Projects
National & International:
- Drug Repurposing: Efficient Use of Gram-Positive Antibiotics on Gram-Negative Bacteria Siderophore-Antibiotic Conjugates Sanction Order: 2021-14904
Total Coast: 76.85 lakhs, Funding Agency: ICMR Investigator-Initiated Research Proposals for Small Extramural Grants Research Grant Duration: 2024-2027 - Radiolabelled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitors as Novel Radiopharmaceuticals Targeting CAFs Sanction No. 54/14/03/2022-BRNS/10207 dt 31/05/2022 date: 30.06.2021
Total Coast: 44.49 lakhs Funding Agency: BRNS Coordinated Research Project (CRP), Research Grant Duration: 2022-2025 - Developing Multi-targeting Ligand Functionalized Microfluidic Device as Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) based Liquid Biopsy Tool for Cancer Detection, VIT Seed Grant
Total Coast: 5.0 Lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore - Ligand Targeted PROTAC Conjugates: Chemically Induced Degradation of Disease-causing Kinases by a PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) Coupled with Tumor Targeting Ligands, VIT Seed Grant
Total Coast: 1.5 lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore - Ligand Targeted PROTAC Conjugates: Chemically Induced Degradation of Disease-causing Kinases by a PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera’s (PROTACs) Coupled with Tumor Targeting Ligands Sanction No. CRG/2020/001213
Total Coast: 36 lakhs Funding Agency: DST-SERB-Core Research Grant Duration: 2020- 2023 - ‘Targeted miRNA Based Gene Silencing Therapeutics: Exploiting the Synergy between Targeting Ligands and Cell-Penetrating Peptides’ DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship Sanction No. D.O. NO. BT/HRD/35/02/2006 dated 17th May 2019
Total Coast: 113.60 lakhs Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology Duration: 2020-2025
Startups & Innovations:
- Ultrafast detection of urinary tract infections using paper-based nano-optoelectronic nose (P-NOEN) sensor, Student Startup Venture (SSV) – Mr Kalaiarasu L, (22PHD0027), Mr. Harashkumar V T, (20PHD0444) and Mr. Unnikrishnan B, JRF, (22PHD0475)
Total Coast: 2 lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore Duration: 2024 -2025 - Smartphone-based, point-of-care, oral cancer screening device for the early detection of (pre-) cancerous lesions, Faculty Startup Venture (FSV) – Dr. Loganathan and Dr. Raunak Kumar Das VIT Vellore.
Total Coast: 2 lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore Duration: 2024 -2025 - Low-cost, Portable, Peroxidase-Active, Visual Read-out Cytosensors for the Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells. Student Startup Venture 1st Edition-October 2022 – Dhanashree Murugan (19PHD0027), Janarthanan Venkatesan (22PHD0389), Shobana S (22PHD0208)
Total Coast: 0.4 lakhs Funding Agency: VIT Vellore Duration: 2022 -2023 - Peptide conjugated drug delivery for targeting Breast cancer stem cells. Cancer Hackathon conducted by Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Startup TN. Total Coast: 0.25 lakhs Funding Agency: Karpagam Academy of Higher Education Duration: 2023 -2023