NEIHPID

North-East India Helminth Parasite Information Database

Objectives

  • Identification of about 5 unique parasites (Unicellular and multicellular) and extraction of their DNA and polyA+ RNA of high quality
  • Sequencing of the DNA and polyA+ RNA preparations using Illumina platform.
  • Preliminary data analysis
  • Identification of characteristic markers for the parasites
  • Creation of a webserver for the sequence data
  • Training North-East students in next generation sequencing and data analysis