SHUATS: Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences

Dr. (Mrs) Blessymole K. Alex

Professional Summary
Expertise
Intellectual Property
Projects
Publications
Conferences
Teaching Experience
Additional Positions
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Dr. (Mrs) Blessymole K. Alex

Associate Professor

Department
Department of Molecular & Cellular Engineering

Area of Specialization
Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering

Phone No
+91 9455687921

E-mail
blessymole.alex@shuats.edu.in, blessymole.alex@shiats.edu.in

Educational Qualification

Degree	University/Board	Year
Ph.D	SHUATS	2018
M.Phil	Periyar University, Tamil Nadu	2006
NET	UGC	2013
M.Tech	SHIATS-DU, Allahabad	2012
M.Sc	Periyar University, Tamil Nadu	2004
B.Sc	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam	2002

Professional Summary

Dr. (Mrs.) Blessymole K. Alex, joined the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering in January 2009 and is serving in the capacity of Assocaite Professor. She has qualified ICAR NET in 2013. She has completed her Ph.D. Degree (in 2018) and M. Tech. Degree (in 2012) from SHIATS with 10 C.G.P.A and M. Sc. Biotechnology (in 2004) and M. Phil. Biotechnology (in 2006) with first class from Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu. She is actively taking part in scientific researches and has guided 56 PG students in their dissertation work. One of her research areas of interest is the alternate DNA binding dyes and her study regarding DNA binding property of Holi colours was reported in “Times of India.” She has participated in more than 45 seminars/conferences/workshops and has published more than 20 research papers in reputed journals. She has published a practical manual for UG and PG programmes in Molecular Cell Biology and a Text Book on Molecular Biology. She is the Life Member of the Indian Science Congress Association. She is actively involved in the various committees of the Institute and University.

Expertise

Dr. Blessy has expertise in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering. She has a teaching experience of 16 years and Research Experience of 17 years. She had worked on the genotoxic and cytotoxic effect of indusrial dyes and their biodegradation by cyanobacterial species. Presently she is working on wild and underutilized plants to unravel their hidden potentials.

Publications

Papers Published:

1) Alex, B. K., Koshy, E. P. and John, P. 2010. Enhancing stored seed germination of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. [Winged Bean]. International Journal of Advanced Biotechnological Research. 1(1):52-56. ICV 5.09

2) Saha, S., Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and Thomas, G. 2011. Axillary Bud Proliferation of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. Catholicate Journal of Studies and Research. 1:25-30.

3) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and John, P. 2013. Pollen viability studies in Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) Dc. International Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences. 2(2):65-68. (IF: 1.6593). NAAS: 2.74.

4) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and John, P. 2013. Regeneration Potential of Right and Left Cotyledons in Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.). International Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences. 2(3):41-44. (IF: 1.6593). NAAS: 2.74.

5) Alex, B. K., Koshy, E. P. and Thomas, G. 2013. Evaluation of Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Effect of the Textile Dye Direct Brown on Allium cepa L. International Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences. 2(4):1-8. (IF: 1.6593). NAAS: 2.74.

6) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and John, P. 2013. Typification of stigma in Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) Dc. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research. 3(4):39-42. (IF: 4.1284). NAAS: 3.53.

7) Naresh, L., Alex, B. K. and Koshy, E.P. 2013. Effect of different cyanobacterial species on growth, photosynthetic activity and antioxidant system of flax plant. International Journal of Pharma and Biosciences. 4(4):B446-455. (IF: 0.47).

8) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and John, P. 2013. Clonal fidelity studies on regenerants of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) Dc. using RAPD markers. The Bioscan. 8(3): 763-766. (NAAS: 5.1).

9) Pandey, A. K., Alex, B. K., Koshy, E. P., and Thomas, G. 2013. Photosynthetic and antioxidant activity of okra (Abelmoschusesculentus) seeds germinated on aqueous extracts of selected cyanobacterial species. The Bioscan.8(3): 865-869. (NAAS: 5.1).

10) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and John, P. 2013. Comparative Study of Thin Cell Layer and Whole Nodal Segment Cultures of Winged Bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.)Dc.]. Trends in Biosciences. 6(4): 399-401. (NAAS: 2.74).

11) Alex, B. K., Koshy, E. P., Kujur, V., Toppo, A.R., Chaudhary, A.K. 2013. Screening of Phytochemical Constituents and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Selected Green Leafy Vegetables. Trends in Biosciences. 6(5): 641-644. (NAAS: 2.74).

12) Srivastava, P., Alex, B. K., Koshy, E. P. and Naresh, L. 2015. Effect of Nostoc commune extract on growth and carbohydrate metabolism of Maize plant (Zea mays L.). The Allahabad Farmer. 71(1):217-222. NAAS: 3.12.

13) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K. and John, P. 2015. General Histochemistry and enzyme cytochemistry of the female reproductive structure of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) Dc. Vegetos. 28(4):01-07. NAAS: 6.00.

14) Koshy, E. P., Alex, B. K., Thomas, E. and John, P. 2015. Style and ovary studies in Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) Dc. Vegetos. 28(4):199-202. NAAS: 6.00.

15) Alex, B.K., Koshy, E.P. and Thomas, G. 2017. Alkaloids of the ethnic fruit crop Khoonphal [Haematocarpus validus (Miers.) Bakh. f.ex. Forman] from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 6(12):2797-2802. NAAS: 5.38.

16) Alex, B.K., Koshy, E.P. and Thomas, G. 2018. Comprehensive metabolite profiling of Haematocarpus validus (Miers.) Bakh. f.ex. Forman leaf and fruit samples using FTIR spectroscopic analysis. Plant Archives. 18(1):897-900. NAAS: 4.41.

17) Tandon, B., Anand, U., Alex, B.K., Kaur, P., Nandy, S., Shekhawat, M.S., Sanyal, R., Pandey, D.K., Koshy, E.P. and Dey, A. 2021. Statistical optimization of in vitro callus induction of wild and cultivated varieties of Mucuna pruriens L. (DC.) using response surface methodology and assessment of L-Dopa biosynthesis. Industrial Crops & Products 169, 113626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113626. IF: 6.2. Quartile: Q1 ISSN: 0926-6690

18) Alex, B.K., Koshy, E.P., Jacob, S. and Thomas, G. 2022.Wild edible fruit crop Haematocarpus validus (Miers.) Bakh. F.ex. Forman (Khoon phal): a novel source of nutraceuticals. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 59(1): 168-178 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-021-04997-7. IF: 2.6. ISSN: 0022-1155

19) Alex, B.K., Anand, U., Koshy, E.P., Dey, A. and Thomas, G. 2023. Analysis of non-volatile metabolites and quantitation of the anti-arthritic alkaloid sinomenine from blood fruit (Haematocarpus validus (Miers) Bakh.f. ex Forman). Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 396(11), 2943-2955. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-023-02498-2

20) Bharsakale R.D., Alex, B.K., Gubiad, M.G., Kokane, S.B., Mishra, P., Kokane, A.D. and Ghosh, D.K. 2024. Development of multiplex PCR based diagnostics assay for simulataneous detection of major citrus pathogens. Indian Phytopathology 77:521-531. IF: 1.33. Quartile: Q2 ISSN: 0367-973X

Other publications:

1) A Laboratory Manual on Molecular Cell Biology 2012. Published by SHIATS.

2) E. P. Koshy and Alex, B.K. 2021. Molecular Biology. Bookmanier, Kottayam, Kerala. ISBN: 9798758727027

Conferences

Participation in Orientation Courses/Refresher Courses/Winter School/Summer School

NEP 2020 Orientation and Sensitization Programme	06/01/2025- 15/01.2025	Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme of UGC , organized by UGC- Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, University of Allahabad
4 week Induction/Orientation Programme for Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education	19/06/2021 - 18/07/2021	Teaching Learning Center, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching
Information handling skills for teaching, learning & research	01/03/2021 - 21/03/2021	Professor Jeyashankar Telengana State Agricultural University under ICAR-NAHEP (IG) Subproject on National Knowledge Management Center for Agricultural Education and Research
One Month Course on Introduction to Computers and Office Productivity Software – Coursera Course	13/09/2020 - 13/10/2020	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
National Workshop on Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis	22/02/2016 – 28/02/2016	Department of Chemistry, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad
Refresher Course (Life Science)	21/03/2014 – 10/04/2014	UGC-ASC, University of Allahabad
National Training on Environmental Biosafety Issues Associated with Genetically Engineered Crops	03/12/2013- 16/12/2013	Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow and Sponsored by National Agriculture Innovation Project (ICAR), New Delhi
Orientation Programme	26/05/2013 – 24/06/2013	UGC-ASC, University of Allahabad
Short Term Programme on Nanotechnology: Opportunity and Challenges	17/05/2010 – 21/05/2010	National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Chandigarh

Participation in Workshop/Training/Short Term Training Course

FDP on Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Biotechnology: Advancing Sustainable Development Goals	27/01/2025 - 31/01/2025	Organized by EICT Academy, IIT Roorkee
Digital Workshop on Biostatistics	05/07/2021 - 09/07/2021	CEPCI Laboratory & Research Institute, Kollam
Five days Faculty Development Programme on Data Analytics using R (Basic to Advance)	29/07/2020 - 02/08/2020	Academic Research Practices

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia attended

Conference/Seminar/Symposia	Duration	Organized by
High-Level Political Summit on Advancing Political Leadership for Equitable Cancer Care	20/02/2025- 21/02/2025	Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) in collaboration with International Cancer Patient Coalition (ICPC)
World Intellectual Property Day 2022: IP and Youth: Innovating for a better future	25/04/2022 - 26/04/2022	IPC, SHUATS
26^th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences on Recent Advances in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics & Biochemistry	18/12/2020 - 20/12/2020	SHUATS, Prayagraj
Triangulation of COVID-19: Perspectives from EU, USA and India	23/07/2020	SHUATS, Prayagraj
COVID-19 Detection & Entrepreneurial Opportunities for patients & Non-patients	13/07/2020	IPC, SHUATS and JIBB, SHUATS
COVID-19 and Beyond: Future Prospects in Biotechnology	08/07/2020 - 09/07/2020	MCE JIBB, SHUATS
American Society for Microbiology webinar on Combating with the millennium pandemic Covid-19	02/07/2020 - 04/07/2020	SHUATS, Prayagraj
How is CRISPR-Cas accelerating crop improvement?	29/06/2020	Bioingene.com
Online Course on Proteomics	24/06/2020 - 26/06/2020	CEPCI Laboratory & Research Institute, Kollam
COVID-19 Pandemic: Crisis and Aftermath	20/06/2020 - 21/06/2020	Department of Biochemistry and Biochemical Engineering, JIBB, SHUATS
Carbohydrates and Athletic performance: myths and misconception	08/06/2020	Department of Physical Education, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, Kerala
Epimutations and Epialleles-Adding to the biodiversity	27/05/2020	Department of Botany, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, Kerala
National Webinar on Impact, Prevention & Chemistry of Covid-19	26/05/2020	Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow
National Conference on Recent Advances in Agriculture, Food Tech and Human Health	05/11/2019 - 06/11/2019	SHUATS, Prayagraj
International Conference on New Horizons in Green Chemistry and Technology	27/11/2018 – 28/11/2018	Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
National Workshop on Protein Purification and its sustainable application in drug designing and agro waste management	03/10/2018 – 09/10/2018	Department of Biochemistry and Biochemical Engineering, SHUATS
150^th Birth anniversary of our Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi	02/10/2018	SHUATS
2^nd World IP Day: Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity	25/04/2018 - 26/04/2018	IPC and EpIC, SHUATS
World IP Day	26/04/2017	IPC, SHUATS
Entrepreneurship Conclave 2017	01/03/2017	IPC, SHUATS and SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Center, IIT Kanpur
Two Days National Seminar on Research Prospects in Forensic Science	20/02/2017 - 21/02/2017	SHUATS, Allahabad
Two Day National Conference on Nutritional, Functional and Safety Challenges of Food and Health Issues in the Current Scenario	06/10/2016 - 07/10/2016	SHIATS, Allahabad
Intellectual Property Rights Awareness Workshop	28/09/2016	IPC, SHIATS, Allahabad
Awareness Programme on “Take it to the breeders and Researchers – The Plant Breeders and Researchers Right Through Awareness”	18/04/2016	SHIATS and Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
International Conference on Advancing Frontiers in Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture and Health	25/02/2016 – 26/02/2016	Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering and Society of Biotechnology, SHIATS, Allahabad
National Conference on Bioinformatics Panorama in Agriculture and Health	05/10/2015 – 06/10/2015	Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and Society of Bioinformatics
World Congress on Green Nanotechnology and its Role in Sustainable Agriculture	26/03/2015 – 27/03/2015	SHIATS in collaboration with University of Missouri, USA
National Symposium on Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Bioengineering	02/12/2014	Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering and Society of Biotechnology, SHIATS, Allahabad
National Symposium on Expanding Horizons in Molecular Biotechnology	03/03/2014	The National Academy of Sciences India and Society of Biotechnology, SHIATS, Allahabad.
International Conference on Future Prospects of Advancement in Biological Sciences, Health Issues & Environmental Protection	07/02/2014 _ 08/02/2014	CytoGene Research & Development and Society of Biosciences, Health Issues & Environmental Protection, Lucknow
Two days Workshop on “Analysis of Immobilization & Expression of Therapeutic Protein Extracted from Algal species”	25/11/2013 – 26/11/2013	CytoGene Research & Development, Lucknow and Society of Biochemists and Bioprocess Technologists, SHIATS
International Conference on Health, Environment & Industrial Biotechnology	21/11/2013 – 23/11/2013	Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
One Day Workshop on Intelectual Property and Innovation Management in Knowledge Era	07/11/2013	National Research Development Corporation, New Delhi and SHIATS, Allahabad
National Seminar on New Trends in Eco-Friendly Pest Management of Agricultural Crops	26/04/2013	Society of Plant Protection, SHIATS
Two Day Workshop on Biochemical Techniques: Applications in Life Sciences	13/03/2013 – 14/03/2013	Department of Biochemistry & Bioprocess Technology, SHIATS, Allahabad
One Day Seminar on Crime against women: Focus on sexual violence	14/03/2013	Joseph School of Business Studies, SHIATS, Allahabad.
Two Day National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Food Safety and Food Standards in India	28/02/2013 – 01/03/2013	Department of Foods and Nutrition, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad.
One Day National Seminar on Impact of Environmental Microbes on Immune System	14/02/2013	Society of Biosciences, Department of Biological Sciences, SHIATS, Allahabad.
Two Day National Workshop on Child Abuse: Trauma, Threats and Remedies	22/11/2012 – 23/11/2012	Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad.
Two Day Workshop on Immunology and Immunotechniques	18/10/2012 – 19/10/2012	Department of Biochemistry & Bioprocess Technology, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad
National Seminar on Recent Advances and New Inclinations in Biological Sciences	18/04/2012	Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad
Three Day National Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance: A Cause for Global Concern	06/02/2012 – 08/02/2012	Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences & Society of Microbiologists
Two day National Symposium on Biodiversity and Food Security- Challenges and Devising Strategies	10/12/2011 – 11/12/2011	Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
Two day National Seminar on Digital Forensic- A Tool for IT Security	24/02/2011 – 25/02/2011	School of Forensic Science & Department of Computer Science & IT, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences & Totem International, Hyderabad &Appin Technology Lab, Noida.
One day National Symposium on “Advances in Transgenic Technology and its Impact on the National Economy”	23/04/2010	Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences & Society of Biotechnologists
Two day International Workshop on “Recent Advances in Biometrics & Fingerprints”	15/02/2010 – 16/02/2010	School of Forensic Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences & National Crime Records Bureau, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Two day International Symposium on “Oswald’s 100 years of catalysis in Chemical research”	03/11/2009 – 04/11/2009	Department of Chemistry, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences & Catalysis Society of India, Chennai
Two Day Lecture Workshop on Gene Structure & Function – Concepts to New Developments	31/01/2008 - 01/02/2008	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore & Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi & The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad at School of Biosciences, Mar Athanasios College For Advanced Studies (MACFAST), Thiruvalla, Kerala.
National Symposium on “Scientists Oration for Researches and Techniques in Biotechnology- 2006”	11/02/2006 – 12/02/2006	Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Vivekananda College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu.
National Seminar on Biotechnology (Gene Fest ’03)	21/02/2003 – 22/02/2003	Department of Biotechnology/ Industrial Biotechnology, Vivekananda College of Arts and Sciences & Engineering for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu.

Teaching Experience

Dr. Blessy has a teaching experience of sixteen years and research experinece of seventeen years. She is teaching various courses of Biotechnology including Molecuar Biology, Molecuar Genetics, Recombinant DNA Technology, Gene Cloning and Gene Therapy, Genetic Engineering and Applied Genetic Engineering in U.G. and P.G. Programmes.

Other

NCBI Accessions

1. Gupta, V., Naz, S., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Pseudomonas sp. strain NFB01 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MH569099 at NCBI, USA. July 09, 2018.

2. Gupta, V., Naz, S., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Bacillus cereus strain NFB05 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MH656742 at NCBI, USA. July 26, 2018.

3. Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Aeromonas sp. strain MIP05 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT731584 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

4. Jaiswal, S., Raj, R., Koshy, E.P. and Alex, B.K. Pseudomonas sp. strain MIP04 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT731763 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

5. Raj, R., Jaiswal, S., Koshy, E.P. and Alex, B.K. Sphingomonas sp. strain MIP03 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733184 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

6. Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Kocuria arsenatis strain MHM01 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733269 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

7. Topno, A., Sahu P., Shahina, I., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Acinetobacter johnsonii strain BIP04 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733328 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

8. Shahina, I., Topno, A., Sahu, P., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Kocuria flava strain BIP03 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733329 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

9. Sahu, P., Shahina, I., Topno, A., Koshy, E.P. and Alex, B.K. Kocuria sediminis strain BIP01 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733330 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

10. Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Pseudomonas sp.strain MHM02 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733331 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

11. Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Sphingomonas sp. strain MHM03 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733346 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

12. Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Brevundimonas sp. strain MHM04 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733517 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

13. Jaiswal, S., Raj, R., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Enterobacter sp. strain MIP02 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733530 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

14. Singh, V., Kumar, C., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Bacillus cereus strain BS01 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733822 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.

15. Kumar, C., Singh, V., Alex, B.K. and Koshy, E.P. Bacillus thuringiensis strain BS02 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence under accession number MT733834 at NCBI, USA. July 13, 2020.