Facility

LABORATORY FACILITIES

Well equipped biotechnology lab with sophisticated instruments like Electrophoresis unit, Cooling centrifuge, Incubators, Deep freezers, Laminar-flow chamber etc.

LIST OF EQUIPMENTS IN PG DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

Sl. No.	Name of equipment	Purpose/use	Number
1	Laminar flow cabinet	Prevent airborne contaminants from entering an area while inoculating bacteria/explants	5
2	Weighing balance	Used to determine the weight or mass of chemicals/tissue	2
3	Refrigerator	To preserve essential chemicals/tissue	2
4	Bacterial incubator	Used for storage of bacteria plate and bacterial culture growth	1
5	Autoclave	Kill microorganisms and spores	2
6	laboratory oven	For heating, baking, evaporating, sterilizing and other industrial laboratory functions	1
7	Rotary shaker	Mixing and development of cultures, chemicals, solvents, and assays etc. in Microbiological and other Cell Culture	1
8	Colorimeter	To measure the absorbance of particular wavelengths of light by a specific solution.	1
9	p^H meter	To measure p^H	1
10	Water bath	Used to incubate samples at a constant temperature over a long period of time	1
11	Cooling Centrifuge	Provides the cooling mechanism to maintain the uniform temperature throughout the operation of the sample	1
12	Shaker incubator	Simultaneously incubate and shake or agitate samples	1
13	Laboratory deep freezer	To store chemicals, bloods, tissue cultures, and other medical samples that can only be stored and preserved in low temperature range	1

Well equipped library with Recent books
Scientifically maintained herbarium of endemic, endangered and vulnerable plant species.
Also visiting the various ecosystems of Kerala and nearby states related to ecological studies.

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Kuriakose Elias College
Mannanam P.O, Kottayam

kecollegemnm@gmail.com

0481-2597374, 2590915, 2599699
+91-859 070 4501
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