Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Title : | Generation of vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 reporter platform under BSL-2 condition for rapid method of identifying antiviral drug targets |
Area of research : | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Focus area : | COVID-19 Diagnostics |
Principal Investigator : | Dr Debasis Nayak, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore |
Timeline Start Year : | 2020 |
Contact info : | dnayak00@gmail.com |
Details
Executive Summary : | This study aims to generate a pseudotype viral reporter platform for rapid screening of antiviral compounds targeted for viral attachment process. |
Outcome/Output: | This pseudo virus will require BSL-2 condition to operate, and hence, will be extremely useful for the research community engaged in SARS-CoV-2 research. |
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