Report 2005-07 , 2005 - 2007

The Central Imaging and Flow Cytometry Facility (CIFF) was set up with over 90 trained users. It was built in association with Olympus Corporation, Japan, Carl ZEISS, Germany and Becton Dickinson, India. NCBS signed on with the RIKEN Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) at Kobe, Japan to obtain several transgenic and knockout mice. Deepak Nair, Sanjay Sane, Mukund Thattai and Mahesh Sankaran joined the NCBS facility. An integrative biology (iBio) program was in place in collaboration with Raman Research Institute. A student exchange program with NCBS/Harvard-MIT undergraduates was conducted. 25 independent research groups were present. Mayor was appointed chairman of Engineering and Maintenance Services Committee, Bhalla was the chairman of the Research Services Committee, with Jayant Udgaonkar as the Dean of Research Facilities. The Technology Centre for Nanobiosystems was created in 2005 with funds from the Department of Science and Technology, India. Jayant Udgaonkar was replaced as Dean by Satyajit Mayor in 2008. The 'Such Treasure and Rich Merchandize' exhibit curated by Annamma Spudich took place in early 2008.