Angad Singh's profile

I'm male and 22

What I do

I’m a final year undergraduate student at the
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (India) pursuing a B.Tech. degree in Biotechnology.

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Interests

1) Applications of artificial intelligence in biology
2) Atomic force microscopy in biological systems
3) Polysaccharide production by bacteria
4) Applications of bio-polymers (polysaccharides)

Projects

1) Summer Internship (May – July, 2007)
Analysis of the immune response in mice to Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) based vaccine vectors.

Principal Investigator:
Prof. G. J. Atkins, Department of Microbiology,
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

2) Dissertation

Supervisor:
Dr. A. Goyal, Department of Biotechnology,
IIT Guwahati, India

2.1) Use of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for studying polysaccharide synthesis by Leucunostoc. 2.2) Classical mutatagensis of Leuconostoc dextranicum using UV radiation / ethyl – methanesulfonate (EMS) 2.3) Microtitre plate based analysis of mutants for enhanced growth, enzymatic activity & dextran production

3)*Optimization of media constituents for enhancing lipase and protein production by a soil micro organism using artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms.*

Supervisor:
Dr. K. Pakshirajan, Department of Biotechnology,
IIT Guwahati, India

4) Data mining associated project involving plants of India with proven antioxidant properties.

Supervisor:
Dr. U. Bora, Department of Biotechnology,
IIT Guwahati, India

5) Study of substrate inhibition kinetics of m-cresol on a mixed culture in the presence of glucose.

Supervisor:
Dr. K. Pakshirajan, Department of Biotechnology,
IIT Guwahati, India

Publications

  • Artificial intelligence based optimization of exocellular glucansucrase production from Leuconostoc dextranicum NRRL B-1146. Bioresource technology (2008) (Epub 25 Apr 2008) PubMed ID:(18440808 )

  • ALI S, KASOJU N, LUTHRA A, SINGH A, SHARANABASAVA H, SAHU A, BORA U. Indian medicinal herbs as sources of antioxidants Food Research International (2007) doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2007.10.001

  • Haider M, Pakshirajan K, Singh A, Chaudhry S. Artificial Neural Network-Genetic Algorithm Approach to Optimize Media Constituents for Enhancing Lipase Production by a Soil Microorganism Appl Biochem Biotechnol (Epub 14 Aug 2007) doi: 10.1007/s12010-007-8017-y

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