Our study Pune River Microbiome (PRM) highlighted 'The dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes from urban into the peri-urban niche potentially driven by anthropogenic activities'. CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory CSIR, India National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms Oxford Nanopore link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Our review on 'cold active cellulases for lignocellulosic biomass valorization' is now online in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery journal published by Springer Nature. CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory CSIR, India National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Thank you SERB for approving our project under CRG scheme. CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms

As a co supervisor, I am happy to share that student Roopa successfully defended PhD viva. We can proudly call her Dr Roopa. Her thesis title of entitled Bioconversion of biomass derived C3 and C6 molecules to value added products. AcSIR CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory CSIR, India

Our preprint 'Comprative evaluation of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for reducing SARS-CoV-2 viral load from campus sewage water' is now online. Thanks to Sanjay Kamble Ashish Lele CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory CSIR-India medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thank you Swati Shinde TOI India for the news coverage, & contributing towards the popularization of public health research. Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI Priya Nagaraj priyanki shah CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory The Rockefeller Foundation CSIR-CCMB timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/wast…

What a day for us. Especially last 2 lines, where 90 out of 96 wastewater samples lineage assigned for covid on Oxford Nanopore. Great efforts by Sejal Matra, Harshada Ghode Vinay Rajput. Pune Knowledge Cluster CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory The Rockefeller Foundation Megan Diamond thanks Joshua Quick for inputs

#Pathogen monitoring can prevent #pandemics. Follow our multi-city #surveillance for #COVID #AMR & other pathogens at data.ccmb.res.in/apsi/ Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India National Centre for Biological Sciences Ashoka University CSIR-IGIB IISER Pune CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune Knowledge Cluster CSIR-CCMB The Rockefeller Foundation #Wastewater #Onehealthday

We reviewed opportunities and challenges in bacteriophage research under one health canopy. Article is now online in STOTEN sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#GLOWACON #Townhall talk on 2 yrs of The Rockefeller Foundation APSI-India. Plus insights from #Covid_19 #AMR #wastewater #surveillance by partners Pune Knowledge Cluster Mahesh Dharne Farah Ishtiaq 🐦(^o^) Laasya & Pasteur Institute, Shillong. youtu.be/Nn8zcFXPf40?t=… Thx Colleen Naughton, PhD. (she\her\hers) Bernd M. Gawlik

Congratulations to Rakeshkumar, PhD for successfully defending PhD viva "Comprehensive insights into microbial ecology and harnessing biomass conversion potential of culturable bacteria from riverine system'. One of the best outcomes 4 publications, 2 patents AcSIR CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory

In collaboration with Dr Santosh Koratkar team at Symbiosis International (Deemed University), we report detection of sars cov 2 in open drains wastewater of two Indian megacities) Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad) during 3rd wave. The Rockefeller Foundation APSI-India CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune Knowledge Cluster link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Effort by APSI-India consortium Farah Ishtiaq 🐦(^o^) Rakesh K Mishra @shivranjanimoharir CSIR-CCMB Madhvi Joshi to speak on a panel discussion on 'Sewage to policy for pathogen monitoring'. Thanks Dr Dr Rajesh Karyakarte for offering us stage on #MICROCON2024 at #BJMC #Pune Shekhar Mande

Our recent study in collaboration with Dr Koratkar from Symbiosis International University, Pune. We isolated 3 phages against MDR Klebsiella. WGS confirms novelty and absence of lysogeny, toxin,virulence genes. Cocktail had 32.30 % lytic activity. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Privileged to be a first speaker to discuss our 5 years of learning on wastewater surveillance for SARS CoV2 and Antimicrobial resistance during an exciting series 'Metropolitan Surveillance Units', a by Central unit National Centre for Disease Control Thanks Dr Rajesh Karyakarte Shekhar Mande Rakesh K Mishra