Outline

Life-science industry is all set to take the centre plunge in the coming years. However one of the major challenges faced by this industry is the lack of skilled manpower which doesn’t match up to the growth curve of industries. There is an increasing demand for, nurturing manpower development in this field.

The current pool of scientific manpower engaged in the biotech industry estimated by Biospectrum magazine is found to be 15,000 and this is expected to touch a level of 60,000 by 2010.

Looking at the increasing demand for trained manpower, Natural Remedies is initiating a unique job-oriented training programme, which will help in orienting the students to adapt to the needs of industry. This comprehensive training programme is a platform for students to augment their practical skills along with an opportunity to work in an herbal drug manufacturing industry.

Who can Apply?

This course is designed for students and fresher’s who would like to have a technical exposure, which suits the needs of fast growing industry.
The training will also be of interest to industry personnel who would like to continue the learning process by increasing their proficiency in new skills. You can select individual course modules best suited to complement your experience or qualification.

Learning Objectivers

Upon completion of this training, attendees will have a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts of research along with background knowledge of pre clinical drug discovery, in vitro screening, operation of basic instruments, writing protocols, assay designing, and checking assay reliability. The most important gain for the attendees is the enhancement of their practical skills which is at par with the industrial standards.

Training programme modules

One Week Training Module

One Week Training Module

Section I: Overview of the essentials of research

This section gives an insight into the proper preparation and storage of buffers and reagents. Most laboratories lack formal programs to train students on proper technique of pipetting. This section also helps in developing operator pipetting proficiency and consistency in single-channel and multi-channel pipetting, to minimize pipetting errors.

Contents

  • Instrument Handling
  • Reagent and buffer preparation
  • Pipetting skills and calibration

Section II: In vitro screening

Pre-clinical drug development is a stage of research that begins before the clinical trials (testing in humans). One important aspect of Pre clinical drug discovery is in vitro screening of drug molecules which helps in determining the effect of drug molecules on a particular disease target. In vitro screening is critical for the development of biologics and biopharmaceuticals.

The section deals with in vitro target based screening of drug molecules. The screening assays are based on spectrophotometry principles.

Contents

  • Operation, working principle and handling of Microplate reader
  • Biossays in Kinetic and End point mode using Microplate reader
  • Standardization of in vitro assays.
  • Screening of herbal extracts in in vitro assays.
  • Identification of Hits.
  • Data interpretation through sophisticated software programmes.

Students interested to pursue this training programme can contact us at training@naturalremedy.com along with their profile. Any query in this regard will be entertained

Two Week Training Module

Two Week Training Module

Section I: Overview of the essentials of research

This section gives an insight into the proper preparation and storage of buffers and reagents. Most laboratories lack formal programs to train students on proper technique of pipetting. This section also helps in developing operator pipetting proficiency and consistency in single-channel and multi-channel pipetting, to minimize pipetting errors.

Contents

  • Instrument Handling
  • Reagent and buffer preparation
  • Pipetting skills and calibration

Section II: In vitro screening with different platforms

In vitro screening involves testing the drug candidates on various targets. The screening involves target based assay development. The assays are based on various platforms or assay formats.

This course is designed to provide an understanding of target based drug screening based on two different platforms and the associated instruments.

Spectrophotometry:

  • Operation, working principle and handling of Microplate reader
  • Biossays in Kinetic and End point mode using Microplate reader
  • Standardization of in vitro assays.
  • Screening of herbal extracts in in vitro assays.
  • Identification of Hits.
  • Data interpretation through sophisticated software programmes.

Spectrofluorometry:

  • Operation, working principle and handling of Spectrofluorimeter (Fluostar) and the associated software programme.
  • Biossays in Kinetic and End point mode using FLUOstar.
  • Bioassay development and validation using assay performance measures.
  • Screening inhibitors using different bioassay models
  • Bioassay miniaturization
  • Data interpretation through sophisticated software programmes

Application Procedure

Students interested to pursue this training programme can contact us at training@naturalremedy.com along with their profile. Any query in this regard will be entertained.

One Month Training Module

One Month Training Module

Section I: Overview of the essentials of research

This section gives an insight into the proper preparation and storage of buffers and reagents. Most laboratories lack formal programs to train students on proper technique of pipetting. This section also helps in developing operator pipetting proficiency and consistency in single-channel and multi-channel pipetting, to minimize pipetting errors.

Contents

  • Instrument Handling
  • Reagent and buffer preparation
  • Pipetting skills and calibration

Section II: In vitro screening and Bio-analytical techniques in drug discovery

This module provides a preamble to the basics of Bioanalytical instrumentation and associated techniques which play an important role in quality control, pharmacokinetics and even pharmacodynamics of drug candidates along with the details of target based drug screening based on two different platforms and the associated instrumentation.

Spectrophotometry:

  • Operation, working principle and handling of Microplate reader
  • Biossays in Kinetic and End point mode using Microplate reader
  • Standardization of in vitro assays.
  • Screening of herbal extracts in in vitro assays.
  • Identification of Hits.
  • Data interpretation through sophisticated software programmes.

Spectrofluorometry:

  • Operation, working principle and handling of Spectrofluorimeter (Fluostar) and the associated software programme
  • Biossays in Kinetic and End point mode using FLUOstar
  • Bioassay development and validation using assay performance measures
  • Screening inhibitors using different bioassay models
  • Bioassay miniaturization
  • Data interpretation through sophisticated software programmes
  • Bio-analytical techniques
  • Thin layer chromatography (TLC)
  • High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Application Procedure

Students interested to pursue this training programme can contact us at training@naturalremedy.com along with their profile. Any query in this regard will be entertained.

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