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Asia’s First Pre-Clinical Network Facility at Faridabad

  • 17 Jul 2024

On July 16th, 2024, the Minister of State (IC) for Science, Technology, and Earth Sciences inaugurated Asia's first 'Pre-clinical Network Facility' for health research under CEPI at the Regional Centre of Biotechnology, THSTI, Faridabad (Haryana).

Key Points

  • The lab will be the 9th such network laboratory across the globe and the first such laboratory in the whole of Asia.
  • The other labs are located in the US, Europe and Australia.

Ge-HuMic

  • The Minister also inaugurated the 'Genetically Defined Human Associated Microbial Culture Collection (Ge-HuMic) Facility' to act as a repository for providing microbial cultures to research institutes, universities, and industries for research and development.
  • The facility will serve as a Nodal Resource Centre that will foster national and international collaborations between academic institutions, hospitals and industry.
  • It will also serve as a repository of genetically characterised specific pathogen-free animals (including cryopreserved embryos and sperm) for the use of researchers within the country.

CEPI

  • It was launched in Davos in 2017.
  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a global partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats.

THSTI

  • The Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), is an institute under the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC), Department of Biotechnology,
  • THSTI conducts interdisciplinary research in areas such as infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and non-communicable diseases, and collaborates with national and international institutions to translate scientific discoveries into practical health solutions.