Elsevier Evolving Landscape of Molecular Diagnostics: Applications and Techniques

Evolving Landscape of Molecular Diagnostics: Applications and Techniques presents cutting-edge reviews on current and emerging technologies in the diagnosis of microbial infections. The book discusses the fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics for bacteria, fungi, viruses and a variety of state-of-the-art diagnostics tools and techniques for obtaining qualitative and quantitative results. It includes topics such as Next generation sequencing and application of "OMICS" for early disease diagnosis.  Sections cover the entire spectrum of emerging diagnostic tools and techniques, as well as the principles, pros and cons of each method and applications for diagnosis of infectious disease in plants, humans and veterinary. This is a resource for both researchers and students working in clinical microbiology, infectious biology, applied life sciences and scientists working in the clinical diagnostic industry. Review Explores challenges, opportunities and future research directions of technologies in diagnostics About the Author Dr. Suar is a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from University of Delhi and Postdoc at ETH Zurich from 2004-2007. In June 2007 he joined KIIT University and established the School of Biotechnology. During this short span of time, the School of Biotechnology became a centre of excellence, supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India. Dr. Suar is involved in research related to interdisciplinary science with specialized focus on infection biology. His research group includes multidimensional researchers working on bacterial infection and development of vaccines. He is also involved in research related to nanobiotechnology focusing on development of nanomaterials for health application and understanding their toxicological aspects with different animal models. He established KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI) in 2009 as the CEO, nurturing 200+companies in the area of engineering, energy, biotechnology and allied areas. He has received several recognitions including the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Professorship award in 2012 during a visit to UCLA, USA; GP Chatterjee memorial award during 102nd Indian Science Congress and the Future Young Technical Leaders by STARS Switzerland in 2010. He also attended the Global Entrepreneurship leadership Symposium at HAAS Business School, USA and visited UC Berkley. Dr. Prashant PhD, Research Scientist. He has published articles in international journals and co-authored a book chapter with Springer. He has more than 10 years of techno-managerial experience in diverse areas of translational sciences including the fields of molecular diagnostics and next generation sequencing. Prior to joining BCKIC, he worked at FIND, where he was instrumental in capacity building projects on COVID-19 diagnostics including driving creation of appropriate SOPs, online and onsite training programs, workshops along with networking with academia and industries for disseminating knowledge on the rapid developments on COVID-19 diagnosis. He was a Product Manager for the South Asia region where he accelerated adaptation of multiple molecular assays including for HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV and blood screening. In addition to molecular diagnostics, Prashant managed whole genome sequencing and clinical sequencing assays for academic research and clinical findings for oncology, drug resistance, inherited diseases and non-invasive prenatal testing. Namrata Misra PhD received a M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics from IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India, and a Ph.D. degree in Biological Science from AcSIR - Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, CSIR-IMMT. She also received National Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, KIIT University. She is also the Head Bio innovations at KI