QuantM is a portable, nanoparticle-based device developed at the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, for rapid, affordable, field-ready assessment of milk quality and udder health. It has achieved TRL-8 validation and completed multi-state field trials with NDDB, BIAF, Amul Dairy, Visakha Dairy, and Sids' Farm. QuantM received a Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG), filed a patent on its nanomaterial-enabled somatic cell detection method, and delivers flow-cytometry-comparable accuracy above 94%. This innovation has been published in npj-Science of Food, highlighted by Nature India, and covered by The Hindu.
Received ₹50,00,000 from the Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG), ₹53,71,360 from the Accelerated Translational Grant for Commercialization (ATGC), and other institutional support from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
A method for detection of somatic cells based on aggregation of non-functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles.
Received awards including Best Poster Award (Manipal Research Colloquium 2025), Best Oral Presentation Award (symposium held in December 2024), and Best Poster Presentation (7th International Conference on Translational Research, ICTR 2023). These achievements relate to research on iron oxide nanoparticles for detecting intramammary infection and developing devices and methods for quantitative somatic cell counting and naked-eye detection of milk somatic cells.
Multidisciplinary NIAB team specializing in nanotechnology, chemistry, biosensing, IP, and device development.
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