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Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern Region of India. The main goal of this institution is to produce globally competitive human resources in farm sectorand to carry out research in both conventional and frontier areas for production optimization as well as to disseminate the generated technologies as public good for benefitting the food growers/produces and traders involved in the sector while emphasizing on sustainability, equity and overall food security at household level. Genesis of AAU - The embryo of the agricultural research in the state of Assam was formed as early as 1897 with the establishment of the Upper Shillong Experimental Farm (now in Meghalaya) just after about a decade of creation of the agricultural department in 1882. However, the seeds of agricultural research in today’s Assam were sown in the dawn of the twentieth century with the establishment of two Rice Experimental Stations, one at Karimganj in Barak valley in 1913 and the other at Titabor in Brahmaputra valley in 1923. Subsequent to these research stations, a number of research stations were established to conduct research on important crops, more specifically, jute, pulses, oilseeds etc. The Assam Agricultural University was established on April 1, 1969 under The Assam Agricultural University Act, 1968’ with the mandate of imparting farm education, conduct research in agriculture and allied sciences and to effectively disseminate technologies so generated. Before establishment of the University, there were altogether 17 research schemes/projects in the state under the Department of Agriculture. By July 1973, all the research projects and 10 experimental farms were transferred by the Government of Assam to the AAU which already inherited the College of Agriculture and its farm at Barbheta, Jorhat and College of Veterinary Sciences at Khanapara, Guwahati. Subsequently, College of Community Science at Jorhat (1969), College of Fisheries at Raha (1988), Biswanath College of Agriculture at Biswanath Chariali (1988) and Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science at Joyhing, North Lakhimpur (1988) were established. Presently, the University has three more colleges under its jurisdiction, viz., Sarat Chandra Singha College of Agriculture, Chapar, College of Horticulture, Nalbari & College of Sericulture, Titabar. Similarly, few more regional research stations at Shillongani, Diphu, Gossaigaon, Lakhimpur; and commodity research stations at Kahikuchi, Buralikson, Tinsukia, Kharua, Burnihat and Mandira were added to generate location and crop specific agricultural production packages.

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Subject: Veterinary Physiology × Author: Toufiki, Faijun × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2022 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    Physiological effect of cryoprotectants in freezing of embryonic fibroblast cells
    (College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara Campus, 2022-09) Toufiki, Faijun; Bora, Arundhati
    Fibroblast cells are the most common cells of connective tissue and form structural framework. In the present study duck embryonic fibroblast cells were developed up to third subcultures and were cryopreserved in three freezing media consisting of freezing medium 1 (10% DMSO), freezing medium 2 (0.9 M Trehalose) and freezing medium 3 (10% DMSO+ 0.09 M Trehalose in 1:1). The cells conforming the morphologically characteristics of fibroblast like typical fusiform shape, turgor vitalis cytoplasm, centrally located nuclei and flame like migration pattern were used for the experiment. The effect of cryoprotectant at equilibration and at different time of post thaw was assessed by their viability and post thaw characteristics. Trypan blue is an azo-based hydrophilic, tetra sulfonated blue acid dye which is used to determine the number of viable cells present in a cell suspension. A viable cell will have clear cytoplasm and non-viable cell will have a blue cytoplasm. The viability percentage before cryopreservation the viability of the duck fibroblast was 90.75±0.047. For freezing medium 1 (10% DMSO), the viability percentage at equilibration was found to be 89.75±0.047 and subsequently at 7 days 89.61±0.064, at 14 days 89.30±0.035, at 21 days 89.06 ±0.011, at 28 days 89.69±0.14. For freezing medium 2 (0.9 M trehalose), the viability percentage at equilibration was found to be 87.69±0.82 subsequently at 7 days 86.73±0.14, at 21 days 86.42±0.04, and at 28 days 86.00±0.06. The viability percentage was significantly higher (p<0.05) in freezing medium 3 (10% DMSO+0.9 M Trehalose in 1:1) followed by freezing medium 1 (10% DMSO) and freezing medium 2 (0.9 M trehalose). For freezing medium 3 (10% DMSO + 0.9 M Trehalose in 1:1), the viability percentage was found to be at equilibration 90.39±0.084 and subsequently at 7 days 89.78±0.068, at 14 days 89.78± 0.068, at 21 days 89.71 ± 0.13, at 28 days 89.68±0.021 respectively. The revival of freezing media 3 (10% DMSO + 0.9 M Trehalose in 1:1) was found to be at 24 hours 14.12±1.65, at 48 hours 26.44±1.93, at 72 hours 40.44±2.27, at 84 hours 50.64±2.89, at 96 hours 59.32 ±0.23. For freezing media 1 (10% DMSO) the confluency was found to be at 24 hours 17.68±0.97, at 48 hours 32.32±0.99, at 72 hours 43.12±1.12, at 84 hours 49.56±0.18 and at 96 hours 59.28±0.14. For freezing media 2 (0.9 M trehalose) the revivability was found to be 24 hours 9.72±0.08, at 48 hours 14.84±1.14, at 72 hours 25.20±1.20, at 84 hours 44.56±0.30, at 96 hours 53.76±0.10. The confluency of freezing medium 3 was significantly higher (p<0.05) found better than freezing medium 1 and freezing medium 2. Found that both intracellular and extracellular cryoprotectant which may favor the normal physiological process at equilibration and at thawing. NANOG, a noble pluripotent marker was found to be present in the developed fibroblast cells as well as after cryopreservation.