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In 2009, a team at the institute sequenced the genome of the wild-type zebrafish, with about 1.7 billion base pairs.This made the fish, which is native to the Himalayan region, the first vertebrate to have its whole genome sequenced in India, as previously Indian scientists had only sequenced bacteria and plant genomes.
Center for Biochemical technology (CBT) is the old name for the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.The research institute under the purview of CSIR, INDIA was named IGIB in 2002 depicting a shift towards integrated biological research with genomics and bioinformatics approaches along with the pre-existing biochemical and bio-molecular research approaches.
Earlier, the Governing Board of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) New Delhi, the apex body which constituted 44 research institutions (now 38) in the country, approved the proposal in 1976 to establish such a Centre in view of the importance of research in the frontier and multi-disciplinary areas of modern biology ...
Brahmachari is the Chief Mentor of CSIR-Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) project, a CSIR-led Team India Consortium with global partnership. Emerging as India’s first crowd sourcing initiative, OSDD is today a global translational research platform with more than 7500 participants from 130 countries.
A guest-house with 16 rooms is on campus. A canteen facility exists for all the employees and students. The vacant Type-I accommodation in the campus is being renovated with a provision for the internet facility for accommodating the Scientist Trainees and a 50-room hostel is proposed to be constructed for them.
Beena Ramakrishnan Pillai is an Indian microbiologist, geneticist, and a scientist at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.She is known for her studies on gene regulation influenced by small RNA and histone variants and is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Young Scientist Medal of the INSA.
The other ex-officio member is the finance secretary (expenditures). Other members' terms are three years. CSIR Advisory Board: 15-member body composed of prominent members from respective fields of science and technology. Its function is to provide S&T inputs to the governing body. Member terms are three years.
C.S.I.R - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology or CSIR-IHBT [1] established in 1983 is a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. This institute located in Palampur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh , India is engaged in various advanced research aspects of Himalayan Bio-resources and modern biology.