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This Centre was
conceptualized in the year 1999 and initially established as
a unit of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of
Medical Sciences in order to establish a close link among
the basic and the clinical scientists and to generate
appropriate human resource to fully exploit the potentials
of an area of science which has till date produced seven
Nobel Laureates in all disciplines of science eligible for
the award. This set the objectives of the Centre to carry
out research in interdisciplinary aspects of Magnetic
Resonance and to develop the appropriate human resource at
the national level. The Centre achieved the objectives
within a couple of years of its establishment. Considering
the importance of the field, the Government decided to
develop it as an autonomous Institution of the Government of
Uttar Pradesh with its own Governing Council and management
structure. The Centre currently has 800MHz (with cryo
probe), 600MHz (Wide-bore) solid state and 400 MHz (with
micro-imaging) NMR spectrometers, and a new building ready
to house a 3T MRI system along with the required support
laboratories specially to carry out fMRI studies. The
Government of Uttar Pradesh is fully committed to develop it
as an advanced Centre of Bio-medical Research with close
interaction with the premier medical and research
institutions such as Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute
of Medical Sciences, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical
University, Central Drug Research Institute, Indian
Institute of Toxicological Research, Central Institute of
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and National Institute of
Botanical Research all in Lucknow and the Centre of
Behavioral and Cognitive Studies, University of Allahabad.
Keeping these aspects in mind the Governing Council of the
Centre has changed its name to “Centre of Bio-Medical
Research” such that the scope is broadened while retaining
the same abbreviation “CBMR” since the Centre has
established itself as “CBMR” .
C L Khetrapal
Chairman |
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