‘Open Day’ at CCMB draws huge crowds

It was a near-stampede situation but for different reasons. As the premier institute, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, opened its gates for the young minds to peep into the latest research activities as part of the ‘Open Day’ on Friday, its campus burst at its seams with more than 16,000 students from different schools. “Many Ph.D. students, who joined our campus recently, admit that their interest in pure sciences and research was kindled during one such visit to CCMB,” he explained. Apart from the ‘Open Day’ initiative, CCMB also allows smaller groups of students to visit its campus on other days. Research projects The students got glimpses of various ongoing research projects at CCMB such as DNA fingerprinting, nano-technology, new developments in Sona Masuri rice varieties and cancer research on Zebra fish.