TITLE: Establishment of Pneumococcal vaccine immunogenicity evaluation centre at CRL – KIMS, Bangalore
Sponsoring agency BIRAC, Govt of India
Project leader Dr. K L Ravi Kumar, Chief- Central Research Laboratory
Year in which started 01/03/2019
Duration in months 48 months
Research Objectives
- Establishment of ELISA facility for serotype specific antibody quantitation as perWHO protocol
- Establishment of OPA facility for functional antibody quantitation as per WHOProtocol
- Establishment of automated high output ELISA facility, Luminex platform and Flowcytometry
Research outcomes
- Vaccine evaluation in India at reasonable cost and timeline as per WHOrecommendations.
- Developing India specific protocols and research targeting country needs.
- Neutral service provided by Medical Institution with nationwide access to the service
- Providing training and research opportunities to researchers and vaccine manufacturers
- Collaboration with WHO referral laboratory and International research groups
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