Dr. Jayaprakash N S

Designation : Director
School / Centre : Centre for Bio Separation Technology
Department : Biotechnology

Educational Details

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Ph.D.
Environmental Biotechnology
Graduated in 2006

Cochin University of Science and Technology

M.Sc.
Environmental Studies
Graduated in 1998

Madurai Kamaraj University

B.Sc.
Botany
Graduated in 1995

Post Doctoral Experiences

1. Post doc: University of Technology Compiegne (UTC), France.- 2005 ; 2. Industry training: Underwent an industry training in a moderate monoclonal antibody producing industry, Production d'Anticorps, Reactifs Immunologiques & Services (P.A.R.I.S.), France, through industry-institute collaboration.


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Immunotechnology
  • Monoclonal antibody development
  • Infectious disease diagnostics
  • Bacteriophages
  • Environmental Biotechnology

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On-going Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
1. Collaborator – Industry consultancy project from Nane Nana company. (2023, Ongoing). Project is on ‘Development of a prototype biosensor for blood-Insulin analysis’ Nane Nana company

Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Principal Investigator- Industrial consultancy project from Shantha Biotechniques Pvt. Ltd. (A Sanofi Company), Hyderabad. (2016, completed). Project is on Developing monoclonal antibodies to specific antigens. Shantha Biotechniques Pvt. Ltd. (A Sanofi Company), Hyderabad
Principal Investigator- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Madras) (2019, completed). Project is on Developing monoclonal antibodies to specific antigens. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Madras)
Principal Investigator- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Mumbai) (2022, completed). Project is on Developing polyclonal antibodies to specific antigens. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Mumbai)
Lamark Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (Technology Tower, VIT, Vellore) (2022, completed). Project is on Developing polyclonal antibodies to specific peptides. Lamark Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (Technology Tower, VIT, Vellore) (2022, completed)
Service project - Principal Investigator- (2016). This is in collaboration with Prof. P.S. Bisen, Jiwaji University, Gwalior. The project was funded under Gates Foundation and Dr. Anish Zachariah, a postdoctoral fellow was working under me for a year in the project here in CBST. Project is on Developing monoclonal antibodies to specific antigens. Funded under Gates Foundation

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Co-Principal Investigator : Development of Rapid and high Sensitivity Electrochemical Covid-19 Diagnosis Platform. Inter-disciplinary and Multi-institutional project. ICMR

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Principal Investigator in DBT Funded Project – (Completed in 2022): Development of a monoclonal antibody-based diagnostic method for the specific detection of COVID-19 viral antigens. DBT
Principal Investigator in ICMR Funded Project – (Completed in 2022) ICMR project: Development of a rapid diagnostic platform to detect antibodies to Salmonella typhi using a synthetic & unique Salmonella specific outer membrane antigen fragment. ICMR
Principal Investigator in DST-SERB Funded Project – (Completed in 2022) Project Title: Identification of the latent tuberculosis specific marker by the immunoproteomic analysis of the cell membrane proteins of M. tuberculosis DST-SERB
Co-Investigator in DBT BIRAC-CEFIPRA- French Embassy – (Completed in 2015) Project Title: Oxidized HDL-Apolipprotein A1 as a risk predictor of cardiovascular disorders and development of novel diagnostics. DBT BIRAC-CEFIPRA- French Embassy
Principal Investigator in DBT Funded Project – (Completed in 2012) Project Title: Development of monoclonal antibody affinity-based kit for albumin depletion from human serum to facilitate analysis of less abundant proteins. DBT

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
An immunogenic peptide and an assay for screening and quantifying Salmonella typhi specific antibodies. (ICMR project- ICMR-IPR cell). Patent Application No: 202511001521. Indian Patent Application No: 202511001521.
Cocktail of newly isolated lytic bacteriophages against multidrug resistant Salmonella and uses thereof. Indian Patent Application No: TEMP/E-1/6696/2020-CHE. 2020.
‘Monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium and uses thereof’. Indian Patent Application No: 1137/CHE/2014

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
'Coir Retting Bioreactor' Indian Patent No. 198886 dt. 18-02-2002

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Sain A., Jayaprakash N.S. (2021) Bacteriophage in Food Industry: NanoPhageBots. In: Maurya V.K., Gothandam K.M., Ranjan S., Dasgupta N., Lichtfouse E. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 55. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76813-3_7. In book: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 55, Micro and Nano Engineering in Food Science Vol 1 (pp.171-200) Springer, Cham 2021

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Secured 2nd Rank in M.Sc. Environmental Studies (Cochin University of Science and Technology)
  • Secured 1st Rank in B.Sc. Botany (The American College, Madurai)