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Funding agencies:

Patents : 

  • Magneto nanotechnology Dengue detection device– 476743
  • Fluorodot Dengue detection device – 465503

Patents applied: 

  • A method of detection of varicella zoster virus in biopsy samples using VZV ORF 68 – 202341063468
  • A Novel Assay for Detection Of  Parvovirus B19 IgM – 202441018951
  • A Novel Peptide for Biomedical Applications– 202441018950

Ongoing projects :

  • ICMR 
  • Cytokine and micro-RNA profile of invasive fungal sinusitis along with anti-fungal susceptibility pattern of causative fungi. 
  • Developing a new low-cost method for differentiation of candida auris from other candida species in the laboratory, Chennai standardization of real time PCR for rapid identification of candida auris and study of its virulence factors 
  • Characterization of the gut microbiome in traumatic brain injury patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Chennai, India
  •  Multicentre Observational study of candidemia cases with special reference to Candida auris among ICU patients in India 
  • Covid Associated Mucormycosis, A case Investigation
  • Identification of Cryptic Species Of Aspergillus By Multi Locus Sequence Typing And Their Susceptibility Pattern To Conventional And Newer Antifungal Agents By Broth Micro Dilution Method
  • DBT 
  • Developing a prediction model for determining probability of harbouring ESBL producing Enterobacteriaceae in UTI. 
  • Rapid identification of Mycobacterial growth indicator tube by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry
  • Development of in-house Enzyme linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay for diagnosis of Neurocysticercosis and assessing role of Interleukin 6 as marker of inflammation
  • Identification of root caries causing bacteria in geriatric patients using a chair-side novel rapid detection kit
  • Screening of congenital CMV infection by real time quantitative PCR in newborns : useful tool to reduce sensorineural hearing loss?
  • Rapid detection of multiple respiratory viruses by in-house multiplex real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction 
  • Standardization of multiplex PCR using gold nanoparticles for identification of candida species from spiked blood culture 

Founder- Chancellor Shri N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar Fellowships ( PhD) projects

  • Analysis of Virulence Gene Profiles and Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinical Escherichia coli Isolated from a Tertiary Care Hospital 
  • HPV Detection in Urine and Cervical Swabs: A Comparative Analysis with Oncogenic Risk Assessment
  • Virulence Characteristics and Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Acinetobacter baumannii in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections 
  • Isolation, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori from gastric biopsy sample- “ A cross sectional study” 
  • Characterization of virulenece associated genes and antimicrobial susceptibility in the clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumanii in tertiary care hospital 
  • Detection of virulence gene determinants and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of clinical isolates of enterococcus species 
  • Standardization of polymerase chain reaction using genus specific primers to detect zygomycetes directly from tissue samples and anti fungal susceptibility pattern of culture positive isolated with conventional and newer azoles 
  • Standardization of pan fungal lamp assay in tissue samples obtained from cases of subcutaneous and deep mycoses 
  • Standardization of pan-fungal PCR directly from clinical samples for early diagnosis of fungal infections 
  • Rapid detection of Commonly Encountered Candida Species 
  • Rapid test for screening of viral fever
  • Screening of congenital CMV infection by real time quantitative PCR in newborns : useful tool to reduce sensorineural hearing loss?
  • Rapid detection of multiple respiratory viruses by in-house multiplex real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction 
  • Standardization of multiplex PCR using gold nanoparticles for identification of candida species from spiked blood culture 

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