Page 67 - _NIPER-G Annual Report 2019-201
P. 67
Department of Biotechnology
The Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati started offering M.S. (Pharm) in
Biotechnology since 2010 and Ph.D. program since 2014 to contribute to the
fascinating and vast area of biological sciences and its applications in Pharmaceutical
Sciences. Biotechnology Department of NIPER-Guwahati is dedicated to understand
disease pathogenesis, drug mechanisms, target identification and therapeutic
intervention in chronic and complex diseases like cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular
diseases.
Major Thrust Area of Research
1. Target based and phenotype-based drug discovery in cancer and
cardiometabolic disorder
2. Genetically modified bacteria for therapeutic intervention
3. Identifying novel targets and developing assay system
4. Pharmacogenetics and personalized medicine
5. Disease mechanisms: Inflammation and energy metabolism
6. Developmental defects and cardiac reprogramming
7. Breast Cancer Biology and drug Resistance mechanisms
8. Basic Biology - Stem cell Biology and Signal Transduction
9. Biopharmaceutical Technology – therapeutically Important proteins
10. Screening small molecules and plant-derived products
64 NIPER-G
