Resources & Facilities

Facilities in the Department

Research Laboratories : 11

Teaching Laboratories : 07

Central Instrumentation Room : 01

Museum : 01

Botanical Garden : 01

Animal House : 01

Field Vehicle : 01

GENERAL FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department has Audio-visually equipped Teaching Halls, Well equipped M.Sc. Laboratories, Library, DST-FIST Computer Lab, Central Instrument Lab, Seminar Hall, 10 well equipped state-of-the-art Research Laboratories. Free high speed internet and Xeroxing facilities, Botanical Garden, Animal House facilities, Museum and Field Vehicle.

LIBRARY

M.Sc. LABORATORIES

CENTRAL INSTRUMENT FACILITY

Major Equipments Available in the Department (Central Equipment Room)

Protein Purification Systems (2) DNA Sequencer (Capillary based)

Real Time PCR Gradient Thermal Cycler (03)

Fermenter Carl Zeiss AXIOVISION-II Research Microscope

Schimadzu Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) Microwave Digestion System

Sonicator Plant Moisture Analyzer

Gel Doc System (2) High Speed Cooling Centrifuges (5)

Freeze Dryer (2) Carl Zeiss Stereo-Zoom Dissecting Microscope

2-D gel-electrophoresis Schimadzu UV-VIS Spectrophotometers (4)

ELISA Reader Global Positioning System (4)

Digital Handycam and Digital SLR Cameras Microfuge

Slab Gel Electrophoresis, Gel Dryer and UV Chamber Blood Pressure Measurement Equipment for Rat

Liquid Handling System Spectrophotometer

HPLC

COMPUTER LAB (DST-FIST sponsored)

BOTANICAL GARDEN

The Department has a big protected Botanical Garden for its research purpose. Various ecological, physiological field studies are conducted in the Botanical Garden. A portion of this Garden is kept undisturbed from any anthropogenic activities to serve as a model natural grassland ecosystem of arid to semi arid Zone (Marginal Dryland)

ANIMAL HOUSE FACILITIES

The Department has a modern Animal House Facilities (CPCSEA approved) for rodents. The procured animals are housed in controlled conditioned for physiological, toxicological and immunological research.

MUSEUM

The Department has an approved Museum of Natural History for its PG teaching and research. The museum is particularly rich in Herbarium of plants of the Marginal Dryland and Intertidal Macrofauna of the Saurashtra Coast. The museum has no scheduled animals collected after the implementation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Most of the collections were done by the PG students and Research Scholars of the Department.