Institute of Life Sciences, BBSR, Department of Biotechnology

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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES

An Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India

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Ms. Swagata Bose begged "Best poster Award" in "12th international conference on yeast biology, conducted by IISER, Mohali from March. 10- 13th, 2023.

Sourav Ghosh - Ph.D student of Dr Arun Nagaraj's lab became the top eight finalists of "TNQ Inspiring Science Award 2023" for his work on the role of malaria parasite heme in cerebral pathogenesis. He received a medal with citation and an Apple laptop.

Ms Manisha Sethi from Dr. S. Senapati's lab received third prize for the Young Investigator Award at 13th India Probiotic Symposium on 25th & 26th, March-2023, Delhi organised by Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India).

Mr. Shubham Kumar Shaw from Dr. S. Devadas’s laboratory received the Best Poster Presentation Award at “24th INDO-US Flowcytometry Workshop,” organized by TETC, India (1st February – 4th February 2023).

Sandhya Suranjika (Dr. N Dey) and Mitrabinda Panda (Prof Pulok Mukherjee) bagged the best poster awards at the International Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development held at Centurian University from January 27-29, 2023 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Ms Priyanka Mohapatra from the laboratory of Dr. Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo bagged the best poster award at the 22nd International Society of Ethnopharmacology along with 10th international congress of Society of Ethnopharmacology Conference (ISE SFEC 2023) organized from 24th to 26th February, 2023 at Imphal, Manipur, India.

At the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF PLANT BIOLOGY," organized by the Department of Plant Sciences at the School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India, Mr. Jeky Chanwala from Dr. N. Dey's laboratory received the Best Poster Presentation Award.

The research group led by Dr Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj has shown that griseofulvin, a FDA-approved anti-fungal drug, can prevent cerebral malaria in animal models and it can be used with the existing frontline Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs) to prevent malaria mortality in humans. The findings were published in Nature Communications and at present, efforts are being made to conduct clinical trials in humans.

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ABOUT ILS

Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) was established in the year 1989 as an autonomous institute under the administrative control of Govt. of Odisha. In 2002, it was taken over by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. The Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee dedicated the institute to the nation in July 2003 … More

Dr. Debasis Dash
Director,
DBT-ILS, Bhubaneswar

RESEARCH

Infectious Disease Biology

Cancer Biology

Genetic & Autoimmune Diseases

Plant & Microbial Biotechnology

ACADEMICS

Institute of Life Science (ILS) located in the research hub of Bhubaneswar, is an autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. The Institute is involved in several cutting-edge research activities.