Fungal Biotechnology

Dr. Singh is working in the area of Industrial Biotechnology particularly industrial enzymes, biopolymers, glycoproteins, biofuels, etc. from fungal sources. He has more than 300 publications, including 200 research papers, 5 books, 45 book chapters, and 50 popular articles and has been granted 2 Indian patents. He has many national and international awards to his credit. He is Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India, Association of Microbiologists of India and Mycological Society of India. He was guest editor of Biologia, Indian Journal of Experimental biology and Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2012. Dr. Ranjeeta Bhari is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab), India. She has a PhD in Biotechnology in the area of Microbial technology, fungal glycoproteins and their therapeutic value. Her research interests fungi and their applications in biotechnology, fungal enzymes, proteins, glycoproteins and their applications in agriculture and management of solid waste. She has published review articles in Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, Biotechnology Advances and Current Microbiology. She has also contributed chapters in edited books. She is a life member of Biotechnology Research Society, India (BRSI) and Mycological Society of India (MSI).

1. Fungal biotechnology: An overview 2. Production of organic acids by filamentous fungi 3. Production of heterologous proteins in filamentous fungi 4. Synthetic biology approaches to engineer fungi for the production of specialty chemicals 5. Fungal enzymes: Applications and market trends 6. Fungal synthesis of nanoparticles 7. Engineered living materials based on fungi 8. Resources for analysis & visualization of multi-omics data 9. Fungal single cell proteins 10. Traditional fermented foods using fungi 11. Biopharmaceuticals from filamentous fungi 12. Fungal glycoproteins in biomedical research 13. Bioactive alkaloids from fungi 14. Industrial biotransformations using fungi 15. Fungal contamination of food and pharmaceuticals 16. Properties and applications of fungal polysaccharides 17. Biotechnological approaches in the production of fungal pigments 18. Lignocellulosic waste for the production of flavours by fungi and their enzymes 19. Fungal phytohormones 20. Current trends on the use of VAM fungi as biofertilizer 21. Fungal entomopathogens for sustainable agriculture 22. Weed control with Mycoherbicides 23. RNA silencing approach for the control of fungal pathogens 24. Filamentous fungi in valorization of pollutants from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem 25. Fungi in solid waste management and material recycling 26. Mycopackaging approaches towards environmental protection 27. Fungi as potent bioresource for biofuel production