering Strategies 2023 Nov 22 (pp. 331-350). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4221-3_14
5. Phukan MM, Pankaj PP, Sangma SR, Ahmed R, Manoj K, Saha J, Ray MK, Kulnu AS, Kumar R, Sagar K, and Das PP; Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing activities of medicinal plants. Phytochemicals in Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Bioactivity and Drug Discovery, 2023, p.205. doi.org/10.1515/9783110791891-009
6. Shelke DB, Islam NF, Chambhare MR, Sonawane HB, Patowary R, Prasad R, Sarma H; Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 2023 Aug 3:102805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102805
7. Patowary R, Devi A, Mukherjee AK; Potential Application of Biochar for Efficient Restoration of Crude Oil-Contaminated Sites. InLand Remediation and Management: Bioengineering Strategies 2023 Nov 22 (pp. 331-350). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4221-3_14
8. Khan S, Das I, Baishya P, Roy M, Das S, Borbora D, and Borah D*; Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Food Sciences. 2023; 13(3): 1-4. https://doi.org/10.55251/jmbfs.10275
9. Das I, Sonowal A, Gogoi B, Sharma B, Patowary K, and Borah D*; Kuwait Journal of Science. 2023; 50(1B): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.19889 (Impact factor: 1.4)
10. Pore SK, Samanta SK, Gogoi B, Hahm ER. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2023 Feb 24;14:1156197. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1156197
11. Chowdhury P, Bhattacharya S, Gogoi B, Veeranna RP, Kumar S. Vaccines. 2022 Sep 29; 10(10): 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101639
12. Gogoi N, Chowdhury P, Goswami AK, Das A, Chetia D, Gogoi B*. Structural Chemistry. 2022 Oct; 33(5): 1409-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-022-01916-0
13. Samanta SK, Choudhury P, Sarma PP, Gogoi B, Gogoi N, Devi R. Pharmacological Reports. 2022 Aug; 74(4): 583-601. doi: 10.1007/s43440-022-00373-0
14. Goswami AK, Sharma HK, Gogoi N, Kashyap A, Gogoi B. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 2022 Feb 1; 25(2): 292-306. doi: 10.2174/1386207324666210118095503
15. Ezung B, Kalita R.D. and Paul, A. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2023; 12 (19), 856-867. doi:10.20959/wjpr202319-30041


-2022-

1. Das I, Gogoi B, Sharma B, Borah D*; 3Biotech. 2022;12:294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03361-6 (Impact factor: 2.893)
2. Pathak, B., Khataniar, A., Das, B., Upadhyaya, S., Medhi, A., Bhuyan, P.K., Buragohain, A.K., and Borah, D.*; Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2022; 29: 64096-64111 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20323-w (Impact factor: 5.8).
3. Puzari A, Borah D, Das P; Monatshefte für Chemie- Chemical Monthly. 2022; 153: 435-442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-022-02929-5 (Impact factor: 1.8)
4. Gogoi, B., Das, I., Gogoi, M., Charingia, D., Bandyopadhyay, T., and Borah, D.*; 3Biotech. 2022;12:68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03133-2 (Impact factor: 2.893)
5. Chakraborty I, Rongpipi S, Govindaraju I, B Rakesh, Mal SS, Gomez EW, Gomez ED, Kalita RD, Nath Y, Mazumder N, 2022; 85 (5), 1990–2015. doi.org/10.1002/jemt.24057
6. Sonawane H, Shelke D, Chambhare M, Dixit N, Math S, Sen S, Borah SN, Islam NF, Joshi SJ, Yousaf B, Rinklebe J, Sarma H. Environmental Research. 2022, 212(2):113543. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113543 (JIF 8.431)
7. Borah SN, Koch N, Sen S, Prasad R, and Sarma H. In book: Emerging Contaminants in the Environment- Challenges and Sustainable Practices. 2022, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-323-85160-2. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85160-2.00024-X
8. Sonowal S, Nava AR, Joshi SJ, Borah SN, Islam NF, Pandit S, Prasad R, Sarma H. Pedosphere. 2022. 32(1): 198-210. DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(21)60067-X (JIF 5.513)

-2021-

1. Kumar R*, Rai AK, Phukan MM, Hussain A, Borah D, Gogoi B, Chakraborty P, & Buragohain AK; Current genomics. 2021; 22(5): 339-352. DOI: 10.2174/1389202922666210921101728 (IF-2.68)
2. Mahanta S, Chowdhury P, Gogoi N, Goswami N, Borah D, Kumar R, Chetia D, Borah P, Buragohain AK, & Gogoi B; Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics. 2021;39(10):3802–3811 (IF-4.15) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2020.1768902
3. Borah D*, Chaubey A, Sonowal A, Gogoi B, & Kumar R; Microbial Biosurfactants and Their Potential Applications: An Overview. Microbial Biosurfactants, 2021, 91-116.
4. Phukan MM, Kumar R, Gupta K, Bardhan P, Bhuyan N, Gogoi L, ... & Kataki R; Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2021; 135-152
5. Gogoi N, Gogoi B, Chetia D. Clinical Phytoscience. 2021 May 6;7(1):42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40816-021-00269-1
6. Mahanta S, Gogoi B, Chetia P, Tanti B, Handique PJ. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 2021 Sep 1; 18(9):859-71. DOI: 10.2174/1570180818666210421140331
7. Gogoi B, Chowdhury P, Goswami N, Gogoi N, Naiya T, Chetia P, Mahanta S, Chetia D, Tanti B, Borah P, Handique PJ; Molecular diversity. 2021 Aug; 25:1963-77. DOI: 10.1007/s11030-021-10211-9
8. Gogoi N, Chowdhury P, Goswami AK, Das A, Chetia D, Gogoi B*. Molecular diversity. 2021 Aug;25:1745-59.doi: 10.1007/s11030-020-10150-x
9. Gogoi N, Chetia D, Gogoi B, Das A; Current Computer-Aided Drug Design. 2021 Feb 1; 17(1): 69-82. DOI: 10.2174/1573409916666191226103000
10. Borah SN, Goswami L, Sen S, Sachan D, Sarma H, Montes M, Peralta-Videa J, Pakshirajan K, Narayan M; Environmental Pollution. 2021. 285:117519. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117519 (JIF 9.988)
11. Sen S, Borah SN, Sarma H, Bora A, Deka S; Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2021. 9(4):105494, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105494 (JIF 7.968)
12. Borah SN, Sen S, Pakshirajan K. In Book: Biosurfactants for a Sustainable Future: Production and Application in the Environment and Biomedicine. 2021. Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-119-67105-3. DOI: 10.1002/9781119671022.ch8
13. Sen S, Borah SN, and Deka S. In Book: Biosurfactants for a Sustainable Future: Production and Application in the Environment and Biomedicine. 2021. Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-119-67105-3. DOI: 10.1002/9781119671022.ch20
14. Singh A, Kushwaha A, Sen S, Goswami S, Katiyar S, Kumar A, Borah SN, Goswami L, and Hussain CM. In Book: Waste-to-Energy Approaches Towards Zero Waste. 2021. Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-323-85387-3. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85387-3.00014-8

-2020-

1. Gogoi B, Kumar R, Upadhyay J, & Borah D*; SN Applied Sciences, 2020, 2(10), 1-7. (IF-0) DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03529-
2. Garg A, Borah D, Trivedi P, Chaturvedi V, Gogoi D, Chaliha AK, Ali AZ, Chetia D, and Sarma D; ACS Omega. 2020; 5(46): 29830–29837 (Impact factor: 4.132).
3. Hazarika M, Kalita GD, Pramanik S, Borah D, and Das P; Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 2020; 3: 10008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2020.100018
4. Basumatary M, Das S, Gogoi M, Das I, Charingia D, and Borah D* ; Bioremediation Journal. 2020; 24(2-3):190-203 (Impact factor: 2.14)
5. Pathak B, Borah D*, Khataniar A, Bhuyan PK, and Buragohain AK; Journal of Earth System Science. 2020; 129: 141. (Impact factor: 1.912)
6. Gogoi B*, Gogoi N, Chowdhury P, Chetia D; International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 1;101:116-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.322

-2019-

1. Kumar R, Gogoi B, & Borah D*; Current Science, 2019, 117(11), 1766–1767.
2. Chaubey A, and Borah D*; Current Science. 117(7): 1125 (Impact factor: 1.169)
3. Das M, Borah D, Patowary K, Borah M, Khataniar A, and Kakoti BB; IET-Nanobiotechnology. 2019; 13 (9): 967-973 (Impact factor: 2.3).

Patent details

# Patent Application No. Inventor(s) Title Date of Publication Publication number
1 202331083484 Vanshika Sharma, Ranjan Dutta Kalita, Bipul Nath, Dipankar Saha Wound healing topical ointment formulation based on essential oil obtained from Kaempferia galangal L. 15/12/2023 NA
2 202431031585 Debajit Borah, Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi, Probodh Borah, Arijit Kumar, Raktim Ranjan Gogoi, and Dhanmoi Barman A process for producing banana beer and a composition for the same 26/04/2024 NA

Research Highlights:

Flyers of the distinguished talks organized

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Achievements of the faculty/students:

Dr. Debajit Borah, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, RGU and Mr. Abhijit Sonowal, a student of MSc Biotechnology 4th semester was jointly conferred with “Idea Exposition Award” on “Innovations in Agriculture and Sustainability” with an exposure grant of Rs. 50,000/- (fifty thousand only) by DBT-BIRAC Regional Innovation Centre (BRIC) in collaboration with Idea Knowledge Park, Hyderabad and Guwahati Biotech Park, Guwahati during July 16-17, 2020.