(A) On going Projects

1. Development and assessment of Resazurin Reduction Tests to assess the quality of sperm in men (Funded by WHO)
2. Nisin: The antimicrobial peptide for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS (Funded by ICMR)
3. Identification and characterization of polypeptides having antimicrobial activities from hemocytes/hemolymph of Indian mud crab Scylla serrata (Funded by CONRAD)
4. Generation of transgenic mouse model of male infertility to understand the basic mechanism of spermatogenesis in mice (Funded by Indo-US)
5. To delineate the role of rabbit vaginal fluid polypeptides for the prevention of STIs/HIV (Funded by International Partnership on Microbicides -IPM)
6. Identification and characterization of cationic polypeptides with antimicrobial properties from rabbit epididymis (Funded by DBT-ICMR)
7. Design of germ cell specific transgene constructs to investigate early events in spermatogenesis (Funded by DST)
8. Studies on the Modulation of Vaginal Immunity during Host-Pathogen Interactions in Responses to Microbicide (ICMR Task Force Project on Immunology)
   

(B) Completed projects

1. Endometrial functional markers to evaluate implantation defects in human endometrium (Funded by ICMR)
2. Establishment of Non-Human Primate Facility for reproductive health research (Funded by DST)
3. Development and preclinical evaluation of naturally occurring antimicrobial peptide, magainin for the prevention of STIs/HIV including unplanned pregnancies (Funded by ICMR)
4. Strengthening of research programs to realize therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells (Funded by MHFW)
5. In vitro evaluation of peptide based microbicides for anti-viral activity (Funded by DBT-ICMR)