Biomedical Product and Materials Evaluation

Dr. Mohanan FNASc, is the Head of the Division of Toxicology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (Govt. of India). He is a visiting professor and visiting researcher at Toyo University, Japan and a Certified Biological Safety Specialist. Previously, he was a JSPS Post doctoral Fellow at the University of Tsukuba, Japan in the field of Neurotoxicity. He joined Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Govt. of India in 1989 and has spent 33 years of professional life working there. As a toxicologist he has been intimately associated with all the medical devices/technologies developed at SCTIMST. He received the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Toxicology India, for the outstanding contribution in the field of toxicology. He also patented an ELISA kit for the measurement of pyrogenicity. Mohanan made significant contributions for the development of medical device regulations in India. He has authored 231 publications and edited 6 books. Presently he is the secretary general of the Society of Toxicology, India.

1. Materials for medical products
2. Ethical issues in animal experimentation
3. Ethical issues in product development
4. 3D printed organs for healthcare applications
5. Wound care products
6. Blood derived products
7. Medical products from stem cells
8. Decellularised tissue products
9. Combinational products
10. Diagnostic assays as product development
11. Characterization of cells and animals used in experimentation
12. Product evaluation: Cytotoxicity assays
13. Product evaluation: Blood compatibility studies
14. Product evaluation: Microbial studies
15. Product evaluation: Safety and toxicity studies
16. Product evaluation: Histopathological studies
17. 3D printed organs for toxicity assays
18. Organ-on-a-chip for toxicity evaluation
19. In vitro alternative techniques
20. Neurotoxicity assay
21. Regulatory issues in biological products
22. Sterilization for biological products