Subject: Conducting scientific-industrial and especially applied research in various fields of biological sciences, medicine, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

Province: Tehran

Address: Shahrak-e Pajoohesh, km 15, Tehran - Karaj Highway, Tehran, IRAN

Phone: 021 - 44 78 73 01 - 10

Fax: 021 - 44 78 73 99

More Information: The National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB) was established in 1989 under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Since then, NIGEB has been given a mandate to undertake original, state-of-the-art research activities. It was established with dual purposes of promoting research in avant-garde areas of biological sciences and biotechnology as well as providing advanced training and educational programs for scientists and students from other universities and academic institutions.
The activities of NIGEB are being conducted by three sub-institutes heading nine departments. Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IAB) runs the departments of Plant Bioproducts, Plant Molecular Biotechnology, and Animal Biotechnology, the Institute of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology (IIEB) manages the departments of Bioprocess Engineering, Systems Biotechnology as well as Energy and Environmental Biotechnology. And the Institute of Medical Biotechnology (IMB) conducts the departments of Medical Genetics, Stem Cell, and Molecular Medicine. Each institute or department is dedicated to a highly innovative and pioneering investigation in the different fields of biotechnology.

NIGEB is located in Tehran in a unique complex of buildings designed and equipped for studies on various biotechnology fields. The town of 'Chitgar', 17 km northwest of Tehran, houses the institute’s new main campus with numerous laboratories and facilities as well as a modern pilot plant for exploring the production of new Biotherapeutics. Researchers of universities and research centers from inside the country and around the globe are cooperating with NIGEB through shared research projects and applied educational courses.
Objectives of NIGEB
- Do mission-oriented scientific research in related fields of genetic engineering and biotechnology
- Improve researches and laying proper foundation for promotion of research activities
- Establish appropriate approaches for converting the research results into technology and upgrading the scale of productions to semi-industrial level
- Marketing and commercialization of produced technologies
- Provide the country required packages of technical knowledge in biotechnology areas
- Collaboration for training researchers in various areas of biotechnology with regard to the priorities setting in the country’s socio-economic program