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| Type | Research institution |
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| Established | 1992 |
| Founder | Obaid Siddiqi |
Parent institution | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| Director | L. S. Shashidhara |
| Dean | Upinder Singh Bhalla |
Academic staff | 36 |
Administrative staff | 100 |
| Location | , India 13°04′56″N 77°34′35″E / 13.0822°N 77.5763°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, Karnataka, is a research centre specialising in biological research. It is a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India.[1][2] The mandate of NCBS is basic and interdisciplinary research in the frontier areas of biology. The research interests of the faculty are in four broad areas ranging from the study of single molecules to systems biology.[3] Obaid Siddiqi FRS (7 January 1932 – 26 July 2013) was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of NCBS. He made seminal contributions to the field of behavioural neurogenetics using the genetics and neurobiology of Drosophila.[4][5]
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