About Centre for Drug Discovery and Development
The Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (CDDD) was established in 2013 at the university in Sathyabama Research Park with the goal to discover novel drugs to fight against life-threatening infectious diseases. The centre revolves around microbial bioprospecting, Natural product drug discovery, research on Tuberculosis and Virology, Biofilm biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Translational immunology and vaccine research, marine bioprospecting, Bio-nanomolecular research, Vector-borne disease laboratory, Flowcytometry multi-omics core facility, Mass spectrometry facility, Cryosphere microbial research lab and CMOAR lab. The centre has received research grants from esteemed organizations including DST, DBT, NCPOR, ICMR, SERB, MHRD-SPARC, and MoES.