Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Establishedc.1935 (1935)
Laboratory type
Research and development
Research typeMultidisciplinary Medical research
Field of research
DirectorVibha Tandon
LocationKolkata, West Bengal, India
22°29′51″N 88°22′12″E / 22.4974°N 88.3700°E / 22.4974; 88.3700
CampusLarge city
NicknameIICB, Kolkata
AffiliationsAcSIR
Operating agency
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Websiteiicb.res.in

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) is a biomedical research centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Established in 1935 as Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine (IIEM), it was inducted under the aegis of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) 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.