Research

Medical Sciences

Title :

Profiling of phages having implications in combating drug resistant microbes

Area of research :

Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Medical Sciences

Focus area :

Anti-microbial resistance

Principal Investigator :

Dr Manoj Kumar, Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Timeline End Year :

2023

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

Objective: WP1. Metaviromics: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and computational analyses for in depth understanding of virome/phages from different anthropogenically intervened ecological niches. WP2. Screening of phages for anti-bacterial activity against multidrug resistant organisms . WP3. Profiling of novel phages having implications in combating drug resistance.

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