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
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.