Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

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{{Short description|Biomedical research centre in Kolkata, West Bengal}}
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|type = [[Academic discipline#Multidisciplinary|Multidisciplinary]] [[Medical research]]
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|research_field = {{ulist|[[Cancer systems biology|Cancer Biology]]|[[Inflammatory disorder]]|[[Cell biology]]|[[Physiology]]|[[Infectious Diseases]]|[[Immunology]]|[[Molecular genetics]]|[[Organic chemistry]]|[[Medicinal chemistry]]|[[Structural biology]]|[[Bioinformatics]]}}
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|affiliations = [[AcSIR]]
|operating_agency = [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]
|director = [[Vibha Tandon]]
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|city = [[Kolkata]]
|state = [[West Bengal]]
|country = India
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'''Indian Institute of Chemical Biology''' ('''IICB''') is a [[Biomedicine|biomedical]] [[Research institute|research centre]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref name=iicb1>{{cite web|title=History of IICB|url=http://www.iicb.res.in/history.html|work=iicb.res.in|access-date=19 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330004404/http://www.iicb.res.in/history.html|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Established in 1935 as '''Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine (IIEM)''', it was inducted under the aegis of the [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]] (CSIR) in 1956 and renamed to its present form in 1982.<ref name="iicb1" /> It has 6 [[Research and Development|R&D]] divisions:- [[Cancer|Cancer Biology]] & [[Inflammatory diseases|Inflammatory Disorder]], [[Cell Biology]] & [[Physiology]], [[Chemistry]], [[Infectious Diseases]] & [[Immunology]], [[Molecular Genetics|Molecular]] & [[Human Genetics]], and [[Structural Biology]] & [[Bioinformatics]].

==Notable people==
* [[Amar Nath Bhaduri|Amar Bhaduri]], Director of CSIR-IICB, Kolkata (1990-1995) and President of Society of Biological Chemists of India (1999-2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sbcihq.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sbc-rules-79-Book.pdf|title=Society of Biological Chemists (India 1930-2011)|website=sbcihq.in|publisher=Society of Biological Chemists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704070154/https://sbcihq.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sbc-rules-79-Book.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> known for outstanding contribution in Kala-azar research in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM35_0906.pdf|title=Amar Nath Bhaduri (11 November 1935-6 June 2003)|website=www.insaindia.res.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712070650/https://insaindia.res.in/BM/BM35_0906.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Santasabuj Das]], Director of [[National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections|NIRBI]]

==References==
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==External links==
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