Tumor Biology 

• Studies on the AK-5 tumour 
• Study of 20q amplification in squamous cell carcinomas of head and neck using flourescence in situ hybridizaiton (FISH) 

Cataract and Other Eye Diseases 

• Eye lens development and ageing 
• Calcium-dependent transglutaminase-mediated cross-linking of crystallins: Structural and functional consequences 
• Crystallin fold a motif for calcium ion binding: calcium binding to gamma-crystallin 
• Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (frequenin) and its EF-hand peptides 

Applications of DNA Fingerprinting and Conservation of Endangered Species

• Molecular characterization of Himalayan wolves by DNA fingerprinting 
• Conservation genetics of the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) on the east coast of India 
• Assessment of inbreeding depression in the IndianLeopard, Panthera pardus 
• Molecular characterization of scented rice germplasm of India 
• DNA fingerprinting of coffee germplasm for conservation and better management and development of molecular map of coffee: Molecular characterization and linkage analysis 
• PCR based methods for assessing purity of rice hybrids 
• Biodiversity analysis of buffalo germ plasm using DNA Markers 

Transgenics and Aquaculture 

• Aquaculture 

• Population divergence in the catfish 

Applied Processes and Products

• Novel cationic amphiphiles as transfection agents 
• Hybrid biological membranes 
• Development of know-how for cot 1 fraction of repetitive DNA from human placenta 
• Molecular and epidemiological characterization of clinical and Environmental isolates of Acanthamoeba: a pathogenic protozoan causing corneal ulceration