Bioprospecting of Microbial Diversity

Pradeep Verma is currently the Group Leader at the Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, at the School of Life Sciences in Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ). He is a distinguished fellow of several professional organizations, including the Mycological Society of India (MSI Fellow, 2020), the Biotechnological Research Society of India (BRSI Fellow, 2021), and the Association of Microbiological Sciences, India (AMSc, AMI, India, Fellow, 2021). He is the recipient of the Prof. P.C. Jain Memorial Award, by the Mycological Society of India (PCJ-Memorial Award, 2021) and also the recipient of the Ron Cockcroft Travel Award by the Swedish Society, Sweden (2005) In addition, he received the Bridge Fellow JSPS Award in 2022 and conducted joint research work at Kyoto University in Japan. Recently, he was also nominated as a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Sciences (IAWS Fellow 2024), Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS Fellow 2023) and Fellow of the Association of Fungal Biologist (AFB Fellow 2023). His areas of expertise include microbial diversity, bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic, and algal biomass-based biorefineries. He holds several national and international patents in the field of microwave-assisted biomass pretreatment and bio-butanol production. Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and microbial biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis.

• 1. Role of bioinformatics tools in microbial prospectives and its future2. Recent trends in genomic approaches for microbial bioprospecting3. Revolution in microbial bioprospecting via the development of omics-based technologies4. Microbial assisted production of alcohols, acetone and glycerol5. Assessing technical and commercial aspects of soil microbiome in growing leguminous plants and formation of bio-fertilizer6. Mechanisms of multifarious soil microbial enzymes in plant growth promotion and environmental sustainability7. Bioprospecting of endophytes: Recent advances in endophytic microbes for industrially important bioactive compounds8. MnP enzyme: Structure, mechanisms, distributions and its ample opportunities in biotechnological application9. Microbes and their products as novel therapeutics in medical applications10. Bioprospecting potential of microbes for the therapeutic application11. Microbial bioprospecting in development of integrated biomass based biorefineries12. Microbial bioprospecting for biorefinery application: Bottlenecks and sustainability13. Bioelectricity recovery from food waste using microbial fuel cell: Recent Advances14. Bioprospecting of microalgae derived high value compounds with commercial significance15. Microbial bioprospecting for nutraceuticals and value-added compounds16. Biofilm interceded microbial prospecting of bioremediation17. Microbial-based eco-friendly processes for the recovery of metals from E-waste18. Evaluation of environment by microbial sensors19. Insight into microbial biosensors: Design, types and applications20. New strategies in microbial screening for novel chemotherapeutics21. Seaweeds as potential source of bioactive compounds with special emphasis on bioprospecting in COVID-19 situation22. Bioprospecting of extremophiles for industrial enzymes 23. Bioenergy: An overview of bioenergy as a sustainable and renewable source of energy24. Microbial diversity and bioprospecting potential of Phragmites rhizosphere microbiome through genomic approaches