Core R&D

Bacterial taxonomy & Systematics with special emphasis on Phototrophic purple Bacteria, Molecular Phylogeny, Prokaryotic diversity of extremophiles and their bioprospecting

Tuberculosis pathogenesis

Glycan-binding proteins, glycosyltransferases and glycoconjugates

Antimicrobial screening, Functional metagenomics and Bacterial genomics, Bacterial systematics of phototrophs and chemotrophs

Epigenetics, Microbe-host interaction

Chaperone Biology

Immunlogy, Immunogenetics, Molecular Biology

Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Enzyme engineering, Molecular Microbiology

Microbial Physiology, Microbiome, Molecular Biology, Ocular disease and Gene Therapy, RNA modification, Yeast model system

Bacterial genetics, genomics and evolution, High throughput genomics, Metagenomics

Bacterial systematics and Metagenomics, Microbial ecology

Fungal Bioprospecting, Fungal Classification and Systematics, Fungal Diversity, Phylogenetic analysis and Thraustochytrids

Acinetobacter, Antimicrobial resistance, Bacterial thrombolytics, Biology of healthcare associated pathogens, Human microbiome, Signaling proteins

Drug discovery, Genetic engineering, Microbial diversity, Whole genome sequencing and genotyping

Antimicrobial peptides from prokaryotic diversity existing in complex ecosystems