Department: Neurology, Neuroimmunology Laboratory
Qualification: MSc MLT(Immunopatholgy), PhD
Email: neuroimmunology@aims.amrita.edu
Research Scientist
Department: Neurology, Neuroimmunology Laboratory
Qualification: MSc MLT(Immunopatholgy), PhD
Email: neuroimmunology@aims.amrita.edu
Dr. Annamma Mathai is a trained immunopathologist from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She has worked as a scientist in Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram for more than three and a half decades, on immunopatholgy and diagnostic immunology of neurotuberculosis as well as autoimmune neurological disorders.
Title of research projects | Research project undertaken/involved and Funding Agency |
Experimental Fungal Meningitis 1981-1983 | State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Immunological evaluation endomyocardial fibrosis 1983-1985 | Department of Pathology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Immunological evaluation of aorto arteritis. 1985-1986 | Department of Pathology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis. 1987-1994 | Department of Pathology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Development of an Immunodiagnostic system for Tuberculosis Meningitis suited to laboratories in developing countries. 1996-2002 | Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India |
Evaluation of Neutrophil chemotaxis and phagocytosis in periodontitis patients. 2003 | University of Kerala, Dissertation for MDS – student Dental Collge, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Evaluation of Cytokines in the pathogenesis and prognosis of Guillain Barre’syndrome. 1999-2002 | Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India |
Immunological evaluation in Myasthenia Gravis. 2003- 2007 | State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Identification of Mycobacterial tuberculous by in-situ hybridization and demonstration of mycobacterial antigen in the CSF cytospin smears by an immunocytochemical study for the early laboratory diagnosis of TBM. 2006-2009 | Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India |
Evaluation of cord factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a prognostic marker in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. 2009-2012 | State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Trehalose 6-6’-dimycolate (cord factor) of M.tuberculosis and its role in the immunopathogenesis of murine tuberculosis. 2010-2012 | Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India |
Development of an immunodiagnostic kit (Dot-1ba) for pulmonary tuberculosis – suited to laboratories in developing countries. 2010-2012 | Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India |