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Biotechnology
Dr. Satyahari Dey is a Professor in Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur. Professor Dey?s R&D are in plant/microbial biotechnology concerning Bio-prospecting genes/molecules, Molecular profiling, Prebiotics; pro-/psychobiotics nutraceuticals bioproducts (important contributions- sandalwood (cyclosaplin), Growtek bioreactor, prebiotics (Thelebolan). Professor Dey is the recipient of Technology Day Invention Award. Professor Dey is Managing Director, STEP IIT Kharagpur; Deputy Secretary General, and Chair, Bioeconomy & Biobusiness, AFOB, and Vice President, India Regional Branch Office, AFOB.
The Plant Biotechnology (PBT) Laboratory led by him has thrust on the extraction, purification, chemical characterization and bioactivity testing of new prebiotic molecules sourced from plants and microbes. The molecules from grain crops (jowar, bajra, ragi & colored rice), psychrophiles (Sphingobacterium and Thelebolus), sandalwood, Santalum album, marine cyanobacterium Aphanothece sp., and a probiotic isolate Lactobacillus fermentum are under investigation. The interactive beneficial gut microflora (probiotics), pathogenic microflora and human intestinal cells are important determinants of human health, triggered by a small group of dietary carbohydrate molecules (prebiotics). Psychobiotics (probiotics produceing neuroactive compounds) act on brain-gut axis, influencing mental health as well, and are being tested to decipher related metabolic events, using germ-free/gnotobiotic mice as animal model for in vivo studies on colonization (by biofilm formation) and metabolism of prebiotic substrates.
Major achievements of PBT:
Development of Indigenous Fully Biodegradable Natural and Synthetic Blended Super Absorbing Polymer (nsb-SAP) for Agricultural Uses (as Import Substitute) (UAY_II_IITKGP_009) SYNTHETIC MOULDERS LIMITED
Oligosaccharide Nutraceuticals from Grain Crops: New Molecules, Scale up of Production, Formulation and Pilot Scale Product Development (UAY_I_IITKGP_009) FLEMING LABORATORIES LIMITED
Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana MHRD
Kumari Shanti Kiran
Area of Research: Plant biotechnology for nutraceuticals
Trishita Jana
Area of Research: Microbial biotechnology
Ashwiny Pandey
Area of Research: Nutraceuticals biotechnology
Susmita Mondal
Area of Research: Nutraceuticals biotechnology
Abinaya B.
Area of Research:
Paramita Biswas
Area of Research: Nutraceutical biotechnology
Shivangi Agrawal
Area of Research: Nutraceuticals biotechnology
Sandip Shit
Area of Research: Nutraceuticals biotechnology
Sachin Maji
Area of Research: Nutraceuticals biotechnology
