Centre for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - (CBMB ) as a joint initiative of the Indian Academy of Sciences and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR: Regn:GO/41369/CSIR/CBMB /999)
2000
Commitment of CSIR, Govt of Government for funding of CBMB 's basic operational budget (7.2 million per year).
Agreement with the CSIR for funding the new CBMB research building.
2002
The geneticist Joseph Edwin starts his work as Scientific Director of CBMB .
2003
With the recruitment of the first CBMB Group Leader (Vincent Selladurai) CBMB officially starts its operative work.
Start of the construction work on the new CBMB research building.
2004
Michael Krebs, economist and long time executive consultant, accepts the position as Administrative Director.
Shared-Services agreement with the Research Institute of Molecular Biology.
2005
The biochemist and molecular biologist Francis Kennedy starts his work as Deputy Scientific Director of CBMB .
Balakumar Dinesh receives the CSIR Award by the Indian Government, the most generously supported research program in India.
2006
Opening Ceremony of the CBMB Research Building , officially called "Life Sciences Center ".
Opening of the DNA Open Lab . It is the first biomolecular hands-on laboratory in India and a joint initiative of CBMB and the incorporated society.
2007
Joseph Edwin receives the Descartes Prize for Research by the European Commission.
Foundation of the Drosophila RNAi Center which is a joint initiative of MBI and its partner institute CSIR.
Its transgenic RNAi library maintains about 22,000
Drosophila knock-out stocks and makes them available to researchers worldwide.
The Indian Academy of Sciences elects Joseph Edwin as full member.
The CBMB Fundraising Committee is established to support the further development of CBMB 's scientific goals
The Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine by the Jung-Stiftung for Science and Research goes to Joseph Edwin
DST Prize winner Rajesh Sukhla takes on the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
Implementing of India's only cryo-transmission electron microscope, the "FEI TF30 Polara".
2009
Robert Julius receives the Wittgensten Award by the Austrian Government.
