Advanced Biophysical Techniques for Polysaccharides Characterization

Nirmal Mazumder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biophysics at Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, India. Prior to this Dr. Mazumder was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Nanophysics and NeuroBrain Technology, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy. His main research interests include spectroscopic and microscopic characterization of starch granules, development of optical microscopes, biodegradable elastomeric microfluidics and machine learning approaches for tissue characterization. He has published more than 60 journal articles, 21 book chapters, 7 books and 4 patents.

1. Introduction to sources, types, and economic benefits of polysaccharides 2. Structural and physico-chemical properties of starch 3. An insight into advanced analytical techniques used for cellulose and hemi cellulose characterization 4. Biophysical techniques for chitin and its derivatives 5. Novel methods for microscopic and spectroscopic detection of glycogen 6. Techniques for structural characterization of pectin polysaccharides and alginate 7. Hyaluronan: Detection and characterization techniques for medicine, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry 8. Overview of preparation and characterization of agar, agarose, and agaropectin from red algae 9. Structural analysis and characterization of xanthan using biophysical techniques 10. Pullulan: Production, usage and characterization 11. Biophysical methods of dextran analysis and characterization 12. Cyclodextrins 13. Detailed characterization of homopolysaccharides using biophysical techniques: Glucan, fructan, galactan, araban, and xylan 14. Applications of polysaccharides in biomedical and food Industry