Institute of Microbial Technology
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| Established | 1984 |
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| Director | Dr Sanjeev Khosla |
| Address | www.imtech.res.in |
| Location | Sector 39A, Chandigarh, India , , |
The Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), based in
The institute is engaged in research in many areas of modern
Facilities
The institute is equipped with facilities for modern biology research. They include lab-to-pilot-scale fermenter of many capacities, tissue and cell culture facility, facility for maintenance, preservation and identification of micro-organisms, an animal house, workstations for bioinformatics and biocomputing, equipment for protein and DNA analysis, a library with around 64,000 references books, microscopy equipment, and databases for intellectual property management. The institute is equipped with biosafety level 3 (BSL3) laboratory facility for research work on pathogenic microorganisms.
Achievements
Patented natural, recombinant and clot specific Streptokinase as a vital lifesaving drug.[1]
Academics
The institute offers Ph.D. jointly with the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Gaziabad(ACSIR).[citation needed]
Computational Resources for Drug Discovery
CRDD (Computational Resource for Drug Discovery) is a module of the in silico module of Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD). The CRDD web portal provides computer resources related to drug discovery on a single platform. This module is developed and maintained under the guidance of Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava at CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology. [2]
Controversy of fake data
On 17 Jul 2014, mainstream media in India published reports about retraction of a total seven papers published by scientists at IMTECH in various journals. This was done after establishing that the data used in these papers were fake/fabricated.
Three papers published in
PLoS ONE were retracted, and four papers in other journals are in the process of being retracted. All the three PLoS ONE papers have Dr. Fazlurrahman Khan, Research Associate, as the first author and Dr. Swaranjit Singh Cameotra from the Environmental Biotechnology and Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory as the corresponding author. They were published online on April 17, October 1 and October 8 respectively. Unfortunately, these papers have been cited by five other papers.[3]
This came as a huge shock to the scientific community in India since CSIR and its constituent bodies are considered to be among the top research organizations in the country.
Bioinformatics services
More than 150
References
- ^ "Know-how for the production of clot-specific streptokinase". Imtech. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ CRDD:Computational Resources for Drug Discovery
- ^ IMTECH: CSIR scientist used faked data in seven papers
- ^ Web services developed by Raghava's group
External links
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