RESEARCH FACILITIES

Research projects by the faculty members

1. Completed projects

ICAR New Delhi (NATP) Evaluation of bioactive compounds using standard antifouling methods and characterization of potential metabolites. Isolation of Novel Antibiotics against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Sl. No	Title of the project	Name of the Principal Investigator	Funding agency	Time period	Amount (Lakhs)
1	Fattening of baby lobsters	Dr. S. Lazarus	DOD, New Delhi	1995-1998	28 Lakhs
2	Marine Ecological studies at Manavalakurchi (Tamil Nadu) and Chavara (Kerala)” – EIA Studies on IRE Project, Govt. of India	Dr. S. Lazarus	MECON India Ltd	1999	0.75 Lakhs
3	Propagation of the lobster fattening technology among the unemployed fisher women of Kanykumari District, Tamilnadu	Dr. S. Lazarus	DOD, New Delhi	2000	3 Lakhs
4	"Save the Seas" campaign	Dr. S. Lazarus	IERSE, Nagercoil	2000	0.1 Lakhs
5	Technology development for spiny Lobster B. homarous Larve rearing	Dr. S. Lazarus	DBT, New Delhi	1999 - 2000	12 Lakhs
6	One time grant	Dr. S. Lazarus	DBT, New Delhi	2000	15 Lakhs
7	Development of Hatchery and Farming Technologies for Indian Spiny Lobsters	Dr. S. Lazarus	UGC, New Delhi	2009-2011	12 Lakhs
8	Evolving Breeding and Larviculture Technology for Grouper Epinephelus tauvina by applying Heterospecific Insemination techniques and ayurvedic products	Dr. M. Peter Marian		2001-2004	40 Lakhs
9	Artemia Biomass and Cyst production in solar salt pans	Dr. M. Peter Marian	DBT, New Delhi	2001-2004	20 Lakhs
10	Studies on the status, diversity and distribution of sponges in Gulf of Mannar	Dr. A.P. Lipton	GOMBRT	2008 - 2009	7.34 Lakhs
11	Developing prediction model for quantifying artificial feed related waste output in the culture of shrimp Penaeus monodon	Dr. A. Palavesam	OSTC, DOD, New Delhi	2002 - 2005	9.9 lakhs
12	Standardization and Training on the production of low cost quality Vitamin with HUFA for human consumption and feed for poultry from marine trash fish Odonus niger, for income generation of SC/ST coastal population of Kanyakumari District	Dr. A. Palavesam	DBT Govt. of India, New Delhi	2006 - 2009	21.5 lakhs
13	Developing onshore broiler culture technology for fattening of baby rock lobster for export	Dr. A. Palavesam	DST-TNSCST Project, New Delhi	2007 – 2010	7.87 lakhs
14	Investigation on eco-friendly antifouling compounds from seaweeds and its symbiotic microbes	Dr. A. Palavesam	DRDO, Govt. of India	2008 - 2011	10 lakhs
15	Diversity and molecular characterization of novel protease producing halophilic bacterial populations in marine environment	Dr. A. Palavesam	UGC, New Delhi	2010-2013	10.74 lakhs
16	Dr. A. Palavesam	DRDO, Govt. of India	2012-2015	19.95 lakhs
17	Marine Ecological studies at Manavalakurchi (Tamil Nadu) and Chavara (Kerala)” – EIA Studies on IRE Project, Govt. of India	Dr. A. Palavesam	MECON India Ltd	1999	0.75 Lakhs
18	EIA studies on “The impact of Kalpakkam Atomic power station on marine and fresh water Eco systems	Dr. A. Palavesam	MECON India Ltd	2000	0.85 Lakhs
19	EIA studies on “The impact of Trivancore Titanium Project Ltd. (TTPL) at Kochuveli Trivandrum on the Marine Eco systems	Dr. A. Palavesam	MECON India Ltd	2005	0.48 Lakhs
20	cDNA cloning and sequence analysis of opioid receptor genes from Carcinus maenas	Dr.V. Samuel Gnana Prakash	European Molecular Biology Organization, Europe.	2002 - 2003	12.7 Lakhs
21	Construction of a DNACHIP for the identification of myoblast fusion genes in larvae of medaka Oryzia slatipes	Dr.V. Samuel Gnana Prakash	European Commission (Sixth Frame Work Programme), Europe.	2004-2006	124.5 Lakhs
22	Dr.V. Samuel Gnana Prakash	UGC, New Delhi	2012-2015	13.26 Lakhs
23	Purification and structural characterization of novel molecules antagonistic to the superbug methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus	Dr.V. Samuel Gnana Prakash	DST, New Delhi	2014-2017	42 Lakhs
24	Assessment of Marine Biodiversity along the South Tamilnadu Coast	Dr. G. Immanuel	CMLRE, Ministry of Earth Science, New Delhi	2012-2017	64.50 lakhs
25	Studies on Immunostimulatory activity of brown seaweeds in shrimp Penaeus monodon.	Dr. G. Immanuel	DBT, New Delhi	2012-2015	25.882 lakhs
26	International Collaborative research consultancy on project Evaluation of TECNOFUCO on Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) disease resistance and immune activity	Dr. G. Immanuel	TECHNOFIRM Co.Ltd., Corlay, France	2012-2013	€ 7500
27	A comparative study on therapeutic efficacy of seaweed and terrestrial plant extracts in shrimp Penaeus monodon culture system	Dr. G. Immanuel	UGC, New Delhi	2012-2013	11.74 lakhs
28	International Collaborative research consultancy project on “Effect of Sea weed powder and algal substances on disease management in shrimp”	Dr. G. Immanuel	Biotech Marine, PONTRIEUX, France	2007-2009	€4000
29	Evaluation of Sunshine Aqua Plus on shrimp nutrition-Research consultancy project	Dr. G. Immanuel	Sunshine Agroproducts Ltd. Chennai, India	2014	1.0 lakh
30	Marine studies for the proposed 100 MLD desalination plant at Neemeli, Chengalpet Dt., Tamilnadu	Dr. G. Immanuel	MECON Ltd., Bangalore	2007	1.5 Lakhs
31	Marine ecological studies for the proposed fisheries harbour construction at Rajakkamangalamthurai,K.K.District, Tamilnadu.	Dr. G. Immanuel	RFH Trust	2010	1.5 Lakhs
32	Marine Ecological Studies for the proposed Fast Breeder Reactor 1 and 2 MGD desalination plant at Kalpakkam, Chengalpattu District,Tamilnadu	Dr. G. Immanuel	MECON Ltd., Bangalore	2011-12	3.4 Lakhs
33	Marine ecological studies for the proposed desalination plant near Gopalpur port of Gopalpur Port of Orissa sand complex, IREL Ltd., Orissa.	Dr. G. Immanuel	MECON Ltd., Bangalore	2014	2.48 Lakhs
34	Marine ecological studies for the proposed Indian Coast guard Acadamy at Azhikkal, Kannur District, Kerala	Dr. G. Immanuel	MECON Ltd., Bangalore	2014	2.40 Lakhs
35	Fattening of baby rock lobster Panulirus homarus, a technology demonstration for fisher women	Dr. G. Immanuel	DRDA, Govt of Tamilnadu, India	2000-2001	1.5 lakhs
36	Technological innovation in marine pharmaceutical to use trash fish (Odonus niger) liver oil for income generation in rural community”	Dr. G. Immanuel	DST, New Delhi	2005-2008	13.5 lakhs
37	Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from marine bacteria associated with mollusc of kanyakumari coast.	Dr.S.Mary Josephine Punitha	UGC, New Delhi	2012-2017	9.96 lakhs
38	Screening, characterization and application of bioactive plant products for Broodstock maturation enhancement in Penaeus monodon	Dr. M. Michael Babu	International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden project	2004-2006 & 2006-2009	18 lakhs
39	Development of antimicrobial product from plants and microalgae for treating shrimp bacterial pathogens. by conventional antibiotics	Dr. M. Michael Babu	UGC, New Delhi	2010-2013	13.86 lakhs
40	Post graduate Diploma in Planktonology	Dr. M. Michael Babu	UGC Innovative Programme	2012-2016	Rs.45 lakhs
41	Development of suitable herbal medicinal products to replace antibiotics in the shrimp aquaculture industry	Dr.T.Citarasu	DST, New Delhi	2006-2009	11.4 lakhs
42	Developing of antiviral and immunostimulant drugs from medicinal plants against the shrimp white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) for cultivable shrimp species	Dr.T.Citarasu	UGC, New Delhi	2010-2013	10.86 lakhs
43	Characterization and production of pharmacologically important biosurfactants from halophilic microbes	Dr.T.Citarasu	DST, New Delhi.	2014-2017	10.78 lakhs
44	Cloning and expression of Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV) CAPSID Protein (RNA-2 CP)	Dr.T.Citarasu	Raman Postdoc Grant, UGC, New Delhi	2014-2015	27 Lakhs
45	Cloning and sequence analysis of salinity tolerant gene from estuarine AM fungi	Dr. T. Selvaraj	DST, New Delhi	2007-2010	11.24 lakhs
46	Structural and biological elucidation of antiproliferative bioleads from microbes of marine origin	Dr. M. Krishnaveni	UGC, New Delhi	2012-2015	8.34 Lakhs
47	Evaluation of mechanism underlying anti-proliferative activity of bio-lead and its synthetic derivatives	Dr. M. Krishnaveni	DST-SERB, New Delhi	2012-2015	13.15 Lakhs

General Research Grant

Sl. No	Scheme	Funding agency	Year	Amount (Lakhs)
1	Non Special Assistance Programme (SAP) –Phase-I	UGC, New Delhi	2008	10 Lakhs
2	Non Special Assistance Programme (SAP) –Phase-II	UGC, New Delhi	2009	20 Lakhs
3	Basic Scientific Research (BSR)	UGC, New Delhi	2012	20 Lakhs
4	Special Assistance Programme (SAP)	UGC, New Delhi	2012	65 Lakhs
5	Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST)	Department of Science and Technology (DST),	2014	38 Lakhs

2. Ongoing projects

Sl. No	Title of the project	Name of the Principal Investigator	Funding agency	Time period	Amount (Lakhs)
1	Investigation on environmentally safe antifouling metabolites from mangroves as a source to control biofoulers	Dr. G. Immanuel	DST-SERB, New Delhi	2018-2021	49.65 lakhs
2	The effect of medicinal herb Phyllanthus niruri extracts on immunostimulatory activities and immune genes expression in shrimp Penaeus monodon.	Dr. G. Immanuel	UGC, New Delhi	2015-2018	14.50 lakhs
3	Identification of novel antiviral molecules from marine microbial communities associated with sponges	Dr. Anuj Nishanth Lipton	DST (NPDF), New Delhi	2017-2019	20 Lakhs	19.20 Lakhs

3. Facilities created

3.1.Instrumentation

Number of Major Equipment: 27

Total Cost : 9,60,1387/-

Important Major Equipment: Cooling centrifuge, PCR, ice flake machine, UV spectrophotometer, -80 Deep freezers, Sonicator, Geldoc, Rotary evaporator, ELISA Reader, nano drops, Phase contrast microscope, Florescent microscope, Real-time PCR and HPLC etc

Number of Minor Equipment: 47

Total Cost: 20,38,314/-

Important Minor Equipment: Orbital shaker, Binocular microscope, Laminar flow hood, Weighing balance, Water analyzer, Hot air oven, Micropipette, -20 deep freezer, Air conditions, Microtome, Gel electrophoresis, Vortex etc

3.2 Wet lab / culture facilities

• Wet lab facility available for the larviculture of crustaceans including shrimps, lobsters and Artemia with continuous re-circulatory system
• Finfish culture facility available for brackish water and fresh water fishes
• Indoor and outdoor culture facility for Micro algae
• Extensive culture facility for shrimp and brackish water fishes