Projects

Title of project Name of faculty Funding agency Duration Status
Detection of dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the bone marrow and circulating CD271+ mesenchymal stem cells

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:Ista Pulu, Deepjyoti Kalita

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi (with Gates Foundation, via Stanford University). 1/11/2010 (3 years) Completed
Detection of dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis compensatory muations in the sputum subjects with sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi 1/3/2013 (6 years) Completed
Targeting oral cancer stem cells with BCG vaccine

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:Debabrat Baishya

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi 1/10/2012(8 years) Ongoing
Gene expression of circulating altruistic stem cells in subjects with oral cancer

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:Debabrat Baishya

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi 1/10/2012 (5 years) Completed
Isolation of novel MYC and p53 target molecules from herbal medicinal plants of North East India

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:Debabrat Baishya

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi 1/10/2012 (8 years) Ongoing
Development of diagnostic devices/therapeutics for cancer and infectious diseases based on stem cell altruism

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi 1/10/2019 (3 years) Ongoing
Study of in-depth genetic heterogeneity with respect to resistome and compensatory adaption of MDR Mtb clinical strains inside BM- Mesenchymal stem cells circulating in the North-East Region

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:Ista Pulu

 DBT 1/9/2019 (3 years) Ongoing
An Innovative silk weaving Indigenous knowledge system based approach for Cancer Patient Rehabilitation in Rural India

PI:Dr. Bikul Das

Co-PI:Nihar Ranjan Kalita

 KaviKrishna Foundation, Sualkuchi 1/10/2019 (3 years) Ongoing