Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry
The Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry is one of the first and foremost academic centres in these disciplines in the country. The M.Sc. programme in Marine Biology was started in 1958. The Department is engaged in research right from its inception in 1938 and many students have taken their Ph.Ds in different areas of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry. Around 600 research papers have been published. A team of
talented teachers trained in different areas on Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry in India and abroad constitute the faculty.
The Department has the entire essential infrastructure for teaching, training and research in the basic and applied frontiers of these disciplines. The facilities include a wellmaintained museum, aquarium, laboratories and highly sophisticated analytical equipments such as Transmission Electron Microscope, Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, Freeze drier, Micro analyzer etc.
The Department of Ocean Development has established an OSTC (Ocean Science and Technology Cell) in the Department to monitor research on Marine Benthos. The Department has instituted a facility for Advanced Microbiological, Biochemical and Biological Training and Analysis. The facility conducts routine and specialized analytical services including sophisticated analysis of clinical samples.
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry
Cochin University of Science & Technology,
Cochin-22,
Kerala,
India
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