Indian Institute Joins Waters Innovation Program

Waters has announced the selection of St. John’s Research Institute (Bangalore) as the first Institution in India for its Centres of Innovation Program for research in the field of structural proteomics. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Amit Kumar Mandal, a Professor of Molecular Medicine and Clinical Proteomics, St. John’s has earned a reputation for its research in blood disorders and other diseases that disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations.

“What you see today is a culmination of a great amount of dedication and passion on the part of Prof. Mandal. Our relationship with Waters is not just one of a client and vendor; it is a true working partnership and has been ever since this laboratory came into existence in 2009,” said K. Srinivasan, Dean, St. John’s Research Institute in remarks during the ceremony.

On hand to congratulate  Prof. Mandal and his team was K.V. Venugopalan, President, Waters India Pvt. Ltd. “We are proud to be associated with Prof. Mandal’s outstanding and pioneering work in structural proteomics,” he said. “Partnering with St. John’s Research Institute is a reflection of our mutual interests in serving society by improving the health of patient communities through science.”

Prof. Mandal and his research colleagues are using a combination of Waters’ UPLC and mass spec systems with an electrospray ionization source, a MALDI source, and an option for doing hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to gain (HDXMS)new insights into the structural changes associated with post-translational modifications of hemoglobin variants.