Author: Biotech Express

by Kamal Pratap Singh The entrepreneurial process starts with challenges of working with the unknown and building resources for survival. Several micro and macro level factors including the personality and attitudes of the entrepreneur, identification and creation of opportunities, regulatory frameworks and market conditions, presence of other startups, cultural makeup of the location, access to trained talent, technology, market, finance and mentors influence the success (or failure) of a young enterprise. The Government of India and State Governments are making efforts to promote biotechnology activities in the country by setting up biotechnology parks, incubators as well as pilot projects through…

ASPIRE-BioNEST, UoH has been recently selected as ‘‘The Best Emerging Bioincubator in the country’’, announced in the valedictory function of Global BioIndia 2021. Global BioIndia is a biannual conference conducted by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), DBT, Govt. of India, in the presence of Hon’ble Vice President Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu and Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan. Incidentally, ASPIRE BioNEST has celebrated its third foundation day on 2nd March 2021. ‘‘ASPIRE-BioNEST incubation center provides an ideal infrastructure and supporting system enabling startup companies to establish and succeed in their ventures. Interested startups may contact all…

ReaGene Biosciences (https://www.reagenebiosciences.com/) a group company of start-up ReaGene Innovations Pvt Ltd incubated at Aspire-BioNEST University of Hyderabad received the best Emerging bio-incubator 2021 award from BIRAC and was identified as an emerging start-up company by an independent jury panel of ChemTech- Biopharma conference 2021. The award was in recognition of the unique 3D models being developed by the group companies. These models are focused on discovery of new products for high value unmet diseases such as sepsis and COVID-19.  To date, majority of preclinical research is conducted in animals for both efficacy and toxicity, however, proved to be poorly…

FEDERATION OF ASIAN BIOTECH ASSOCIATIONS (FABA), announced the reconstitution of the Management Committee of the FABA through a proper election process as a custom for every two years, for the years 2021 and 2022. The committee has representatives from the academy, industry, and Government bodies, with the president from one of the Asian member countries, , this time it is the turn of Bangladesh. The following are the members of newly reconstituted Board Management Committee: Dr. Asadulghani, ICDDR, Bangladesh (President), Prof. P. Reddanna, University of Hyderabad (Executive President), Dr. P. Ratnakar, Tech Mahindra (Secretary General), Dr. Suresh Pothani, ICMR –…

Keerthi Sasikumar1, 2 and K. Madhavan Nampoothiri1, 2 * 1Microbial Processes and Technology Division (MPTD), CSIR- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum – 695019, India. 2Academy of scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad -201002, India *Correspondence: Tel: +91- (0) 471-2515366 Fax: +91-(0)471-2491712; madhavan@niist.res.in Nylon is the commercial name for a kind of polyamide thermoplastic. The Polyamide nylon has varying supremacy that makes it an ideal candidate for a wide range of applications. It was first developed in the mid-1930s and the global nylon market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.2% from 2018 to 2025…

Bansod Akash Anand1 & A C Reddy2* *aswinchilakala@nipgr.ac.in 1- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 2- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi. Abstract: Synthetic biology is a new interdisciplinary field of biology which is emerging as a powerful tool which will be able to design, engineer, and synthesize life forms which were never existed before. Synthetic biology firstly involves modification of existing genetic material by incorporating synthetic DNA sequences and/or removing the junk pieces in it or secondly by completely synthesizing a new genome and incorporating it in live cells. The approaches used for engineering…

Suhana Mishra, Amir Mohammad Arsh , Varnit Chauhan School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater NOIDA, UttarPradesh, India suhanamishra05@gmail.com, arsh786rizvi@gmail.com, 17ibt042@gbu.ac.in ABSTRACT With the Introduction of COVID-19 vaccine to the world, Proteomic studies of SARS-CoV-2 revealed that some regions are conserved from other human coronaviruses(CoVs) which leads to cross-recognition by the humoral immune response. Epitopes that are conserved among SARS-like coronaviruses are attractive targets for design of cross-reactive vaccines and therapeutics. The cross-reactivity of the antibodies can neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 strains on the basis of the conserved epitope regions in the structure. Considering the conservation a study found few sites…

Patanjali Ayurved Ltd founder Ramdev, ”again” at a press conference on February 19, had claimed that Coronil had received certification from the Ayush Ministry as a medicine supporting COVID-19 treatment as per the WHO’s certification scheme. Harsh Vardhan was also present at the ceremony. Later, WHO’s regional office for South-East Asia had clarified on Twitter that it has not “reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine” for the treatment of Covid-19 – a pointed reference to Coronil. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) hit out at the “blatant lie of WHO certification” made by Panjali Ayurved for its Coronil…

This year, Aditi Godara has secured rank 1 in CSIR -JRF-NET Life Sciences June 2020 exam. Biotech Express got in touch with Aditi Godara to learn more about her preparation strategy. Here are the excerpts. How you are feeling and how will you celebrate your success? The feeling is surreal. Its been a week now, since the results were out but still I’m euphoric about it. I think the happiness and pride on my husband and parents’ face is my celebration in itself. When did you start your preparations for the NET exam? Is this your first attempt?  I have…

The 18th edition of BioAsia will be conducted virtually from February 22 to 23, 2020. Minister for Industries and Commerce KT Rama Rao unveiled the logo, website, and theme – Move the Needle – for the event. “BioAsia, which is the State’s flagship event, has emerged as an important global meeting to deliberate on the opportunities, challenges, and solutions for the Life Sciences sector,” he said. “With the theme ‘Move the Needle,’ the event will provide a platform to deliberate on topics of paramount importance, essentially centered around dealing with Covid-19, preparing for new realities of healthcare, and much more.…