Field of specialization: Molecular Microbial Ecology

Research : Research guide at PG & Research Dept of Zoology, St.Josephs College, Devagiri College, Calicut-8 centre of University of Calicut.

Member/ Official Position In Academic Bodies

At College Level

(1) Member, Discipline Committee; 2013-2014

(2) Member, Womens Welfare Council; 2013-15

(3) Member, Surprise Inspection Squad, 2013-2015

(4) Member, Ragging Prevention Committee; 2014-2015

(5) Member, Fine arts committee; 2015-2017

(6) Member, Research Advisory Committee; 2015- 2017

(7) Walk with Scholar Mentor; 2015-2017

(8)Devagiri College Employees Co-operative Society Member, Director; 2016 onwards

Extension Activities

(1) Co-ordinator, Blood Donors Forum; 2013 onwards.

Orientation/Refresher Course attended

(1) Orientation Programme”—UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Calicut - 01-03-2014 to 28-03-2014

(2) Refresher course—conducted UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Calicut from 02-12-2015 to 22-12-2015

Publications

(a) Research Papers- International

(1) Xiaozhen Mou, Jisha Jacob, Xinxin Lu, Maria Vila-Costa, Leong-Keat Chan and Shalabh Sharma. BrdU-labeling and Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting of Polyamine-Transforming acterioplankton in Coastal Seawater. Environmental Microbiology (2015), 17, 876-888. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12550. Impact Factor: 6.24.

(2) Xiaozhen Mou, Xinxin Lu, Jisha Jacob, Shulei Sun and Robert Heath. Metagenomic Identification of Bacterioplankton Taxa and Pathways Involved in Microcystin Degradation in Lake Erie. PLOS ONE (2013), 8 (4), e61890. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061890. Impact Factor: 3.53

(3) Xiaozhen Mou, Jisha Jacob, Xinxin Lu, Steven Robbins, Shulei Sun and Joseph D. Ortiz. Diversity and distribution of free-living and particle-associated bacterioplankton in Sandusky Bay and adjacent waters of Lake Erie Western Basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research (2013), 39, 352-357. doi: 10.1016/ j.jglr. 2013. 03.014. Impact Factor: 2.05

(4) Steven Robbins, Jisha Jacob, Xinxin Lu, Mary Ann Moran and Xiaozhen Mou. Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling and Subsequent Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting for Culture-independent Identification of Dissolved Organic Carbondegrading Bacterioplankton. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2011), 55, e2855. doi: 10.3791/2855. Impact Factor: 1.32

(5) Jisha Jacob and P Natarajan. Effect of pollutants in Veli Lake on haematological parameters in fish, Mystus gulio (Hamilton). Recent Trends in Biosciences (2012), 2(1), 38-46

(6) Jisha Jacob, N.J Nandini and P Natarajan. Histopathological biomarkers as indicators of aquatic pollution in fish, Mystus gulio (Ham.). Recent Trends in Biosciences (2012), 2(1), 10-17

(7) Neeraja P and Jisha Jacob, A study on larivicidal acitivity of medicinal plant extracts against Aedes aegypti. The International Journal of Science and Technoledge, 2016, (ISSN 2321 – 919X), Vol. 4(9): 56-63

(b) Research Papers- National

(1) Jisha Jacob, N.J Nandini and P Natarajan. Seasonal variation of hydrographic parameters and distribution of nutrients in the Veli-Akkulam Lake complex. Indian hydrobiology (2008), 11(2), 281-288

(c) Research publications in seminar proceeding

(1) A study of impact of pollution on fishes in Chaliyar river- A Preliminary study. Proceedings of International conference on environmental stress and aquatic animal health (ESAAH-2016). Pp: 30-34. Govt. College for Women, Trivandrum. ISBN: 978-93-5258-826-8

Seminars- organized attended/ chaired

(1) Jisha Jacob. Culture- independent identification of dissolved organic carbon- degrading bacterioplanktim by Fluroscence activated cell sorting. International Seminar on molecular biolog- an underpinning to Life Sciences on 8^th and 9^th January 2018, Farook College. Oral presentation

(2) Xiaozhen Mou, Xinxin Lu, Jisha Jacob, Steven Robbins, and Joseph Ortiz. Diversity and distribution of prokaryotic plankton in Lake Erie western basin revealed by 16S rDNA high throughput pyrosequencing. The 95th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug. 2010, Pittsburg PA. Oral presentation

(3) Xinxin Lu, Jisha Jacob, Mary Ann Mora, Maria Vila-costa and Xiaozhen Mou. BrdU incorporation-based flow cytometric sorting and subsequent 16S rDNA pyrosequencing identify polyamine-utilizing bacterioplankton in coastal seawater. The 95th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug. 2010, Pittsburg PA. USA. Poster presentation

(4) National Seminar on Bioinformatics, 12-13 January 2015.Govt. Arts & Science College, Kozhikode

(5) Xiaozhen Mou, Jisha Jacob, Joe Ortiz, Steve Robins, Lucy Lu and Robert Heath Molecular and metagenomic study of bacterial community in the western basin of Lake Erie. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA. November- 2009

(6) International conference on disease management for sustainable fisheries, 25-28 August 2003, University of Kerala, INDIA.

(7) National seminar on Bioinformatics, 13-08-2004. Malankara Catholic College, Kanyakumari. INDIA

(8) National seminar on Biodiversity conservation and management, 22-23 July 2005, Malankara Catholic College, Kanyakumari

(9) Regional seminar on breeding technique for mass production of fish seeds, 6-7 April 2002. Kamaraj College, Thoothukudi, INDIA

(10) Attended two days workshop on Basics of Bioinformatics conducted by St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, March 20, 21; 2018