Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai

S.No	Name of the Research Facility	Specialised Equipments	Description of Facility
1	Environmental Research Lab	HPLC, Spectrofluorimeter	The lab works on studying environmental toxicology effects of industrial effluents.
2	Nano Biotechnology Lab	Fluorescent UV Spectrophotometer/PCR, Electrophoresis with Blotting Unit	The lab works on investigating nanotechnology as a mode of developing novel targeted drug delivery for various disease conditions.
3	Aquaculture Lab	Facilities required to maintain fish	The lab works to study toxicology related to common environmental pollutants and toxins using fish as model organisms. Fish have also been used to study wound healing properties of engineered biomaterials.
4	Food processing and preservation laboratory	Inverted Microscope, In-house custom built Photo Biorector	This facility has been set up to develop techniques and methodologies for improving shelf life of food products. Currently research under consultancy project funded by IITM-PALS-RuTAG is carried out.
5	Molecular Research Lab		This facility has been set up by the department to aid in the synthetic biology research of students participating in the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition held every year at MIT, Boston.
6	Biofilms Lab	Peristaltic Pump, Horizontal Laminar Flow, Autoclave, Digital Incubator, -20°C Horizontal Deep Freezer, Refrigerator, Incubator Shaker, Cooling Centrifuge	Characterization of biofilm forming bacteria for effective diagnosis and treatment of infections.
7	Protein Purification Facility	AKTA Start Protein Purification System (GE) Under MoU	This training facility has been established under Joint Skill Enhancement Initiative with GE HCI Pvt Ltd to train students in cutting edge proteomics techniques.

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