Research

COVID-19 Research

Title :

Generation of vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 reporter platform under BSL-2 condition for rapid method of identifying antiviral drug targets

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus area :

COVID-19 Diagnostics

Principal Investigator :

Dr Debasis Nayak, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

This study aims to generate a pseudotype viral reporter platform for rapid screening of antiviral compounds targeted for viral attachment process.

Outcome/Output:

This pseudo virus will require BSL-2 condition to operate, and hence, will be extremely useful for the research community engaged in SARS-CoV-2 research.

Organizations involved