27th SESSION OF KERALA SCIENCE CONGRESS, ALAPPUZHA , 27th – 29th January 2015 BEST PAPER AWARD Subject Code: 02 Subject Area: Biotechnology Sl. No. 1. Register No. 27KSC0061 Title of the Abstract Biocontrol of Biofilm forming bacterial food pathogens using bioactive compounds from strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa (BTRY1) Name of Author(s) Laxmi M & Sarita G Bhat 2. 27KSC0495 Tracking the invasion: molecular phylogeography of the giant african snail achatina fulica (bowdich, 1822). Keerthy Vijayan and Maneetha, T.K. 3. 27KSC0694 Effect of vitamin E supplementation on Muscarinic Ajayan M S, Anju T R, Ancy Abraham, C S Paulose M1 and M3 receptor subtypes in the Cerebral Cortex of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. 27th SESSION OF KERALA SCIENCE CONGRESS, ALAPPUZHA , 27th – 29th January 2015 ORAL PRESENTATION Subject Code: 02 Subject Area: Biotechnology Sl. No. 1. Register No. 27KSC0114 Title of the Abstract Detection, partial purification and characterization of bacteriocins from microflora of pineapple wine Name of Author(s) Vidhya Prakash, Gopika Gokuldas, Neera Raj, Gayatri Ravindran, Aleena Benny, Akshara K, Reshma R, Bipin Nair 2. 27KSC0136 Combinatorial effect of d-amino acids and tetracycline against p.aeruginosa biofilm. H. Jayalekshmi, Norin Mary G. Victus, R. Anoop, T. M. Sarath, Sajin Sali, C. Harikrishnan, N. Kaushik, Bipin G. Nair 3. 27KSC0223 Purification, characterization and kinetics of protease inhibitor from solanum aculeatissimum jacq. and insecticidal features 4. 27KSC0324 Sneha Singh, Anoop M., E Sreekumar 5. 27KSC0358 Generation of auto-cleavable reporter-tagged expression system for functional studies of dengue viral proteins Identification, sequencing & analysis of beta defensin-2 from corvus splendens 6. 27KSC0360 Cytotxic effect of ethylidene-4,6-dimethoxycoumaran-3one isolated from pogostemon quadrifolius (benth.) on prostate cancer cell line. Sanith C, Rahul Raghavan, Megha KB, Joseph madassery Meenu Krishnan V G & Murugan K Shalini. K , Deepa A.V , Amritha. A , Thashi Bharadwaj.M , Joby Pulikkan Prasanth G. K , Tony Grace 7. 27KSC0363 Inhibitory and synergistic effect of Tinospora cordifolia extracts on clinical and standard strains of microorganisms and its biochemical analysis. Generation of osteosarcoma cell lines stably expressing fluorescent probe for visualisation of autophagic response Gene expression study to assess the adhesion of indigenous probiotic lactobacilli to mouse intestinal mucosa by realtime quantitative pcr Bioremediation of domestic wastewater using microalgal biofilm K.M.Thara, K.F. Zuhara, Raji T.K 8. 27KSC0376 9. 27KSC0460 10. 27KSC0534 11. 27KSC0552 Molecular characterisation of rice genotypes for bacterial Soumya, K., Sindhumole, P., leaf blight resistance Jusna Maria, P.L., Veena, V., Beena, R. and Faseela, K. V. 12. 27KSC0739 Bax-dependent initiator caspase activation contibutes to cell death induced by chemical hypoxia mimetics in the absence of caspase-3 Asha Lekshmi, Santhosh Kumar. T. R. Archana Chandran, Sunita Grover , V.K Batish Suresh Kumar Pandian, Ebin Abraham, Jibu Thomas Krupa Ann Mathew, Prakash R., T. R. Santhoshkumar and M. Radhakrishna Pillai 27th SESSION OF KERALA SCIENCE CONGRESS, ALAPPUZHA , 27th – 29th January 2015 POSTER PRESENTATION Subject Code: Sl. No. 1. Register No. 27KSC0761 2. 27KSC0493 3. 27KSC0256 4. 27KSC0751 5. 27KSC0220 02 Subject Area: Biotechnology Title of the Abstract Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (egcg), a green tea poly phenol, induces calpain mediated apoptosis in colon cancer cell lines irrespective of p53 status Ecofriendly technologies for organic manure production and cocolawn from coir Name of Author(s) Deepa Indira, Prakash R, TR SanthoshKumar Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of zinc nanoparticles from leaves of annona muricata Cloning, overexpression and purification of a putative metallopeptidase from staphylococcus aureus and its insilico functional characterization Ahlam Abdul Aziz, Shaniba V.S, Dr. P. R. Manish Kumar Dileep Francis, Zeba Mohsin, Meera Vanidas and Surekha Kuyyalil Phytochemical screening, tlc profile and Antifungal activity of methanolic extract of lepidium sativum linn. Seed Roshin Elizabeth George, Shirly K Thomas, Manesh Kunjumon , Dr.Thankamani V and Dr. Varughese George Radhakrishnan.S & Anita Das Ravindranath 6. 27KSC0800 Bacteria inspired semisynthetic approach for novel antibacterial compound Anju S., Priya P., Ravisankar L, Nishanth Kumar S. Dileepkumar B.S. and Krishnakumar B. 7. 27KSC0134 Inhibitory effect of plant extracts on siderophores production BY Klebsiella pneumonia Suja Subhash, Anupama J Nair, Ardra Sanalkumar, Devi Krishna L, Gokul S Das, Shilpa Ajith ,Swathy S Kumar, Bipin G Nair 8. 27KSC0178 Sony Jayaraman and E. Jayadevi Variyar 9. 27KSC0756 Evaluation of immunomodulatory and antioxidant activities of polysaccharides isolated from Callicarpa macrophylla vahl. DNA barcoding in ayurvedic medicinal plants: a world view 10. 27KSC0091 Assessment of antimicrobial potential of endophytic bacteria isolated from mangroves of chettuva backwaters Anu C J, Priscilla Helen Christy, Jijo C J 11. 27KSC0359 Identification, sequencing & analysis of Cytochrome p450 from Rhipicephalus (boophilus) annulatus Amritha. A ,Thashi Bharadwaj.M , Deepa A.V, Shalini. K , Joby Pulikkan , Prasanth G. K , Ravindran Reghu , Tony Grace 12. 27KSC0420 Anu Jacob and Jibu Thomas 13. 27KSC0755 Optimization of growth hormones in culture medium to improve callus induction using response surface methodology Evaluation of bioremediation potential of bacteria colonised on the inert material Rahul PR, Bhavadas N & Geetha S Pillai Deepika.R and Sheethal Toress