Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering

Pratyoosh Shukla is presently working as Professor and Coordinator at School of Biotechnology, and Centre for Bioinformatics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He was awarded with Indo-USA Research Professor at University of Cincinnati, USA. His research areas include enzyme technology and protein bioinformatics and its technological interventions in interdisciplinary Biotechnology.

• Section I: Enzymes in bioprocessing1. Microbial Tyrosinases:  A Novel Enzyme, Structural Features and Applications2. Production of Bioethanol from Sugarcane Bagasse: Current approaches and Perspectives3. Improvement of the amino-sugar-1-phosphate acetyltransferase activity on the archaeal bifunctional protein4. Production of halophilic alkaline protease in lab scale reactorsSection II:  Human health, Microbial physiology and biomedical applications5. Strategies for Screening and Characterization of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae isolated from natural sources for human probiotic applications6. Ecological and biotechnological aspects of Methylobacterium mesophilicum7. Smart actuators for innovative biomedical applications: An interactive overviewSection III: Bioprocess development 8. Design and Development of Antibiotic Fermentation Using Different Processing Strategies: Challenges and Perspectives9. Bioreactors design and principles: Current perspectives and improvement strategies10. Effectual bioprocess development for protein production using Cell line engineering11. Microalgal antenna engineering for improved bioprocess of biofuel production12. Bioprocess development for Synbiotic foods: Challenges and opportunities13. Recent bio-processing technologies for value added horticultural products