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About the department:
The Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras was founded in 2004 with a vision to be recognized as a Department of International repute with a strong interdisciplinary research and teaching base in biological sciences and engineering and an active collaboration with industries and health-care institutions.

Faculty Profile
Amal Kanti Bera
Ion channels and Signaling
Anju Chadha
Bioorganic Chemistry
Athi N. Naganathan
Experimental/Computational Protein Folding
R Baskar
Developmental Genetics
K Chandraraj
Biochemistry and Genetic Engineering
T S Chandra
Microbiology and Genetics
A Gopala Krishna
Signal Transduction

Areas of Research
Molecular oncology
Cancer immunotherapy
Anti-cancer nutraceuticals
HIV pathogenesis
Stem cell biology
Biomarkers for cardiovascular disease
Gene regulation in hypertension
Molecular and cellular basis of cardiovascular complications
Structure- function relationship of ion channels
Ion channels associated with ischemic heart diseases and stroke
Nanoparticles
Nanobiotechnology of food packaging
Nucleolar GTPases and cell proliferation
Developmental biology
Pattern formation in cellular slime moulds
Plant developmental genetics
Recombinant Enzymes
Biofuel cells
Biorefinery

Courses offered:
5 year Dual Degree (M.Tech) in Biological Engineering
MS (by Research)/PhD
Clinical Engineering
PhD Biomedical Devices and Technology

Contact details:
DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai – 600 036
INDIA
+91-44-2257-4100