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.

Section A: Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics: from past to present to future
1. Molecular Diagnostics for bacteria, virus and fungi

Section B: Emerging Diagnostics techniques: which one to choose?
2. Real-Time PCR: Revolutionizing Detection and Expression Analysis of Genes
3. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for microbial identification and diagnosis
4. Microfluidics in Diagnostic Research: Lab-on-a-chip Technologies:
5. DNA methylation for the molecular diagnosis of cancer
6. TaqMan Low-Density Arrays for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Pathogens
7. Molecular imaging and molecular diagnostics: two sides of the same coin?
8. Semiconductor quantum dots for in vitro diagnostics and cellular imaging.
9. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification as Point-of-Care Diagnosis
10. Urea Breath Tests for Detection of Helicobacter pylori
11. Novel diagnostics techniques for detection of COVID
12. Next generation sequencing and Application of "OMICS" for early disease diagnosis

Section C: An overview of applications: Human, Plant, Veterinary
13. Diagnostics for Plant Disease Detection
14. Diagnostic techniques: Clinical Infectious Disease

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 de