IITM-Bioincubator is one of the world class bioincubators housed in IITM Research Park, India’s first leading university-based innovation ecosystem. The main objective is to promote biotechnology-based innovation and entrepreneurship in India, fostering the development of globally competitive products by start-ups for successful commercialization, since its inception in 2014. The state-of-the-art facilities (more than 100 equipment) enable effective translation of lab-based discoveries to marketable products.
The services at IITM-BI offer a comprehensive support system to enable entrepreneurial leap from idea to market, facilitate enhancement in technical skills and business mindset, provide infrastructure for technology scale-up and pilot-scale validation, and an outreach platform identifying early customers.
| S.No. | Category | Name | Brief | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chromatography | HPLC Shimadzu | Used in downstream processing. Model LC-20AD. | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 2 | Chromatography | FPLC AKTA Pure | Used in downstream processing. Manufacturer GE. | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 3 | Chromatography | FPLC AKTA Prime | Used in downstream processing. Manufacturer GE. | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 4 | Chromatography | GC Shimadzu | Used in downstream processing. Model 2010 Plus. | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 5 | Thermocycler | Roche Lightcycler 96 | Used in nucleic acid amplification; Real-time PCR. | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 6 | Thermocycler | Quantstudio Dx Real-Time PCR (IVD-certified) | Used in nucleic acid amplification. Manufacturer: Applied Biosystems | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 7 | Centrifuge | 6-16 KS | Used for sample preparation 500 mL capacity and 9000 rpm. Manufacturer: Sigma | INR 100/hour; External: INR 500/hour |
| 8 | Ultrafiltration | Ultrafiltration System GE/Watson Marlow | Used for sample purification | Internal: INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 9 | Lyophilizer | ScanVac Freeze Dryers | Used for freeze-drying the samples. | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 10 | Bioreactor | Fermenter KLFM-2.4L | Benchtop glass reactor. Manufacturer: Bioengineering | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 11 | Bioreactor | Fermenter Minifors | Benchtop glass reactor. Manufacturer: Infors | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 12 | Bioreactor | Fermenter 2.5L | Benchtop glass reactor. Manufacturer: Biojenik | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 13 | Bioreactor | Fermenter Minifors 1L | Benchtop glass reactor. Manufacturer: Infors | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 14 | Plate Reader & Plate Washer | Tecan Infinite M200 Pro Reader & Tecan HydroFlex Washer | Multimode plate reader (absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence) and automated liquid handling system | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 15 | Animal Cell Culture Facility (Class 10,000) | Biosafety Class II Cabinet (Esco), CO2 incubator (Esco), Water bath (Equitron), Centrifuge (Eppendorf 5804), Inverted Microscope (Nikon), Vortex (Remi), Refrigerator (Electrolux) | Set of equipment for controlled culture of cells. | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 16 | Microbial Cell Culture Facility (Class 1,00,000) | Biosafety Class II Cabinet (Esco), Shaking Incubator (Orbitek LE), Water bath (Equitron), Centrifuge (Eppendorf 5424R), Vortex (Remi), Refrigerator (ElanPro), Deep Freezer (-20/-80), Colony Counter (Equitron), Trinocular microscope (Labomed LX400) | Set of equipment for controlled culture of cells. | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 17 | Microbial Characterization Facility | Clean Air CAH 1200, Thermocycler Master Cycler Nexus Gradient (Eppendorf), Centrifuge (Megafuge 16R, Thermo Scientific), Gel Doc (Gel Stan 4X Advanced), UV Visible Spectrophotometer (Jasco V-630). | Set of characterization equipment for pre-PCR, PCR and post-PCR analysis of microbial cells. | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 18 | Cell Disruption/Transformation Facility | Ultrasonicator (Labman LMUC-8), Electroporator (BioRad Genepulser Xcell), Veriti 96-well PCR (Applied Biosystems), Electrophoresis units, GelDoc (BioRad Universal Hood II) | Set of equipment for disruption, transformation and analysis of microbial cells. | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
| 19 | Microscope | Inverted Fluorescence Microscope | Stable, drift-free, large format CMOS-camera sensing area imaging platform | INR 100/hour; External: INR 500/hour |
| 20 | Microvolume UV-Visible Spectrophotometer | Nanodrop One C (Thermo Scientific) | Quantify DNA, RNA and protein samples with 1-2 microliter sample volumes | INR 100/hour; External: INR 500/hour |
| 21 | UV-Visible Spectrophotometer | Jasco V-630 and V-730 | Spectrophotometer | INR 100/hour; External: INR 500/hour |
| 22 | Rotary Evaporator | Heidolph | Gentle removal of solvents from samples | INR 1000/day; External: INR 5000/day |
IITM-BI is connected to a vast network of bioincubators, knowledge parks, TBIs (Technology Business Incubators), Venture Centres, academic and industry organisations for active collaboration and exchange of knowledge. BI is also the implementation agency for Early Translation Accelerator (ETA) projects that take lead from academia for subsequent R&D and scale-up, in order to translate into industrial utility, thereby connected to industrial sector as well.
| S.No. | Company Name | Functional area | Description | Website | Contact Person | Contact Email |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaathum Biotech Pvt. Ltd | Healthcare Biotechnology Diagnostics | A molecular biotech company specializing in the development of real-time quantitative PCR assays for rapid & affordable diagnosis of diseases; Novel multiplex qPCR-based diagnostic kit for MDR & XDR-TB; Single test, taking few hours to test. | www.yaathumbiotech.com | Ms. Anitha and Mr. Arivan | ask@yaathumbiotech.com |
| 2 | Theevanam Additives & Neutraceuts | Food Biotechnology Feed Additives | A microbial-based formulation of natural polysaccharide immunity booster to be used a feed for birds, shrimp etc. Feed additives for shrimp aquaculture. | http://www.theevanam.com/ | Prof. Chandra | chandrasainathan@gmail.com |
| 3 | CisGen Pvt. Ltd. | Veterinary Biotechnology Diagnostics & Therapeutics | A single Point of care sero-diagnostics kit strip to differentiate TB exposed and non TB exposed animals using a rapid immune chromatographic strip; An enteric protected oral tablet to treat or prevent Parvoviral enteritis in dogs. | Dr. Marudom and Dr. Mohan | vmaroudam@gmail.com | |
| 4 | Medha Innovation Pvt. Ltd. | Computational Biology | A referral algorithm with implementation of Big-Data Technology for uniform evolutionary cluster prediction and efficient microbial identification, and other such tools for NGS and Meta Genomics. | Mr. Amogh and Mr. Anidhya | amogh.bhatnagar53@gmail.com | |
| 5 | Sekkei Bio Pvt Ltd | Computational Biology / Drug Development | Expertise in structure-based drug design, fragment based lead discovery (FBLD), and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology, which is bound together using an array of specialized computational methods. | Dr. Anirudh. R. | anirudhranganathan@gmail.com | |
| 6 | JSP Environ Pvt. Ltd. | Environmental Biotechnology | Microbial fuel cells are a new technology that can treat the textile effluent thus making the water suitable for reuse in industries. | Dr. Fidal and Dr. Priya | fidal@jsp.one | |
| 7 | qBiome Pvt. Ltd. | Research consultancy enterprise | Specializing in computational/mathematical modelling and analysis. Computational drug design lead & lead target identification; identification of optimal targeting strategy; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; host-pathogen interaction studies. | http://www.qbiome.com/ | Dr. Karthik Raman | kraman@iitm.ac.in |
| 8 | Troph Pvt. Ltd. | Healthcare Biotechnology Diagnostics | A point-of-care diagnostic kit for pre-eclampsia based on biomarkers. This test will be rapid and cheaper than the existing products. | Dr. Ram Prasad | prasadsram@gmail.com | |
| 9 | UScope Pvt. Ltd. | Healthcare Biotechnology Diagnostics | Device for UTI (Urinary Tract Infectious) disease resistant bacteria. Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Test kit development. | Dr. Karan and Dr. Vidhya Kompala | Karan@Uscope.com | |
| 10 | Ariken Pvt. Ltd. | Healthcare Biotechnology Devices | mFACS (Micro Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter), which could potentially enable more sensitive optical detection, easier for mechanical setup. | http://www.ashislab.in/ashislab-incubation.php | Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen | ashis@iitm.ac.in |
| 11 | ISMO Biophotonics Pvt. Ltd. | Healthcare Biotechnology Diagnostics | Quality products for cell culture, imaging & diagnostics. Focus on embryo/organoid culture, cytotoxicity assays & targeted delivery. Microfluidics-based solutions. | http://www.ismobiophotonics.com/ | Mr. Ikram Khan | ikram@ismobiophotonics.com |
| 12 | FIB-SOL Life Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | Agricultural Biotechnology | Microbial formulations embedded onto nanofibers, improves the storage, application and logistics of bio fertilizers compared to currently available products, mainly because it is 1000 times lighter. It also promotes organic farming with better stability. | https://www.fibsol.com/ | Dr. Kavitha and Dr. Anath | kavithafibsol@gmail.com |
| 13 | MGH Labs Pvt. Ltd. | Healthcare Biotechnology Devices | A mosquito-trapping device, which does not use harmful chemicals, and kills the insects also. | http://www.ashislab.in/ashislab-incubation.php | Dr. Gokul and Mr. Hemachandra | hema@mghlabs.com |
| S. No. | Name of Programme | Collaborating Agency | Nature of workshop | Date | No. of participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regulatory land scape for biotech start up | EDII | Webinar Entrepreneurial | 2th and 28th Nov 2020 | 40 |
| 2 | Turning Ideas into Reality | SIIC- IIT Kanpur | Webinar Entrepreneurial | 17th August 2020 | 96 |
| 3 | Guidance Session for BIG Applicants | SINE-IITM Bombay | Webinar Entrepreneurial | 13th August 2020 | 120 |
| 4 | Astrazeneca BioMedTech Innovation Challenge | IITM-Incubation Cell and HTIC | Grand-challenge | 13th March 2020 | 38 |
| 5 | TamilNadu Bionest cluster showcase | TamilNadu Biocluster member incubators | Seminars/showcase | 28th Feb, 2020 | 50 |
| 6 | BIG Grant Awareness | SINE-IITM Bombay | Entrepreneurial | 28 Jan. 2020 | 20 |
| 7 | Bio-Entrepreneurship: Recombinant Protein Production | EDII | Technical | 06 -10 Jan. 2020 | 20 |
| 8 | Awareness of Funding Support from BIRAC | BIRAC | Entrepreneurial | 19 Oct, 2019 | 35 |
| 9 | BIG Grant Awareness | SINE-IITM Bombay | Entrepreneurial | 10 Ju.,2019 | 15 |
| 10 | Brainstorming Session on Translational activity-An industry-academic interaction workshop | None | Entrepreneurial | 15 -16 Feb., 2019 | 50 |
| 11 | Synthetic biology Workshop | BIRAC | Technical | 26 -28 July 2018 | 26 |
| 12 | Recombinant Protein Production Workshop | EDII | Technical | 18 -23 Jun. 2018 | 19 |
| 13 | Technology Transfer and Funding opportunity | IKP | Entrepreneurial | 31-Jan-18 | 35 |
| 14 | Continuous chromatography | GE | Technical | 30 Nov. -2 Dec 2017 | 10 |
| 15 | Nuances of Securing Intellectual Property Rights | K&S Partners | Entrepreneurial | 25 Oct. 2017 | 25 |
| 16 | Downstream Processing -Chromatography | GE Healthcare | Technical | 23-25 Feb 2017 | 20 |
| 17 | Synthetic Biology Part I - Basic Genetic Engineering | None | Technical | 2 -6 Jan, 2017 | 5 |
| 18 | HPLC-Training | Spinco Biotech | Technical | 16 Nov.2016 | 27 |
| 19 | Biotechnology Innovation and Entrepreneurship | None | Entrepreneurial | 22 Oct.2016 | 35 |
| 20 | Business Plan Boot Camp | Govin Capital | Entrepreneurial | 26-17 Aug.,2016 | 10 |
| 21 | Downstream Processing of Recombinant Proteins and Other Biomolecules | BIRAC | Technical | 20-22 Aug.2015 | 27 |
| 22 | Nascent Entrepreneurhsip Development Programme | ABLE | Entrepreneurial | 5 Sept.2014 | 50 |
