Ignoring wastewater is a wasted opportunity to improve disease response
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance emerged as a valuable tool to predict disease burden and help public health administrators...
17Jun
20May
Talk on ‘Importance of Environmental Surveillance in India’ by Dr. Farah Ishtiaq
Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, Principal Scientist at TIGS gave a talk on 'Importance of Environmental Surveillance in India' at the InDx...
09May
COVID-19 in endemic stage, still need to monitor viral load, new variant: Top expert
Coronavirus is in the endemic stage but the viral load and emergence of any new variant still need to be...
06May
Wastewater study detects a large, silent wave in Bengaluru
The XBB.1.16 Omicron recombinant first detected in India on December 25, 2022 has become the dominant variant in the country....
27Apr
MoU with ICAR – National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR – NIVEDI)
We are pleased to announce an MoU with ICAR - National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR -...
23Mar
Developing a uniform model to track disease in the drain
TIGS was featured in a news article by the Hindu on waster water surveillance, pathogen and disease tracking. Read it...
10Mar
Publication: Enrichment of phenotype among biological forms of Anopheles stephensi Liston through establishment of isofemale lines
The insectary team at TIGS along with researchers from Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bengaluru published a paper...
04Mar
Launch of BeST cluster OneHealth Bengaluru City Consortium
On 3rd March 2023, over 30 organisations in Bengaluru came together focusing on disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness as part of...
01Mar
A Bengaluru group is knee-deep in wastewater—looking for secrets on future diseases
“When we put our hearts and souls into something, we can do really good stuff,” says Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, Principal...
21Feb
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...