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Hoolock Gibbon: India has only one species
Hoolock Gibbons are lesser apes. They are the second largest of the Gibbons after Siamang. Earlier it was said that India (North East India) is home to two species namely Eastern Hoolock Gibbon and Western Hoolock Gibbon. However, a recent study by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has found that only western Hoolock Gibbon ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: animal conservation • Brahmaputra • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • gibbon • hoolock gibbon • IUCN • North East India • Threatened species • Vulnerable spceies • Wildlife Protection Act
COVISHIELD protects against Double Mutant
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology recently announced that COVISHILED vaccine protects against B.1.617 variant. It is also called the double mutant strain. The vaccines were tested against the double mutant variety using the Vitro Neutralisation assay. Vitro Neutralisation Assay It is used to detect if an antibody is capable of preventing virus replication. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: B.1.1.617 • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • COVID-19 vaccine • Covishield • Double mutant variant • INSACOG • mutants
K Thangaraj bags prestigious J C Bose Fellowship
Dr. K Thangaraj, Chief Scientist at the city based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has bagged the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship for his outstanding scientific contributions in the field of population and medical genomics. The J C Bose fellowship is awarded to active scientists in recognition of their outstanding performance by the ..
Topics: Biology • Branches of biology • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • Geneticist • Omics • Science
CCMB unveils new Next Gen Sequencing facility
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, inaugurated Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), a CSIR lab in Hyderabad, Telangana. About Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) Facility It would include technology for high genome sequencing and also diagnostic sequencing of ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • genetic disorders • Genome Sequencing • Hyderabad • Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) Facility
Next Generation Sequencing in India
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has inaugurated the Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. What is the Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility? The Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility is a state of the art machine which can sequence 18,000 samples in just ..
Topics: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • gene sequencing • Genome • Next Generation Sequencing
CSIR-CCMB signs Mou with Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics to provide DNA-based diagnostic service
The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has signed Mou with Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) to provide DNA-based diagnostic service to the public at lower cost and to develop newer diagnostic methods has been signed here. The objectives of the MoU include provision of quality DNA-based diagnostic services to the public ..
Topics: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology • Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics • Department of Biotechnology • Hyderabad • Lalji Singh • Ministry of Science and Technology • Science and technology in India • Subhadeep Chatterjee