Research

COVID-19 Research

Title :	Development of non-PCR based point of care SARS-Cov 2 RNA detection technique
Area of research :	COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Medical Sciences
Focus area :	Detection kit for COVID-19
Principal Investigator :	Dr. Sudipta Mondal, Assistant Professor, Dr. Sudit S. Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Dr. Sougata Saha, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur
Timeline Start Year :	2020
Contact info :	sudipta.mondal@bt.nitdgp.ac.in; suditmukhopadhy@yahoo.com; sougata.saha@bt.nitdgp.ac.in

Details

Outcome/Output:

After the optimization of the protocol, the operator only needs to follow a simple RNA separation technique and drop casting and drying of reagent before taking the reading with a handheld Raman spectrometer. It is even possible to reconfigure the spectrometer software just to report positive or negative.