Profile
Dr. Pankaj Suman completed B.V.Sc. (2004) from Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur; M.Sc. (2006; Biotechnology) from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and Ph.D. (2011; Immunology) from the National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi. He also worked as a visiting scholar at the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany (2007-2010). Later, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (2011-2013) at NII, New Delhi, and then as Assistant Professor (2013-2014) at Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Before joining the NIAB in 2017, he was associated with the Animal Husbandry and Fishery Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar as a Veterinary Clinician. Dr. Suman specializes in identifying and addressing the reasons for low livestock productivity. He achieves this by developing versatile platform technologies that enable the creation of affordable diagnostic tools. These diagnostics help monitor and manage livestock health effectively, benefiting farmers and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
Current Focus Areas
Aptamers based technologies for small molecules as well as complex proteome like snake venom. These have been integrated for development of affordable point-of-care diagnostics suitable for field application. We are working towards validation and commercialisation of such diagnostic technologies.
Early Mastitis detection using iron nanoparticle based approach using machine learning tools for data analysis and quantification
Development of a device for performing antimicrobial sensitivity testing as well as AMR scan within 2-6 hours under field condition
Identification of Venom biomarker and development of venom specific biosensors
Development of micronedles for transdermal delivery of biomolecuels and antigens
Metabolic and proteomic approaches to understand the pathophysiology of heat stress and negative energy balance in livestock
Validation of the progesterone and LH aptasensors for prediction of the time of ovulation in livestock
Selected Publications
Kumar P, Anitha A, Das A, Deepalakshmi G, Suman P. (2024). Point-of-care impedimetric aptasensor to detect the luteinizing hormone. Mikrochim Acta, 191(2), 115
umar P, Birader K, Suman P. (2022) Development of an Impedimetric Aptasensor for Detection of Progesterone in Undiluted Biological Fluids. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci, 6(1), 92-99.
Kaul S, Sai Keerthana L, Kumar P, Birader K, Tammineni Y, Rawat D, Suman P. (2021). Cytotoxin antibody-based colourimetric sensor for field-level differential detection of elapid among big four snake venom. PLoS Negl Trop Dis,15(10),e0009841.
Birader K, Kumar P, Tammineni Y, Barla JA, Reddy S, Suman P. (2021). Colorimetric aptasensor for on-site detection of oxytetracycline antibiotic in milk. Food Chem, 356, 129659.
Godbole G, Suman P, Malik A, Galvankar M, Joshi N, Fazleabas A, Gupta SK, Modi D. (2017) Decrease in Expression of HOXA10 in the Decidua After Embryo Implantation Promotes Trophoblast Invasion. Endocrinology. 158(8), 2618-2633.