Department of Zoology - Research

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• The Department is engaged in doing research in multidisciplinary context. The research is carried out by students of all strata i.e. undergraduates, postgraduates as well as Ph. D students.
• Doctoral research is carried out at BioScience Research Laboratory that is largely supported by major research projects sponsored by DST, DBT and CSIR.
• Various research projects like DU Innovation Projects, DU Star Innovation Projects and Summer Internship Projects are providing flavour of research to undergraduates.
• Our research findings have been published in high impact international peer reviewed journals.
• Two faculty members got teaching excellence award for innovation for DU innovation project MH-203.
• Two Ph.D. degrees have been awarded in year 2016-17 and two Ph.D students are registered in the Bioscience Research Laboratory under the guidance of Dr. Sadhna Sharma.
• Ms. Swati Singh, Ph.D Scholar received Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation Global Health Travel Award to present her work in London.
• Ms. Medha Singh, Ph.D. Scholar has been selected Novartis Biotechnology Leadership camp to be held in Hyderabad in December, 2017.
• The Department has two working groups, Vaccine and Drug Discovery Group and Environmental Group. Vaccine and Drug Discovery Group is working on Modulation of Toll Like Receptor Signaling By Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Expression, Purification and Characterization of MymA Operon Protein Products of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Molecular Cloning and Immunological Validation of Three Hypothetical Proteins of M. tuberculosis With Strong T-Cell Epitopes; and Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants: Culture, Extraction, Physicochemical Characterization and Testing their Cytotoxic or Immune-Stimulatory Properties
• Environment Group is working on Natural dyeing and antimicrobial finishing of textiles with an eco-friendly approach; Azo free Handmade Paper Making with emphasis on 4R's approach; Environmental Microbiology; Screening for antibiotic producers and xenobiotic degraders using a metagenomics approach; and Limnological studies on shallow lakes.

A list of funded research projects of the Department is as follows:

Project	Sponsor	Grant(lakh)
Study of macrophage apoptosis and mitochondrial integrity in response to PE/PE-PGRS family proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PI: Dr. M.Sharma Co-PI: Dr. Sadhna Sharma Duration: March 2018-2021; Ongoing	DST	68
MH 03: 3R: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Co-PI: Dr. J. Arora Duration: February 2016-2019; Ongoing	DU-Star	40.88
MH 02: Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants: Culture, Extraction, Physico-chemical Characterization and Testing their Cytotoxic or Immunostimulatory Properties Co-PI: Dr. S. Sharma Duration: February 2016-2019; Ongoing	DU-Star	26.67
Molecular Cloning and Immunological Validation of Three Hypothetical Proteins of M. tuberculosis with Strong T-Cell Epitopes PI: Dr. S. Sharma; Co-PI: Dr. M. Sharma Duration: June 2013-June 2017; Ongoing	DBT	66.48
MH 307: Antimicrobial Finishing of Textiles Using Eco-Friendly Bioactive Agents PI: Dr. J. Arora; Co-PI: Dr. S. Jit Duration: August 2015-2016; Completed	DU	6.50
MH 306: Design of Affordable Water Purification Devices using Green and Eco-friendly Silver Nanoparticles Co-PI: Dr. R. Kumari Duration: August 2015-2016; Completed	DU	6.00
MH 308: Synthesis of Henna (Lawsonia inermis) Based Scaffolds and Comparison of their Color and Antimicrobial Activity Co-PI: Dr. M. Sharma Duration: August 2015-2016; Completed	DU	6.00
MH 203: Efficacy of Natural Dyes in Dyeing and Imparting Antimicrobial Properties to Different Textile Materia PI: Dr. J. Arora; Co-PI: Dr. R. Kumari Duration: September 2013- 2015; Completed	DU	4.50
Cloning, Expression, Purification and Immunological Characterization of Myma Operon Protein PI: Dr. S. Sharma; Co-PI: Dr. M. Sharma Duration: September 2012-2015; Completed	CSIR	21.79
Star College Scheme for Zoology Department Coordinators: Dr. R. Kumari, Dr. S. Sharma Duration: 2011-2016; Ongoing	DBIT	16.00
Cloning and Expression of Selected Intraphagosomal Expressed Genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PI: Dr. S. Sharma; Co-PI: Dr. M. Sharma Duration: November 2010- 2011; Completed	CSIR	5.85
Modulation of Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) Signaling by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An Evasive Survival Strategy PI: Dr. S. Sharma; Co-PI: Dr. M. Sharma Duration: June 2006-2009; Completed	DST	11.04
Predicting Potential Inhibitors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis PI: Dr. S. Sharma; Co-PI: Dr. M. Sharma Duration: February 2014-2015; Completed	CSIR	2.25

Ph.D. Students

Project	Sponsor	Grant(lakh)
Iti Saraav, SRF Project: Immunological Studies of Myma (Rv3083) and Adhd (Rv3086) of Cell Wall Associated Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Possible Subunit Vaccine PI: Dr. M.Sharma Duration: February 2013-2016; Completed	ICMR	11.14
Swati Singh, JRF and SRF Project: Cloning, Expression and Immunological Evaluation of Latency Associated Genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PI: Dr. M.Sharma Duration: August 2012-2016; Completed	ICMR	13.47