# National Centre for Biological Sciences

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## TL;DR

A basic biology institute of the Department of Atomic Energy in Bengaluru whose cell signalling, genetics and imaging groups underpin Indian cancer research, on a shared campus with inStem and C-CAMP.

## Summary

The National Centre for Biological Sciences was founded in 1992 as a centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research under the Department of Atomic Energy, the same department that runs Tata Memorial Centre. Its research spans biochemistry, biophysics, cellular organisation and signalling, genetics and development, and theory and modelling, with groups working on cell polarity, membrane trafficking, DNA repair and growth control that bear directly on cancer biology. NCBS anchors the Bangalore Life Science Cluster with the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), sharing imaging, genomics and animal facilities and a joint graduate programme.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Also known as: NCBS; NCBS-TIFR; Bangalore Life Science Cluster
- City: Bengaluru, IN
- Type: research-institute
- Website: https://www.ncbs.res.in

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Centre_for_Biological_Sciences
- NCBS: https://www.ncbs.res.in

## Connected records

- fronts: [Drug Discovery Platforms](https://onco.cc/fronts/drug-discovery/)
- institutions: [Indian Institute of Science](https://onco.cc/institutions/iisc/), [Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine](https://onco.cc/institutions/instem/), [Tata Memorial Centre](https://onco.cc/institutions/tata-memorial/)
- people: [L. S. Shashidhara](https://onco.cc/people/ls-shashidhara/)

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