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Secretagogin: Protein that helps regulate blood sugar levels identified Indian scientists
Scientists at the Hyderabad based Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have demonstrated the role of a protein Secretagogin (SCGN) in increasing insulin action in obesity-induced diabetes. Currently, the processes regulating insulin synthesis, secretion, signalling and maturation in diabetes were not completely understood by scientists. These findings were ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: alzheimer • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • CSIR-CCMB • Diabetes • SCGN protein • Secretagogin
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2019
President of India Ram Nath Kovind, presented Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2019, for outstanding contributions in science and technology at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The awards were presented on the occasion of the 78th Foundation Day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Prize Recipients Biological Sciences winners: Dr. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • CSIR Foundation Day • President of India • Ram Nath Kovind • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards
Indian Institute of Petroleum sets up plant to turn plastic waste into diesel
Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) has set up a waste plastic to diesel plant in Dehradun (capital of Uttarakhand) as a step towards ensuring freedom from plastic. It was inaugurated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Trivendra Singh Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Key Highlights Process: In the waste plastic ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • Fuel • Indian Institute of Petroleum • Plastic pollution • waste plastic to diesel plant
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 and CDFD inks MoU on Genetic Disease Diagnostics
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) to improve understanding and to enable better ways diagnosis and treatment of human genetic disorders. Key Highlights of MoU Both CCMB and CDFD institutes have mutually agreed ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Topics: CCMB-CDFD • Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology • Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • CSIR-CCMB • Genetic Disease Diagnostics • Memorandum of understanding • Union Ministry of Science and Technology