Head of Department: Dr. V. Kumaraswami, Scientist F
Email: kumaraswamiv@trcchennai.in

 

1. Molecular Biology and Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Sujatha Narayanan

2. Regulatory role of HLA-DR2 on immune functions in pulmonary tuberculosis:
    Principal Investigator: Dr. P.Selvaraj

3. Immune Response in tuberculous pleuritis (TP) - Th1/ Th2 paradigm:
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Sulochana Das

4. Identification of immunoreactive T-cell antigens of M. tuberculosis through proteomic techniques:
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Alamelu Raja

5. Genotypic Testing For Drug Resistant Mutations in HIV Strains in South India
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

6. Influence of Active Tuberculosis on Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Expression in HIV-infected Persons
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Sudha Subramanyan

7. Study of interaction between HIV and TB with special reference to immune activation markers
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth L. Hanna