About department
Our core purpose is to create knowledge and develop applications to sustain natural systems on which all life depends.
Biodiversity measures the variation of life shaped through ecology and evolution from genes to species and ecosystems. The Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) is the nodal centre of DNA barcoding and it’s Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (PHCDBS) is dedicated to the study of biodiversity at the species level and the advancement of this field of research.
PHCDBS is also the focal point for all biodiversity-related research at BAMU to benefit over 50 Indian scientists across all Colleges and most departments. This Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Initiative at PHCDBS brings together all the BAMU biodiversity-related research community, and strengthens the individual potential to accelerate outcomes through collaborative action. A critical mass of expertise covering all aspects of biodiversity science makes it possible to tackle problems with innovative approaches in ways that cannot be achieved by any one partner alone. Members of PHCDBS research all facets of biodiversity-related problems from soil microbiome to human gut microbiome and social, ethical and legal issues associated with emerging science.
Our research outcomes are applied to design solutions to major needs of industry and society ranging from breeding better plants, improving and protecting animal and human health, stepping-up conservation and environmental assessments, detecting marketplace fraud, to enabling to more effective control of invasive pest species and disease vectors.