National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
- September 18, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
Subject – Government Bodies
Context – NCBS rapped for handling of scientific misconduct
Concept –
- National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, Karnataka, is a research centre specialising in biological research. It is a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India.
- The mandate of NCBS is basic and interdisciplinary research in the frontier areas of biology.
- The research interests of the faculty are in four broad areas ranging from the study of single molecules to systems biology.
- NCBS focuses on fundamental research from diverse fields of biology including Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Neurobiology, Cellular Organization and Signalling, Genetics and Development, Theory and Modelling of Biological Systems, Ecology and Evolution etc.