MSU alumnus to forge tie-ups on precision drugs

Vadodara | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

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He was one among the first batch of MSU’s biotechnology department when it was started under leadership of V V Modi in 1985. Dave, who is associated with the University of South Florida, had graduated from M S University around three decades ago. With this intent, he is trying to forge collaboration between faculties of science, technology and engineering and even medicine in Indian universities, especially state universities of Gujarat.“Right now, most medications and drugs are developed in Europe and the United States. Dave now wants to create a platform where data scientists of the country can work together to study minutely India’s own genome sequence. Vadodara: Tampa-based professor Vrushank Dave, 54, is currently on a mission to create a common platform of Indian scientists so that everybody can work together in the field of precision medicine..