Indian Institute of Chemical Biology


Indian Institute of Chemical Biology is a biomedical research centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Established in 1935 as Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine, it was inducted under the aegis of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research in 1956 and renamed to its present form in 1982. It has 6 R&D divisions:- Cancer Biology & Inflammatory Disorder, Cell Biology & Physiology, Chemistry, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Molecular & Human Genetics, and Structural Biology & Bioinformatics.
In 2019, investigations by Elisabeth Bik and other independent researchers discovered numerous publications from the institute with instances of photo manipulation. CSIR has ordered an investigation and set up a committee to draft new guidelines.