institutional excellence awards

8/10/2019 Institutional Excellence Awards

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Institutional Excellence Awards

The Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), is a constituent laboratory of the Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research. IGIB is an Institution ith international recognition in area

of Scientific Research and !evelo"ment having tremendous groth ca"abilities.

To "romote the change initiatives for the overall Scientific e#cellence an $I%STIT&TI'%

*+C**%C* R!- for the outstanding "erformances of IGIB are being instituted. It aims to

recognie and honor e#ce"tional "erformers involved in the im"lementation of innovative "ractices at

or/"lace that "ositively im"act Scientific Innovations and *#cellence.

IGIB invites the C'R0'RT*1'T2*R I%STIT&TI'%S to s"onsor the aard and be a "art of the

Institution building "rocess of IGIB and future of India.

Mission

3To translate conce"ts develo"ed in basic biological research to commercially viable technologies for

health care3.

Genomics and Molecular Medicine

Genomics and Molecular Medicine is the major research focus of IGIB. From large

collaborative projects like the Indian Genome Variation Consortium to exploring

genetics of complex disorders several groups at IGIB are involved in studing the

molecular basis of human diseases.

! Indian genome variation: discovery, functional relevance and application

IGIB scientists have been the core of a consortium of Indian scientists "ho mapped

genetic variation amongst the ethnicall and linguisticall diverse populations of

India. Insights gained from this data has no" prompted man projects "hich aim to

test the functional importance of these variations in establishing phenotpic diversit#

for instance# in susceptibilit to diseases and efficac of drugs. $harmacogenomics of

drugs for asthma and epileps is a prime example "here efforts are on to correlate

genetic variation to drug efficac. %he spectrum of polmorphisms in genes linked to

complex disorders like diabetes# cardiovascular and neuropschiatric disorders in the

Indian population are also being explored.


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o 5ycobacterial /inases and "hos"hatases are im"ortant counteracting enymes that or/ in concert in

intracellular signalling and im"act diverse biological functions and are also "rime drug targets.

Systematic e#"erimental characteriation of /inases and "hos"hatases and their interactions in

5ycobacterium has been carried out by IGIB scientists leading to the characteriation of "athays

im"ortant in the "athogenesis of 5ycobacterium tuberculosis.

o IGIB scientists ith "artici"ation from the medical and research community in India, have been

consistently involved in the dissection of genetic com"onents of asthma "athogenesis and screening

and identification of anti4inflammatory1anti4asthmatic com"ounds from natural sources. This grou" has

identified a number of novel "olymor"hic loci associated ith asthma li/e ha"loty"es in Transforming

Groth 7actor beta8 (TG74beta8) gene associated ith asthma and serum TG74beta levels, novel

ha"loty"es in 7C*RIB associated ith histamine release from baso"hils of asthmatic individuals and

novel "olymor"hisms and ha"loty"es in STT9 gene associated ith asthma. similar a""roach as

also used to study genetic "olymor"hisms associated ith Chronic 'bstructive 0ulmonary !isorder

(C'0!). Ta/ing advantage of the rich traditional medical system and bio4resource diversity of India,

researchers at IGIB have identified novel leads. &sing cell adhesion molecules as targets, a number of

anti4inflammatory1anti4asthmatic com"ounds have been identified. mouse model of asthma is being

used to study the role of diferuloylmethane, luteolin and 0B0B in alleviating asthma conditions. In

addition to the efforts, "urification and "re"aration of allergens has hel"ed in develo"ment of diagnostic

tools for detection of allergies "revalent in India. centre of e#cellence for translational research in

asthma and lung disease (TRi) has been initiated at IGIB.

Genome Informatics and Structural Biology

IGIB has over the years built u" e#"ertise in high4through"ut data analysis and genome annotation. It is

"artici"ating in international efforts li/e the Gen:0hen Consortium for unifying genetic variation

databases. Genome Informatics at IGIB also forms an integral "art of most other research areas at IGIB

and contributes to develo"ment of tools and hy"otheses. Some of the areas here informatics has

contributed to genome analysis includes;

< Indian Genome =ariation; analysis of genome variation data

< %e#t4gen se>uencing, assembly and annotation

< &nfolded "roteins and adhesins

< 0rediction of microR%4target interaction

< Structural regulatory motifs in the genome

uenced

at IGIB using %e#t4Gen se>uencing. The data has been assembled and released for the "ublic.


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community effort to annotate the ebrafish genome using i/i tools has been s"earheaded by IGIB

scientists.

uence of "roteins to "redict

functions of "roteins ith unusual amino acid com"osition as ell as "roteins ith unfolded domains,

im"lying their involvement in microbial "athogenesis and transcri"tional regulation res"ectively.

#nergy and #nvironmental $iotechnology

&cientists at IGIB are exploring the rich microbial diversit of India and developing

biotechnological applications using this resource to address issues pertaining to the

environment and energ crisis. 1ifferent areas that are being pursued are0

! Microbial diversit and its exploration

! drogen and bio'plastic from "aste

! 2aste "ater treatment using microbes

! Metagenomics

Microbes "hich survive in extreme environments make en-mes tolerant to phsical

stress. Man of these are difficult to isolate and culture in the laborator. *t IGIB#

metagenomic libraries made from samples collected from various ecological niches in

different geographical regions of India are being screened for functional clones

expressing novel biocatalsts# bioactive compounds and path"as.

!$io!waste to hydrogen and "ioplastics

drogen has emerged as a clean fuel for the future. IGIB scientists have anal-ed

metabolic and genomic databases of microbes have been anal-ed in order to identif

microbes "hich can collectivel provide the biochemical route to production of

hdrogen and environment friendl plastics.

!#nvironmental "iotechnology for handling pollution

IGIB has been involved in screening of pollutants against biodegradative en-mes#

development of biosensors for monitoring pollutants and using microbial consortia fortreatment of alkaline "aste "ater generated from industries.


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%#emical & Systems Biology

Chemical a""roaches are essential in the understanding of many biological "henomena. Several

research grou"s at IGIB have come together to utilie their varied e#"ertise in different disci"lines of

chemistry and biology to address contem"orary research "roblems that re>uire interdisci"linary cross4

tal/. Research carried out at IGIB in this area involves;

< Chemical biology and systems biology of 5. tuberculosis and s/in "igmentation

< Chemically modified oligonucleotides for biological a""lications

< %ano4biotechnology

< %ovel immunoassay "rocedures

< %e molecules; in/ers for biochi" develo"ment? 0e"tide scaffolds and "e"tidomimetics? @uadru"le#

Astabiliing ligands

%#emical and Systems Biology of M' tu"erculosis and s(in pigmentation

&nderstanding the mechanism by hich the "athogenic microorganism 5. tuberculosis modulates the

e#"ression of the "roteins and li"ids "resent on its cell all is one of the focus areas of research at

IGIB. In "articular, the role of "oly/etide synthases in li"id biosynthesis is being dissected using a

combination of biochemical, genetic and systems a""roaches.

Research is also being carried out to understand the molecular events that lead to "igmentation in

human s/in. 'f "articular interest is develo"ing a com"rehensive understanding of the biochemical

mechanisms underlying the melanin and melanocyte disa""earance in vitiligo.

%#emical modulators of "io-acti)ity

Chemically modified oligonucleotides li/e the oc/ed %ucleic cid (%) ith enhanced s"ecificity and

stability are better suited for thera"eutic a""lications. Research at IGIB is directed toards investigating

hybridiation thermodynamics of modified oligonucleotides in order to understand their stability and

formulate guidelines for the o"timum design of % based oligonucleotides. These are s"ecifically being

used to stabilie or "erturb >uadru"le# and i4motif forming !% se>uences. igand4induced stabiliation

of unusual !% structures to aid develo"ment of anticancer agents is also being e#"lored.

!esigning and synthesis of biologically active, antihy"ertensive "e"tidomimics (C* inhibitors) and

novel chimeric o"ioid "e"tides ith im"roved bioavailability and "harmaco/inetic "rofiles is an im"ortant

area in drug develo"ment research at IGIB.

Nanoparticle-mediated DNA deli)ery & nano-toxicity


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Several research grou"s in IGIB are involved in synthesis as ell as in vitro and in vivo activity studies

of novel, efficient and non4to#ic nano4delivery systems based on cationic "olymers and "e"tides. The

structure of the cationic surfactants in controlling !% condensation is also being studied using a ide

range of bio"hysical techni>ues. In addition, mechanistic study on "ac/aging "rocesses of different !%

nanocarriers based on "olymers and "e"tides using tomic 7orce 5icrosco"y and correlating their

intracellular delivery efficiency ith "ac/aging is also being carried out. These a""roaches are li/ely to

lead to design of ne materials for targeted delivery. to#icogenomic a""roach is being a""lied to

observe and rationalie the to#icity effects of gold, silica and other nano"articles in both cultured cells as

ell as in a ebrafish model system.

Detection *ec#nology

IGIB has been involved in develo"ing different modifed *IS "rocedures using heat, sunlight, "ressureetc. to ada"t *IS for clinical a""lications by cutting don on the turn around time. Some of these

methods have been used for ra"id and sensitive detection of autoantibody in rheumatoid arthritis

"atients and cell adhesion molecules in 2&=*C cells. !evelo"ment of bio4sensors for detection of

microbial "athogens and metabolites is another area of interest at IGIB.

*fficient "rotocols for covalent immobiliation of biomolecules on inorganic and organic surfaces have

been develo"ed at IGIB toards develo"ent of bio4chi"s. This has involved im"rovisations in the

attachment chemistry of oligonucleotides on different surfaces (modified glass, "oly"ro"ylene,

"olystyrene etc.) and develo"ment of novel heterobifunctional reagents for surface immobiliation of

biomolecules on solid surface. !esigning modified oligonucleotides ith suitable functionality for

immobiliation on bio4chi"s is also being carried out.

Scientists and Researc# Areas

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A"#ay S#arma ?%eurological disorders

A'B' Sing# ? eroallergens

Anurag Agrawal?Translational Research in sthma

Ari/it Mu(#opad#yay?2uman Genomics

Ar/un Ram?sthma

As#o( ,umar?Biosensors

As#wani ,umar S#arma?%ucleic cid Chemistry

Balaram G#os#?5olecular Immunology of sthma
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Beena 0illai?Small R% Biology

B'0' Sing#? (8F84:H88)

B#upes# *ane/a? Structural Biology


%'0' Raut? *nvironmental Biotechnology

%#etan Gadgil? 5athematical modeling and analysis

%#etana Sac#idanandan?ebrafish Chemical Genetics

De"asis Das#? Genome Informatics

Dwaipayan B#aradwa/? !iabetes Genetics

G'1' S#arma? !iagnostic Biochemistry

G'2' Rem"#ot(ar? Instrumentation

Giri/a N Nair? Student ffairs

3asi Rani Das? Glycobiology and ectins

3emant ,' Gautam ? 5icrobial Biotechnology

+yoti 4ada)?0lanning, 5onitoring and *valuation


,ausi( %#a(ra"orty? 0rotein 7olding and Stress Res"onse

,',' *ane/a?i"id Biochemistry

,'%' Gupta 5Director!II*R6

1alita %#ug#?Immunology

1'S' Meena? 5icrobial 0athogenesis

Mala"i(a Datta? 5olecular s"ects of !iabetes

M'A'7' 0as#a?Genetics of 2igh ltitude !isorders

Mitali Mu(er/i? Genome =ariation and 2uman !isease Susce"tibility

Mo#ammed .aru?7unctional Genomics of ta#ia

Munia Ganguli? %anobiotechnology

Rag#u Nandanan? Information Technology


Na)een Arora?llergen Biology

Neeru Saini?"o"tosis and R%i

0radeep ,umar?%ucleic cid Chemistry

0radip Na#ar? Innovative !iagnostics

Ra/es# S' Go(#ale 5Director6?Chemical Biology

Ra(es# S#arma?5etagenomics

Rita ,umar? *nvironmental BiotechnologyRitus#ree ,u(reti? 0harmacogenomics
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Samir , Bra#mac#ari 5DG! %SIR6

S' Ramac#andran? Genome nalysis

Sagari(a Biswas? ectin Biochemistry

Santos# 0as#a?0e"tide Chemistry

S'%' 1ali?Immunology

S#antanu %#owd#ury? 7unctional Genomics

S#antanu Sengupta?Thiols; Biology and im"lications for human disease

S#eetal Gandotra?2ost40athogen interaction

Soumya Sin#a Roy?5olecular s"ects of Cell !eath

Sou)i( Maiti?%ucleic cid Bio"hysics

Srid#ar Si)asu""u?ebrafish 7unctional Genomics

Sus#eela Srid#ara ,asa?llergen Biology

8'%' ,alia?*nvironmental Biotechnology

8inod Scaria?Genome nalysis

8i)e( Rao? 5ycobacterial Biology

8i)e( *' Natara/an?S/in Biology

4ogendra Sing#?5icrobial 0athogenesis


Scientist .ellows9

8' Sa"arees#?5ass S"ectrometry for Chemical Biology

:' Ma"alira/an? 5olecular "athobiology of res"iratory diseases

Arc#ana Sing#?S/in Biology

3ig#lig#ts

Systematic Analysis and .unctional Annotation of 8ariations in t#e

Genome of an Indian Indi)idual' 0atowary et' al' 3um Mutat' ;' doi9 =


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Nonprocessi)e ; C ;e- off-loading reductase domains from

myco"acterial nonri"osomal peptide synt#etases' %##a"ra A et' al' 0roc

Natl Acad Sci : S A' ; microRNA-mediated regulation of I1-=H and allergic airway

inflammation' ,umar et' al' + Allergy %lin Immunol ;-

I48N is a cyto/ine secreted by T(2): lym"hocytes that modulates allergic inflammation and tissue

remodeling. This or/ from Balaram G#os#Js laboratory shos that the microR% letO can target I48N.

Intranasal delivery of let4O decreased I48N levels, airay inflammation and other signs of asthma in

mice.

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EG1N= in)ol)ement in #ig#-altitude adaptation re)ealed t#roug# genetic

analysis of extreme constitution types defined in Ayur)eda' Aggarwal et'

al' 0roc Natl Acad Sci : S A' ;


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:H8H, 5itali 5u/er6i

:HH9, Ra6esh Go/hale

8FFH, Samir P. Brahmachari

National *ec#nology Award 5;


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:H88, Shantanu Sengu"ta

:H8H, Shantanu Chodhury

:HHF, Ra6esh Go/hale

:HHO, S. Ramachandran

Inno)ators %ompetition! DS* 1oc(#eed Martin India Inno)ation Growt# 0rogram

:H8H, Rita Pumar

4oung National 2oman Bioscientist Award

:HHO, 5itali 5u/er6i

Ramalingaswamy .ellows#ip

:H88, Soumya Sinha Roy

:H8H, Chetana Sachidanandan

2ellcome *rust International Senior Researc# .ellows#ip

:HH84:HH9, Ra6esh Go/hale

2ellcome *rust-DB* Intermediate .ellows#ip

:HHF, Pausi/ Cha/raborty

S%K0:S 4oung Scientist Award

:H8H, Souvi/ 5aiti

:HH9, Ra6esh Go/hale

%SIR 4oung Scientist Award

:HHQ, Beena 0illai

:HHO, Souvi/ 5aiti

:HH, !ebasis !ash

:HH:, 5itali 5u/er6i

INSA 4oung Scientist Award

:HHF, Beena 0illai

:HHH, 5alabi/a !atta


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:H8H, Poyeli 5a"a

:HHF, 0riti Sa#ena

:HHQ, =ibha Tane6a

%SIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrati)e Biology

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IGIB offers students and young researchers several avenues to /ic/4start their research career;

Researc# Associate9Research ssociates, after com"leting their 0h.!, can either 6oin CSIR "ro6ects

("lease refer to "ro6ect assistant selection "rocess for the same) or bring in their on 7elloshi" li/e the

CSIR Research ssociateshi" or !BT 0ost4!octoral 7elloshi" 0rogramme.

0#'D programme9IGIB conducts an annual selection "rocess consisting of a ritten a"titude test

folloed by an intervie, for 0h.! candidates. The selected students are assigned to laboratories of

mutual choice. The com"ulsory course4or/ is designed to "rovide an orientation toards research,

imbibe "rinci"les and methodology of doing research and familiarie the 0h.! students ith the

activities of the Institute. 0lease refer to the advertisement in national dailies and this site for u"4to4date

information on the eligibility criteria and selection "rocess.

0ro/ect Assistants9IGIB conducts monthly intervies to select tem"orary "ro6ect staff ith

>ualifications ranging from Bachelors, 5asters and 0h.! in different branches of science and medicine.

Pindly consult thead)ertisementfor detailed information on the "ro6ects ith "ositions o"en, eligibility

criteria and e#"ected remuneration.

*raining

IGIB "rovides training to students ith good academic record as ell as interest and a"titude to or/ at

IGIB for "artial fulfillment of their degree "rogramme i.e 5.Sc.1B.Tech15.Tech and other "rofessional

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To4months training for the students "referably ith training felloshi"s from national

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summer months (5ay4Uune or Uune 4Uuly) The a""lications for summer training ill be

entertained beteen

8st 7ebruary and :Qth 7ebruary.

IGIB acce"ts limited number of trainees for 8 year or 9 months "ro6ect training. The

a""lications for 9 months training ill be entertained beteen

.or =st +an to Huest, scientists ill res"ond to you. n acce"tance e4mail ill then

follo regarding the formalities to be com"leted. Selection of trainee de"ends u"on the

suitability of the candidate and re>uirement1lab s"ace in the institute. s of no, IGIB neither

charges a fee for the training nor offers any sti"end or felloshi" for the same. Students have

to ma/e their on arrangement for travel and accommodation.

5ore s"ecific >ueriesV 4 0lease send an e4mail to giri6a(at)igib.res.in

Information for 0otential .acultyIGIB is engaged in research in the areas of

Genomics and Molecular Medicine

Respiratory Disease Biology

Genome Informatics and Structural Biology

Energy and En)ironmental Biotec#nology

%#emical and Systems Biology


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IGIB aims to nurture young investigators in these areas by building and sustaining orld class resources

and netor/ing ith medical institutes, universities and the industry. IGIB is committed to a "ath of high

scientific im"act leading to technological develo"ment and services relevant to the society.

Indian citiens ho dream of highest scientific accom"lishments and have a strong research a"titude

and a "roven record of scientific achievements may rite torecruitLigi"'res'in.

CSIR4Institute of Genomics W Integrative Biology (IGIB) is a "remier Institute of Council of Scientific andIndustrial Research (CSIR), engaged in research of national im"ortance in the areas of genomics,molecular medicine, bioinformatics, "roteomics and environmental biotechnology.
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