Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Education and Research (IISER), to establish a sophisticated laboratory animal center that will provide praclinical animals and research support for the company to prepare research and development facilities in the biodiversity park and Also for state academics by increasing existing facilities, which is an intensive initiative of capital and who also needs to follow various guidelines and protocols for operations and management.
KSIDC will provide Rs 6.32 Crore to Iiser.
“It will be a Win-Win facility for not only investing companies in the garden of life science, but also other people who conduct research outside the park as well.
This facility will help companies conduct a smooth research program while more companies are using The facility will ensure that the facility will also benefit and develop, “said the Director of KSIDC M Ga Rajamankam.
Mou with KSIDC will facilitate the supply of small-free pathogens for companies and companies that are being established in live science parks to conduct research, both academic and clinical, and pre-clinical tests as part of research in the bio-pharma domain.
This facility at iiser will be equipped with international standard infrastructure to breed and maintain small animals in a pathogen-free environment.
This facility will have the capacity to accommodate more than 2,500 mouse cages.
This will be given a special air handling unit for various zones to maintain sterility and pressure.
Temperatures (19-21 ° C) and moisture (40-60%) will be regulated through the control of the building management system.
This facility will be able to provide animals (including transgenic mice and are humiliated) with the best health standards for pre-clinical testing from laboratory results.
Pregistered with a committee for the purpose of control and supervision of experimental in animals will be carried out by trained personnel.
Iiser has submitted a proposal to the state government for Sanctions RS 6.32 CR to add infrastructure facilities in existing animal homes to develop it as a regional resource center for breeding, maintenance, and experiments in small animals.
It will be equipped with individually ventilated cages with ventilators, cage replace pumps, cage washing machines, steam sterilization pass-through horizontal, active cell sorter fluorescence and health screening lab.
KSIDC previously involved consultants to establish animal breeding facilities in the science park considering the need for lab animals for units that came in the park and for other studies and educational institutions within the country.
However, it is estimated that this initiative will cost Rs 12 to RS 15 Crore to establish lab animal facilities and there is a lot of conformity that must be fulfilled.
Because Iiser already has animal home facilities, it was decided that adding it would ensure the lab’s animal supply for the company for their research.