RESEARCH PORTFOLIO FOR M.Sc. (Hons.

) DISSERTATION 1
Continuous Assessment 2 (Weightage 20%)

1.Student Name: Simran Kumari

2.Programme Name: M.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology (2023)
3.Section: B2309
4.Roll No: RB2309A19

A. Explored Thrust areas of interest:

Explored Thrust area of interest

1.Marine biology
2.Entomology
3.Parasitology
4.Evolutionary biology

B. Top research papers and details:

Top research
papers
S No. Thrust Area of research Paper title Impact factor/Citations

1. Marine biology Plastic pollution in the 2.476 / 349 [citations]

marine environment
(journal name-
experimental marine
biology and ecology)

Plastic debris in the

marine environment 3.737 / 96 [citations]
(journal- marine
environment)

2. Entomology Trends and

opportunities in tick
borne disease
geography 10.528 / 19 [citations]
(journal- medical
entomology)
 Rainforest conversion
for cash crops reduces
abundance biomass
and species richness 2.126 / 9 [citations]
of Parasite wasps in
Sumatra and
Indonesia
(journal- agricultural
and forest
entomology)

3. Parasitology Parasitology research

in the molecular age
(journal- trends in 2.435 / 20 [citations]
parasitology)

Advances and
opportunities n
malaria population 3.125 / 59 [citations]
(journal- advances in
parasitology)

4. Evolutionary biology Evolutionary biology

of lichen symbiosis
(journal- seminar in 3.696 / 40 [citations]
cell and
developmental
biology)

Thioredoxin reductase
3 suppression
promotes colitis and
carcinogenesis via 9.324 / 34 [citations]
activating pyroptosis
and necrosis
(journal- cellular and
molecular life science)

C. Tools/Instrumentation/Equipment/Software identified:

LLIST of instrumentation/equipment/resources identified for the research work

(can be referred from the research papers gone through)
S No. Name of instrument/equipment/software
1 Marine biology- ordinances and fees are the instruments or tools that are used to prevent
usage of plastic items and containers and the user fee payment system can be introduced
to manage the plastic waste based on the concept of charging for consuming plastic
items.
2 Sampling methods includes trawl nets used to collect debris from the surface, beach
surveys used to debris washed ashore can be collected and analysed to determine its
origin and remote sensing and water quality sensors are also used in this.
3 Entomology- statistical and data analyses software is used to process and analyse collected
data, allowing researchers to identify trends and patterns and geographic information systems
(GIS) tools help researchers create maps and perform spatial analyses to understand the
distribution of tick-borne diseases.
4 Field surveys like (traps, canopy fogging and visual surveys) insect collecting kits, microscopes for
examine the parasite wasp, soil sampling equipment, GPS devices are also used in this paper.
5 Parasitology- for data collection and research process they used the allozyme technique
(analysing the differences in enzyme structure between organisms) and for the analyses of
publication trends on parasitic organisms they use all parasite related publication from each
molecular period.
6 RDTs and PCR test is also used to treatment of malaria, mosquito traps, larva surveys, clinical
trials, GIS software, and satellite imagery (study the spatial distribution of malarial cases),
statistical software for data analyses and modelling.
7 Evolutionary biology- for data study microscopy is used to study the structural details of lichen
thalli, fungal hyphae cells and culture techniques are used to study the biology and symbiotic
interactions.
8 Biochemical analyses include enzyme activity assays used to measure TrxR3activity, imaging,
tissue culture, flow cytometry (analyse cell death modes and detect specific markers), colon
tissue samplings, histological analysis is also used.