Indian Institute of Chemical Biology¸ Kolkata

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EMAIL: [email protected]

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(Institute in West Bengal)

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The Institute was established in 1935 as the first non official centre in India for biomedical research and was included within the aegis of CSIR in 1956. CSIR-IICB today is engaged in research on diseases of national importance and biological problems of global interest¸ employing sophisticated state-of-the-art technology in keeping with the rapid and unprecedented momentum that life science research has gained globally over the last 50 years. The scientific staff has expertise in a variety of areas including chemistry¸ biochemistry¸ cell biology¸ molecular biology¸ neurobiology and immunology which promotes productive interdisciplinary interaction.

CSIR-IICB is one of the major laboratories in India which initiated¸ right from its inception¸ multidisciplinary concerted efforts for conducting basic research on infectious diseases¸ specifically leishmaniasis and cholera¸ along with the development of technologies for the diagnosis¸ immunopro phylaxis¸ and chemotherapy of the diseases.