
The Indian
Genome Variation initiative is a network program initiated
in 2003 and tenured for 5 years, by six constituent
laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR), with funding from Government of India. The
laboratories include Institute of Genomics and Integrative
Biology (IGIB), Delhi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Chemical
Biology (IICB), Kolkata, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI),
Lucknow, Industrial Toxicological Research Centre (ITRC),
Lucknow and Institute of Microbial technology (IMTECH),
Chandigarh. These laboratories are involved in studies
related to asthma, diabetes, neuropsychiatric disorders,
cancer, coronary artery disease, clot disorders, high
altitude disorders, retinitis pigmentosa, predisposition to
malaria as well as other infectious diseases and drug
metabolism (See
Participating Members and
Initial Planning Groups.).
Apart from the CSIR laboratories, a key participant in the
project is the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.
The project also involves active participation of the
Anthropological Survey of India that has helped in the
identification of the various Indian subpopulations. In
addition to the institutional facilities, the project also
has collaborations with The Centre for Genomic Application (TCGA),
established through support of Department of Science and
Technology (DST), CSIR with The Chatterjee Group (TCG) for
high throughput sequencing and genotyping and
SilicoGene
Informatics Private Limited along with
LabVantage, India for
development of a comprehensive platform for IGV database
management, analysis and portal development. See "About
the Indian Genome variation Consortium project
" for more
information |