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The Institute of
Life Sciences (ILS) located in Bhubaneswar has
been brought under the fold of the Department of
Biotechnology, Government of India in August
2002. The institute was earlier under the
administrative and financial control of
Department of Science and Technology, Government
of Orissa. Prime minister of India dedicated the
institute to the nation on July 15, 2003 with a
declaration to develop as a "National Centre for
Excellence". The mandate of ILS is to undertake
basic and translational research in frontier
areas of life sciences. The research interests
of the faculty are in three major areas: (a)
Infectious Disease Biology, (b) Gene Function
and Regulation and (c) Translation Research and
Technology Development. In addition, new
collaborations with industry have been
established to tap commercial potential of
laboratory science.
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