Tag: CSIR
Two CSIR-CDRI scientists selected for prestigious ICMR awards
The two of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's Central Drug Research Institute scientists have been selected for two prestigious awards of Indian Council of Medical Research for their significant contributions in biomedical sciences................
CDRI scientist wins CSIR-Young Scientist Award in Biological Sciences
The Award promotes excellence and recognizes the outstanding contributions made by the young CSIR scientists for their research work done primarily in India during the last five years...................
Demonstration plant inaugurated to convert waste plastic into diesel
The plant, which has been set up at the Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum's campus, will be able to convert one tonne of plastic waste into 800 liters of diesel every day....................
Diagnostic test for pre-diabetic condition feasible: study
Researchers have found that abundance of glucose bound peptides (smaller units of a protein) of protein serum albumin can help in accurately diagnosing pre-diabetes...................
Sun Pharma announces licensing agreement with CSIR-IICT
Sun Pharma gets an exclusive global license for CSIR-IICT’s patents related to certain compounds with potential therapeutic activity across multiple indications. CSIR-IICT to get upfront plus milestone payments and royalties on net sales...................
CDRI Lucknow holds skill development program
A batch of certificate course on computational approaches to drug design and development has just been completed at the institute as a part of its skilling initiative.....................
Scientists figure out molecular mechanism behind latent TB
A team of researchers from Kolkata-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Bose Institute and Jadavpur University have figured out how tuberculosis bacterium is released from its reservoir inside the human body......................
Human Atlas: a PPP initiative for holistic understanding of human biology
This mega project will collate and integrate molecular information on human tissues and organs that currently lies hidden in research articles in an unstructured and disorganized form......................
Neem chemical can disable cotton pest in multiple ways: study
Researchers from India and Germany have now deciphered the mechanism by which neem phytotoxin acts in multiple ways to suppress the growth of the cotton pest. By exploiting this, scientists can develop broad-spectrum bioinsecticides.................
Mango leaf extract can prevent steel from corroding: study
In a bid to develop a ‘green’ alternative, researchers from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, have fabricated an anticorrosive material made from mango leaves to coat the steel.................