Why environmental surveillance for avian influenza is vital
Wastewater-based epidemiology or pathogen surveillance has become an integral component of environmental surveillance providing near real-time information on health and community...
21Feb
19Feb
Talk by Dr. Farah Ishtiaq on Genomic Surveillance to track diseases in wastewater
Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, Principal Scientist at TIGS, gave a talk on the power of genomic sequencing to track emerging diseases...
10Feb
OneHealth national agenda meeting
A meeting at Indian Institute for Science (IISc), involving various academic, research and other stakeholders was held to discuss the...
08Feb
Rare Genetic Diseases Research Summit (REDRESS – 2022) – Meeting Proceedings
Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) and Organization for Rare Diseases India (ORDI) organized the 1st National Rare Diseases...
02Jan
Sewage surveillance shows consistent COVID positivity in 13 out of 28 STPs in Bengaluru
Our efforts on the environmental surveillance of COVID19 pandemic in Bengaluru city using wastewater was covered via an article by...
31Dec
An Uphill Battle
Dr. Vasanth Thamodaran, Senior Scientist at TIGS was featured in an article on battling Sickle Cell anemia and how concerted...
26Dec
Pandemic Far From Over, Amp Up Surveillance, Says Scientist Tracking Covid In India’s Wastewaters
Environmental surveillance of Covid-19 will be critical over the next two years. It’s a technology that has truly arrived. We...
23Dec
On rising COVID-19 cases in several countries
There is need to exercise caution and follow COVID19 appropriate norms & ensure taking booster doses' says Dr. Rakesh Mishra,...
22Dec
कोरोना का नया वैरिएंट BF.7 भारत के लिए कितनी बड़ी चुनौती है?
कोरोना का नया वैरिएंट BF.7 भारत के लिए कितनी बड़ी चुनौती है? समझिए CCMB के पूर्व डायरेक्टर और TIGS के...
16Dec
India must scale up wastewater analysis for health surveillance
In this latest opinion piece by Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, Principal Scientist, TIGS in the Nature India, she suggests that India...