The ‘Department of Biological Sciences (DBS)’ is the youngest autonomous interdisciplinary department in the 196 years history of ‘Presidency University’, formerly ‘Presidency college’

Facilities

Animal cell culture facility
Animal house
Bacteriological facility
Butterfly garden to study insect ecology and diversity
Facilities for basic molecular biology
Facilities for - hematology, ecology, animal behavior, ichthyology, parasitology and entomology
Plant tissue culture facility
Spectroscopic facility
UG and PG-lecture halls
UG and PG-general laboratories

List of some research work done here:

“Biochemical characterization of SarA and SarR regulators in S. aureus to study molecular genetics” DBT, Govt. of India, 2014-2016. (PI: Prof Adhar C Manna. Rs. 50,00,000).
“Understanding mechanism of oxidative stress responses by studying catalase regulation in S. aureus”. BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy, 2014-2016. ( PI: Prof. Adhar C Manna. Rs. 26,64,750).

Studies on enhancing biological control mechanism of aquatic weed, water hyacinth through integration of insects and fungal agents. ( DST under SERB- OYS Scheme). PI: Dr Puja Ray.
Molecular dissection of polyamine mediated hyper-osmotic stress tolerance in cultivars of indica rice (DBT, Govt. of India, RGYI-Grant); 2013-2016. PI: Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Co-PIs: Dr. Kamala Gupta and Dr. Arijit Bhattacharya (Tripura University, Tripura).

Culture dependent and independent analyses of prokaryotic communities from the burrows, casts, and guts of earthworms from in and around Kolkata (West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Govt. of West Bengal; 2012-2015. PI: Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Co-PI: Souryadeep Mukherjee.
Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Arsenic Tolerance in Rice Cultivars (DST, Govt. of India, Inspire Fellowship); 2012-2017. PI: Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Co-PI: Dr. Amit Dutta (Dept. of Civil Engg., Jadavpur University, Kolkata).

Contact:

Department of Biological Sciences (DBS)
Presidency University
86/1, College Street,
Kolkata – 700073
West Bengal,
INDIA.