Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated Asia’s first health research-related “Pre-clinical Network facility” at the Translational Health Science & Technology Institute” (THSTI), Faridabad.
- The facility has been opened under the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
- The Ministry of Science and Technology said that the facility would be the 9th such network laboratory across the globe and the first such laboratory in the whole of Asia.
- The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has selected BRIC-THSTI as a pre-clinical network laboratory based on its capability to handle BSL3 pathogens.
Genetically Defined Human Associated Microbial Culture Collection (Ge-HuMic) facility
- Dr Singh also inaugurated the Genetically Defined Human Associated Microbial Culture Collection (Ge-HuMic) facility.
- It will act as a repository for providing microbial cultures to research institutes, universities, and industries for Research and Development.
