IISER Pune sets up High-End centre for cancer research

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The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, has set up an excellence centre to promote the research work in life sciences and to help in analysis of hundreds of biological samples, simultaneously.

The centre will help biologists to take cancer tumour research to a new level, said an official.

Sanjeev Galande, head of biology department said, “The new centre will have a very high throughput capacity. This means, simultaneous analysing and studying of large number of samples will now be possible. It will not only save time but also help improve the accuracy in work.”

The construction cost of the centre is around Rs 10 crore. Around 500 research students from across the fields of biology, chemistry and physics will benefit from the centre, added Galande.

Describing about the key study areas, where the centre can particularly benefit the researchers, he said, “We have a lot of work coming up in the field of cancer tumour research. One of the prime aims is to study cancer tumour samples using this high-end technology.”

Broadly, the centre will house instruments, such as high-content analysis and automated liquid handling workstations, plate readers, and those used for multi-spectral imaging.

According to Jayashree Thacker, president, PerkinElmer, India, “The opening of this new facility and our collaboration with IISER supports the expansion of PerkinElmer and our relationship with leading research organisations in India. It further positions us to deliver innovative solutions to our customers.”

 “This is an excellent example of industry-academia collaboration. This advanced bio-analytical set up will not only hone the analytical skills of undergraduate students but also elevate their understanding of interdisciplinary sciences,” K N Ganesh said.

PerkinElmer, in association with IISER has setup the Centre of Excellence and IISER director K N Ganesh has inaugurated it.

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