DIT PhD Project
Supervisors name & contact details:
Name: Dr. Amit Jaiswal
Dr. Swarna Jaiswal
Email: amit.jaiswal@dit.ie
swarna.jaiswal@dit.ie
Supervisors Profile:
Web-link:
http://www.dit.ie/fseh/stafflisting/jaiswaldram
itkumar/
http://www.crestdit.com/aboutus/staffprofiles
/jaiswal.html
Research Centre (if applicable):
Environmental Health Sciences Institute, Dublin
Institute of Technology, Ireland.
School of Food Science and Environmental
Health, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Centre for Research in Engineering Surface
Technology (CREST).
Research Centre website (if applicable):
http://www.dit.ie/eshi/research/
http://www.dit.ie/fseh/
http://www.crestdit.com/index.html
Supervisors Publication List:
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Title of the Project: Exploitation of food industry waste for the production of low cost industrial
enzymes
Project Summary:
Enzymes such as protease and xylanase offer potential for numerous industrial applications such
as dry cleaning, meat processing, cheese making, pharmaceuticals, animal feed production,
detergents, textile, cosmetics and biodiesel production. Enzymes are generally produced via
microbial fermentation using expensive mediums, and consequently cost is one of the main
deterrents in the production of enzymes. Agricultural waste from the food industry is a major
concern worldwide. Exploitation of agricultural waste as alternative carbon and nitrogen sources
can not only lower the cost of enzyme production but also add value to industry discards.
Based on the above facts, the project aims at the isolation, purification and characterisation of
enzymes of industrial importance, such as protease and xylanase using food industry waste as a
substrate. The following objectives are identified to achieve the aim of the project:
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Screening of a high yielding strain for the selected food waste and the enzyme of
importance.
Optimisation of fermentation parameters for high enzyme yield and productivity.
Development of kinetics of the fermentation process.
Downstream processing and enzyme characterisation.
Nano encapsulation of isolated enzymes
The PhD student will gain experience in several complementary disciplines, including
biotechnology, microbiology, chemical engineering, biochemistry and nanotechnology.