Thermo Fisher Scientific

Technical support from Thermo Fisher Scientific towards the development of advanced Mass Spectrometry based procedures

  • Setting up protocols for detection and identification of deep proteome using high throughput label free quantification approach.
  • Developing of advanced proteomics approaches such as Parallel Reaction Monitoring, Data Independent Acquisition (DIA) and PTM identification from clinical samples. 

Merck

Merck-IITB partnership will focus on five areas, including;

  • Biomarker discovery of COVID-19 severity at early phase of infection
  • Immunoassays and panel development of the Immunoassays for the detection of biomarkers using Single Molecule Counting Technology
  • AI- driven short-listing of COVID-19 biomarkers for prognosis using immunoassay panel
  • Pathway enrichment driven computational studies on drug repurposing for COVID-19 therapies

Shimadzu

Exchange of technical know-how for MRM based validation of biomarkers from clinical samples

  • Developing of MRM based validation and quantification of proteins from tissue, cerebrospinal fluid and serum from brain tumors such as Gliomas, Meningiomas and Medulloblastomas.

Biozed Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

  • It is a joint initiative with IIT Bombay and Biozed engineering Pvt. Ltd. to develop multiplex diagnostic and prognostic tests for major febrile diseases of India, such as Plasmodium falciparum malaria, P. vivax malaria, and dengue.
  • The prototype’s principle revolves around assay development using microfluidics.