ଆନ୍ତର୍ବିଭାଗୀୟ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ କେନ୍ଦ୍ର
ଜାତୀୟ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଶିକ୍ଷା ଏବଂ ଗବେଷଣା ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ

अन्तर्विभागीय विज्ञान केंद्र
राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान शिक्षा एवं अनुसंधान संस्थान

Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences
National Institute of Science Education of Research

Facilites

MALDI TOF-MS
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Nagendra K. Sharma
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Science
Email: nagendra@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Bighnaraj Samantasinghar
(Junior Project Scientist, CIS)
Email: cis.support3@niser.ac.in


Specification

Broadband mass resolving power up to 40,000
1 ppm mass accuracy
MS/MS data sets can be acquired with up to 1000 Hz laser repetition rate from low fmol levels
Laser focus diameters down to 10 µm for high spatial resolution imaging

Cryo-FESEM
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Kartikeswar Senapati
Associate Professor, Physical Science
Email: kartik@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Bighnaraj Samantasinghar
(Junior Project Scientist, CIS)
Email: cis.support3@niser.ac.in


Specification

Acceleration voltage Range: 0.02–30 kV
Adjustment: Continuously variable in 10 Volt steps.
Probe current 40 nA configuration: 3 pA – 40 nA
Magnification Range: 12x – 2,000,000x referenced to Polaroid 5" × 4.5" image format.
Electron source Filament: Schottky field emitter.
Indicators: Status information to indicate all emitter parameters

FTIR Spectroscopy
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Himansu Sekhar Bishwal
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Science
Email: himansu@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Mirza Salim Beg
Junior Project Scientist, CIS
Email: cis.support2@niser.ac.in


Specification

Spectral Range- : It has a standard KBr beam splitter and in optional NIR, MIR, FIR, UV and VIS Region, DLaTGS & MCT detectors, and MIR source and we can achieve a spectral range of MIR 8000- 350cm-1. Spectral resolution : >0.16cm-1

High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Nagendra K. Sharma
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Science
Email: nagendra@niser.ac.in

Dr. Palok Aich
Associate Professor, School of Biological Science
Email: palok.aich@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Sunayana Kashyap
Project Scientist, CIS
Email: sunayanakashyap.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Make: Sciecx
Model: TTOF 6600
Mass range TOF = 5 – 40,000 m/z
Mass selection range Q1 = 5 – 2250 m/z
TOF-MS mass resolution and acquisition speed ≥35,000 (FWHM) at 956 m/z, using 10 ms accumulationtime.
TOF-MS/MS mass resolution and acquisition speed ≥ 30,000 (FWHM) at 813 m/z, and ≥25,000 (FWHM) at 195 m/z, using 10 ms accumulation time.
Detector type = 4-channel MCP detector with ADC signal processing for extended dynamic range.

Non-Biological Sample Preparation unit for TEM
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Subhankar Bedanta,
Associate Professor, School of Physical Scinece
Email: sbedanta@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Tapas Ghosh
Senior Project Scientist, CIS
Email: tapas.ghosh.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Gatan Precession Ion Polishing System (PIPS)
Well Diamond wire Shaw
Struers Grinding Mechine
Gatan Dimple grinder
Gatan Plasma Cleaner

Leica S8APO, polarizing microscope
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Jogendra Nath Behera
Associate Professor,School of Chemical Sciences
Email: jnbehera@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Bighnaraj Samantasinghar
Junior Project Scientist, CIS
Email: bighnaraj.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Magnification: 80X

LYNX EVO, Vision engineering, Stereo Microscope
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Kartikeswar Senapati
Reader-F,School of Physical Sciences
Email: kartik@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Mirza Salim Beg
Junior Project Scientist, CIS
Email: mirza.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Magnification: 60X

Nikon EcLipse upright motorized Microscope
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Asima Bhattacharyya
Associate Professor,School of Chemical Sciences
Email: asima@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Padmalochan Panda
Post Doctoaral Fellow, CIS
Email: plpanda.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

equipped with DS-Qi2 (16 MP CHOS sensor, capable of monochromatic imaging) and DS-fi3 (5.9MP CHOS sensor) camera, four different filters and Differential interference contrast microscopy (DIC).
Magnification 1000x

Bio Sample Preparation Unit for Transmission Electron Microscopy
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Ramanujam Srinivasan
Reader-F,School of Chemical Sciences
Email: rsrini@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Tapas Ghosh
Senior Project Scientist, CIS
Email: tapas.ghosh.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

With the following sub-unit:
Leica EM ICE Light Stimulation,
EM GP,
Cryo CLEM DM6 FS,
Cryo CLEM set with 5L Dewar,
Leica EM AFS2 Freeze sub-system,
EM UC7 Basic instrument,
Leica EM FC7 for EM VCT100 cryo transfer,
Leica EM KMR3 Glass knife maker

MicroTime 200, Pico Quant, Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscope
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Moloy Sarkar
Associate Professor,School of Chemical Sciences
Email: msarkar@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Sunayana Kashyap
Projet Scientist, CIS
Email: sunayanakashyap.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Equipped with: Time-resolved Fluorescence Measurements with Single Molecule Sensitivity, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Fluorescence Cross Correlation Spectroscopy (FCCS).
Time Resolution: 100 picosecond.

DeltaVision™ OMX SR imaging system
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Ramanujam Srinivasan
Reader-F School of Chemical Sciences
Email: rsrini@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Sunayana Kashyap
Projet Scientist, CIS
Email: sunayanakashyap.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Equipped with SCMOS Camera (4.2 MP), Four LASER sources of wavelength 405 nm, 488 nm, 568 nm, 640 nm and having the operations 3-D SIM, SIM TIRF, 2-D SIM, Ring TIRF, Photokinetic, Conventional and Live Cell imaging.

LabRAM HR Evolution, Horiba Scientific, Raman Spectrometer
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Pratap Kumar Sahoo
Associate Professor, School of Physical Sciences
Email: pratap.sahoo@niser.ac.in

Dr. Himansu Sekhar Biswal
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Sciences
Email: himansu@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Padmalochan Panda
Post Doctoaral Fellow, CIS
Email: plpanda.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

LASER: 325 nm, 532 nm, 633 nm, 785 nm, 1064 nm,
Spectral Range: 440 m to 1100 nm,
Spectral Resolution: 0.35 cm-1 at 837 nm 1800 gr/mm grating.
High temperature measurement range: 30C to 1500C
Low temperature measurement range: -196C to 600C

JEOL JEM F200 Transmission Electron Microscope
Faculty In-charge:

Dr. Sudip Barman
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Sciences
Email: sbarman@niser.ac.in

Dr. Ajaya Nayak
Reader-F, School of Physical Sciences
Email: ajaya@niser.ac.in

Staff:

Dr. Tapas Ghosh
Senior Project Scientist, CIS
Email: tapas.ghosh.cis@niser.ac.in


Specification

Point Resolution: 0.19 nm,
Camera: Gatan OneView (CMOS, 4k*4k),
STEM HAADF Resolution: 0.14 nm
EDS: JEOL JED 2300 series