School of Life Sciences, Kannur University


The School of Life Sciences, Kannur University hosts two departments, Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, which was established in 2000 for conducting master's degree courses and research in Biotechnology and Microbiology. An Inter University Centre for Bioscience was also established at the department by the Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala, to be a global center of excellence for research in biological sciences.

Faculty

The department have 6 tenured faculties which includes, 2 professors, 3 associate professors and 1 assistant professor. The founding head of department, Prof. M. Haridas serves as an emeritus professor, who is also the director of Inter University Center for Bioscience.

Professors

The main area of research includes Structural biology, Computational biology, Medicinal chemistry, Enzymology, Microbial technology, Bioprocess technology, Immunology, Endocrinology, and Plant molecular biology. Research findings from the department has significantly contributed for the growth of macromolecular crystallography in India.

Facilities

The School of Life Sciences is located in Thalassery campus, which have well equipped modern classrooms, teaching and research laboratories. A new building for the School of Life Sciences in Thalassery campus will be established to advance the facilities in the microbiology and biotechnology departments. The government had already sanctioned ₹6.5 crore, out of the estimated cost of ₹18 crore for the project.

Collaborations

The School of Life Sciences together with Inter University Center for Bioscience have active collaborations with different research Institutes and industry across the country.

Research findings

Anti inflammatory activity of biotransformed derivatives of berberine

International conferences organised

International Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences (ICABS)

Organized by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology and the Inter University Centre for Bioscience, Kannur University, Kerala, India. ICABS witnessed a unique spectrum of scientific programmes on the most recent and exciting developments in modern biology.

International Conference on Research and Development in Biosciences (CRDB 2019)

The International Conference on Research and Development in Biosciences 15-17  January, 2019,  was organized by Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University and co-sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment. Recent advances in the frontier areas of Biological Sciences including Microbial Biotechnology, Immunotechnology, Molecular biology, Genomics and Structural Biology were the highlights of the conference.