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Dr. Pradeesh Babu

Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri

Qualification: Ph.D
pradeeshbabu@am.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Antimicrobial Resistance, Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Next Generation Sequencing, Phage Biology
Nature of Association: Regular

Bio Publications Awards and Honours Research Projects Teaching
Bio

Dr. Pradeesh Babu currently serves as a Assistant Professor at the School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri. He holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Qualification

  • 2022 : PhD in Life Sciences, Amrita School of Biotechnology
Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2022

Aspergillus niger Culture Filtrate (ACF) Mediated Biocontrol of Enteric Pathogens in Wastewater

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Year : 2021

Bacteriophage-based control of biogenic hydrogen sulphide produced by multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica in synthetic sewage

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Year : 2020

Draft Genome Sequence of a Lactobacillus fermentum Strain Isolated from Domestic Sewage in Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : Pradeesh Babu, Veedu, A. Palillam, Vidhya Prakash, Megha Prasad, Amrita Salim, Madhavan, A., Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Pal, S., “Draft Genome Sequence of a Lactobacillus fermentum Strain Isolated from Domestic Sewage in Kerala, India”, Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 9, 2020.

Publisher : Microbiology Resource Announcements

Year : 2019

Draft Genome Sequence of an Escherichia coli Sequence Type 155 Strain Isolated from Sewage in Kerala, India

Cite this Research Publication : Amrita Salim, Babu, P., Mohan, K., Moorthy, M., Raj, D., Thirumeni, S. Kallampill, Suresh, S., Ajith Madhavan, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, Chattopadhyay, S., and Dr. Sanjay Pal, “Draft Genome Sequence of an Escherichia coli Sequence Type 155 Strain Isolated from Sewage in Kerala, India”, Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 8, 2019

Publisher : Microbiology Resource Announcements

Year : 2018

Characterization of the bacteriophages binding to human matrix molecules

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Conference Paper

Year : 2018

Resazurin based redox dye as an indicator for monitoring wastewater biological activity

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Patents

Year : 2017

Methods and devices for detecting antimicrobial resistant bacteria using bacteriophages

Cite this Research Publication : S. Pal, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, Ajith Madhavan, Pradeesh Babu, Amrita Salim, P., C., Stanely, J., and Babu, S., “Methods and devices for detecting antimicrobial resistant bacteria using bacteriophages”, U.S. Patent 2017410206692018.

Publisher : Application No. 201741020669

Awards and Honours
  • Recipient of the UGC JRF/SRF-Research Fellowship by Govt. of India. Dec2014
  • Availed travel grant to attend and Best Abstract Award for the Resazurin based redox dye as an indicator for monitoring wastewater biological activity at Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Water Management (ISSWM-2017), Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab India Nov 2017
Research Projects
Development of Viruses and Lytic agents against Microbial pathogens in Sewage (PI) DBT-BIRAC (Govt of India); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2014-16
An innovative green technology for treating municipal and industrial wastewater entering rivers and streams (PI) IC-IMPACTS, Canada & DBT (Govt of India) 2015-2017
Developing bacteriophage based bacterial detection method from environmental and clinical samples Amrita School of Biotechnology 2020-2022
Teaching
  • BIO481/Recombinant DNA Technology Lab/M.Sc. Biotechnology and M.Sc. Microbiology/2 Credits/Semester 2
  • 22BIO111/Cellular and Molecular Biology/Integrated M.Sc. Physics and Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry/ 3 credits/ Semester2
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