Bipin Nair
DEAN
Amrita University
INDIA
Biography
Bipin Nair received his Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1986 from the Department of Microbiology, M.S. University of Baroda, India and received his post-doctoral training at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA, in the Dept. of Pharmacology from 1987-1992. His major contributions during that phase were in the areas of growth factor receptor signaling, GTP binding proteins and second messenger pathways.
Research Interest
Development of low cost Biomedical Devices and Diagnostics in the management of Diabetes Design and development of an automated Insulin Pump which resulted in the award of an United States Patent (USPTO No. 8,034,019 B2, October 11, 2011). Development of low cost non-enzymatic glucose and cholesterol sensors.Design and development of a Lab-on-a-Chip device for simultaneous detection of glucose, HbA1c, Cholesterol and Creatinine Identification of Natural Product Lead molecules as potential modulators and elucidation of molecular mechanisms involved in impaired wound healing in Diabetes.