School of Medical Science and Technology

(MMST-2025)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Infrastructure


Infrastructure at SMST

The students have access to some of the finest infrastructure available in the country for interdisciplinary research and development activities, some of which are:

Medical Imaging & Image Processing Lab

  • Skin OCT
  • Ultrasound scanner & 3D & 4D (with Colour Doppler)
  • Fluorescence and Stereo Zoom Microscope
  • Atomic Force Microscope
  • Digital CR
  • Picture Archival & Communication System (PACS)
  • Optical Microscopes
  • Live cell imaging facility
  • RT-PCR
  • Microtome
  • Antigen Retrieval System

Biomedical Imaging Informatics (BMI) Lab

  • Microscopic Imaging for Digital Pathology
  • Smartphone Assisted Imaging & Processing
  • MATLAB/Python Computing Platform
  • 2D/3D Modelling
  • High-Dimensional Data Storage Facility

Embeded Systems Lab for Medicine

  • Micro Controller
  • DSP trainer Kit
  • FPGA based Medical Chip design facility

Medical Instrumentation Lab

  • PC based Spirometer
  • Phono Cardiogram
  • Pulse oximeter and blood gas analyzer
  • Electro-Acoustic Transducers
  • Fetal monitor
  • State of the art electrode-tissue interface: MCS-Micro current stimulators and multi-channel recorders (Ripple Inc.)
  • Assistive Devices for Neurorehabilitation
  • G.HIamp: 64 channel bio-signal amplifier for invasive and non-invasive measurements of brain functions (CE Approved)

Bio-material, Tissue Engineering & Translational Wound Research Lab

  • Reverse engineering and digital manufacturing
  • Near net shape forming
  • Histology and staining
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Top down and bottom up Manufacturing
  • 3D printing
  • In vitro and In vivo testing
  • Stem cells isolation, expansion and differentiation

Cell and Molecular Biology facilities

  • DNA finger printing
  • Electroporator
  • Hybridizer
  • Horizontal gel electrophoresis systems
  • Gel documentation set-up
  • Southern blotting apparatus
  • PCR machine
  • Fluorescence and inverted microscopes
  • UV cross linker
  • Dark/cold room/radio-isotope facilities

Bioinformatics, Proteomics and Metabolomics facilities

  • Silicon graphics workstation
  • Various softwares for protein analysis (RASMOL; RASWIN)
  • Software for metabolomic analysis
  • HPLC
  • Sonicator
  • Western blotting apparatus
  • ELISA reader
  • Scintillation counter
  • Vertical gel electrophoresis systems
  • Lyophilizer
  • Sequencing gel apparatus

Telemedicine

  • Server and terminals
  • Video conferencing unit
  • Telemedicine software supporting live medical teleconsultation related to cardiology/radiology/pathology/oncology/ tropical diseases over ISDN and lease lines and integration with various medical instruments for diagnosis and treatment

Shared Facilities at Central Research Facility (CRF)

  • MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry
  • Automated DNA Sequencer
  • Real Time PCR Machine
  • 2D Gel Electrophoresis
  • Fluorescence Activated Cell sorter
  • Scanning Electron Microscope & TEM
  • Nano/Micro CT

Some other Lab facilities of the School are:

  • Microfluidics and Bio-MEMS lab
  • Clinical Skill Lab
  • Medical Statistics & Informatics lab
  • Herbal & Eco-friendly Medical Research Lab
  • Clinical Biomarker Research laboratory



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