a) Bioprocess Development for Recombinant Protein Production in Microbial systems. b) Metabolic Engineering of Microbial Systems for production of heterologous proteins and metabolites. c) Adaptive laboratory evolution for generation of improved platform for Recombinant Protein and metabolite production. d) Application of Genomics & Proteomics to study cellular physiology of microbes at High Cell Density Cultivation. e) Screening of novel bacterial phylotypes from extreme environments and their metabolic profiling.

Microbiology Bioprocess Engineering and Technology BioInstrumentation Genetic Engineering Cancer Biology

• Guidance

1. MPhil Guidance:

   Sl No	Name of the Scholar	Year of award of Degree	Topic of MPhil Thesis	Summary of the Research Outcome(In 100 Words)
   1.	Utkalika Mallick	2022	Identification of secondary metabolites and their production pathways in Planctomycetes An in silico approach	sss
   2.	Swikruti Sonali Kar	2020	Fruit Extract as Nutrient Media for production of Recombinant Protein in Escherichia coli	sss
   3.	Akash Kumar Panda	2019	Seaweed Extract as Nutrient Media for production of Recombinant Protein in Escherichia coli	sss
   4.	Dibya Ranjan Das	2018	Screening And Isolation Of Diesel Degrading Bacteria	sss
   5.	Debashish Nayak	2018	Screening And Isolation Of Sulphur Oxidising Bacteria	sss
   6.	Priyanka Behera	2017	Analysis of Xylose as Sole Carbon Source for Growth and Cellulose Production By Bacillus Species KEI Eleven	sss
   7.	Ashamani Mohanty	2017	Adaptive Laboratory Evolution of Ethanol Tolerance in Bacillus Species KEI Ten	sss
   8.	Narrotam Dash	2017	Utilization Of Lignocellulosic Biomass As Substrate For Growth And Cellulase Production By Lysinibacillus Sp KEI III	sss
   9.	Subhalaxmi Bhuyan	2016	Isolation Screening and Characterization of Amylase Producing Bacteria	sss
   10.	Priyadarshini Anuradha Sahoo	2016	Improving Recombinant Protein Production In Escherichia Coli By Overexpression Of Substrate Supplementation Gene And Deletion Of Acetate Biosyntheisis Pathway	sss
   11.	Deepali Mohapatra	2016	Isolation Screening and Characterization of Cellulase Producing Bacteria	sss
   12.	Jatin Kumar Pradhan	2016	Isolation Screening and Characterization of PHB Producing Bacteria	sss

2. PhD Guidance:

   Sl No	Name of the Scholar	Year of award of Degree	Registration No	Name of the Co-guide if any	Fellowship received if any during research	Topic of PhD Thesis	Summary of the Research Outcome(In 100 Words)
   1.	Jatin Kumar Pradhan	` Continuing				Screening Of Marine Isolates Producing Poly beta Hydroxy Butyrate From Eastern Coast Of Odisha And Their Heterologous Expression In E coli	ssssss
   2.	Priyanka Behera	` Continuing				Stress Induced Synthesis of Indole Acetic Acid in Diverse Algal Species And Their Application On Plant Growth Promotion	sssssss
   3.	Debashrita Mittra	` Continuing			Biju Patnaik Research Fellowship award by Govt of Odisha	Genetic Strategies to Enhance Recombinant protein expression in E coli	ssssss
   4.	Dibya Ranjan Das	` Continuing			Biju Patnaik Research Fellowship award by Govt of Odisha	Strategies For Enhanced Sorbitol Metabolism and Recombinant Protein Production in Escherichia Coli	sssss

1. International Publications:

   1.	Shubhashree Mahalik Ashish Sharma Dibya Ranjan Das Debashrita Mittra Krishna Jyoti Mukherjee Co-expressing Leucine Responsive Regulatory protein Lrp enhances recombinant L-Asparaginase II production in Escherichia coli Vol-351, issue-1, ISSN-01681656, 2020-21

   2.	Shubhashree Mahalik1 Ashamani Mohanty Dhanesh Kumar Enhanced ethanol tolerance in Lysinibacillus sp. Vol-8, issue-2, ISSN-2347212X, 2020-21

   3.	Shubhashree Mahalik Barnali Mohanty Geetashree Marandi Growth Inhibitory Effects of Centella asiatica Extracts on Escherichia coli Vol-9, issue-2, ISSN-22309853, 2019-20

   4.	Shubhashree Mahalik Deepali Mohapatra and Dhanesh Kumar Cellulase production in Lysinibacillus sp isolated from the estuaries of Odisha Vol-11, issue-4, ISSN-23214007 , 2018-19

   5.	Shubhashree Mahalik Ashish Kumar Sharma Priyanka Jain and Krishna Jyoti Mukherjee Identifying genomic targets for protein over-expression by “omics” analysis of Quiescent Escherichia coli cultures Vol-16, issue-1, ISSN-14752859, 2017-18

   6.	Chih-Chin Chen, Rupali Walia Krishna J. Mukherjee Subhashree Mahalik and David K. Summers Indole generates quiescent and metabolically active Escherichia coli cultures Vol-10, issue-4, ISSN-18607314, 2015-16

   7.	Shubhashree Mahalik Ashish K Sharma and Krishna J Mukherjee Genome engineering for improved recombinant protein expression in Escherichia coli Vol-13, issue-177, ISSN-14752859, 2014-15

   8.	Ashish K Sharma Shubhashree Mahalik Chaitali Ghosh Anuradha B Singh and Krishna J Mukherjee Comparative transcriptomic profile analysis of fed-batch cultures expressing different recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli Vol-1, issue-33, ISSN-21910855 , 2011-12

2. National Publications:
3. Review Articles(State Level Publications):
4. Conference Publication(Presented/Published in proceedings):
   
   
   

1. Edited Books :
2. Text Books :
3. Book Chapters :
4. Research Books :

   1.	A Systematic Guide for Microbial Identification Shubhashree Mahalik and Dhanesh Kumar

1. Workshops:

   1.	Conducted a workshop session on Functional analysis of proteomics data at DBT sponsored Workshop on Application of Bioinformatics in Bioomics at P.G Dept of Biosciences & Biotechnology Fakir Mohan University

   2.	Indo US Workshop on Cell Factories organised by IIT Mumbai

   3.	Participated in DBT sponsored Workshop on Application of Bioinformatics in Genomics and Proteomics organized by P.G Dept of Biosciences & Biotechnology Fakir Mohan University

2. Seminars:

   1.	Attended International Webinar on COVID-19 Pandemic and Co-infections Challenges Prospective Treatments and Societal Impact organized by Department of Microbiology Raiganj University

   2.	Attended the webinar on A century old vaccine against CoVID Science and Sense organized by Multi-institute alumni of Zoology Mentored by the Translational Outcomes Research Group Department of Zoology University of Calcutta

   3.	Attended Webinar on Build Your Research & Learning Ecosystem with ProQuest organized by ProQuest in collaboration with Fakir Mohan University Odisha

   4.	Attended Webinar on Metagenomics for climate Resilient Agriculture organised by Centre for Climate change Studies Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology Chennai

   5.	Presented paper on Seaweed extract as nutrient media for production of recombinant proteins at National Conference On Emerging Trends In Plant Science Research held at Ravenshaw University Cuttuck

   6.	Attended Indian Science Congress organized by University of Agricultural Science GKVK Bengaluru

   7.	Presented paper on Enhanced ethanol tolerance in Bacillus sp. by Adaptive evolution at National Level Seminar on Perspectives of Human Health Microbial Biotechnology & Innovation organized by Vidyasagar University Medinapore West Bengal India

   8.

   Presented paper on the topic Is science an untravelled path for women at National Seminar on Women as critical partners in an Egalitarian society An evaluation of the current status in India organized by Association of Indian University in association with The Northcap University Gurugram Haryana India

   9.	Organized National Conference on Bioresource Management and Restoration at P.G Dept of Biosciences & Biotechnology Fakir Mohan University

   10.	Presented paper on Cellulase production in Lysinibacillus sp. isolated from estuary along the Chandipur coast at International conference on Recent Trends of Chemical & Biological science in Medicine Natural Product and drug discovery organized by P.G. Department of Chemistry Berhampur University

   11.	Presented Paper on Designing a Quiescent cell platform for over expressing recombinant proteins and metabolites at National Conference on Marine Bioresources of East Coast of India and their Bioprospecting organized by P.G Dept of Biosciences & Biotechnology Fakir Mohan University

   12.	Participated in Annual Conference of Orissa Botanical Society organized by P G Dept of Biosciences & Biotechnology Fakir Mohan University

   13.	Participated in National conference on Biology Biotechnology and Conservation of Indian Horseshoe Crab organized by Siddheswar College Amarda Road and Fakir Mohan University

1.	CSIR UGC NET JRF LIFE SCIENCE

2.	GATE LIFE SCIENCE

3.	DBT Merit Scholarship for MSc Biotechnology

1. Teaching: 7 years

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   2.	2015 2019 Assistant Professor Stage I F M University 2019 till date Assistant Professor Stage II F M University

2. Important Activities:

   1.	NSS Programme Officer Girls Wing Fakir Mohan University

   2.	NSS Programme Officer Girls Wing Fakir Mohan University

   3.	Vice President Magazine Committee

   4.	Member of Editorial Committee of Anvesa Vol Twelve

   5.	Member of ICC Fakir Mohan University

   6.	Member of NAAC SSR preparation committee

3. Research Projects Undertaken:
4. Invited Lectures:

   1.	MHRD RUSA Skill Based Internship Program entitled Basic Cell Culture Technology conducted by Department of Biotechnology University of Madras Chennai Title of talk Scale up of animal cell culture systems

5. Administrative/Executive experience:

   1.	Superintendent Ladies Hostel

   2.	Coordinator P G Dept of Geology and Botany

   3.	Secretary Staff Council Dept of Biosciences and Biotechnology

   4.	Teacher In Charge Seminar Library Dept of Biosciences and Biotechnology

   5.	Member of Equal opportunity cell

6. Conference organized as Organizing Secretary:

   1.	National Webinar on Bioprospecting of Microorganisms

   2.	One day Workshop on Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights