About the Department

Department at a Glance

The Department of Endocrinology is one of the two departments of the Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, established on 2^nd January 1969 with the leadership of Prof. P. Govindarajulu, the founder of the department. Initially, the department was located in the Chepauk campus of the University of Madras and moved to the Taramani campus during 1976.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly identified the Department as ICMR-Regional Centre for Clinical Research in Human Reproduction in 1978. The WHO recognized this department as one of the International Laboratories for quality control for Radioimmunoassay of hormones.

 Based on research achievements, the UGC began supporting the department under its Special Assistance Program (UGC-SAP) in 1999, and the second phase of five years has begun in April 2004. In 2005, the department was awarded ASIST program (Assistance for Science & Technology) by UGC with the financial tune of Rs.60 Lakhs to develop infrastructure and PG programs. Under the ASIST program, the department began to offer M.Sc. (Biomedical Sciences) as an inter-departmental program, involving all departments in the School of Basic Medical Sciences. During 2015, the department was selected for UGC-SAP-DSA-I with the financial support of Rs.1.45 Crores. The department scored 97% in the IQAC assessment and it stands second among 67 departments of the University.

 This Department is the headquarters for the Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE). Visit www.srbce.org for more information. 

Objective

• To offer inter-disciplinary M.Sc degree programme in Biomedical Sciences and M.Phil and Ph.D degree courses in Endocrinology.
• To inculcate research attitude among students in the area of Biomedical Sciences useful for the welfare of the society.
• To encourage collaborative research programme for a better understanding of the cause and consequences of environmental endocrine disruptors.

Mission

• Internationally recognized Research Centre with an ambient environment inspiring and empowering young researchers to undertake socially relevant research of far excellence.
• To promote learning and research in Endocrinology.
• To offer a career-oriented post-graduate programme with a primary focus to provide trained man power for the Bio Medical industries.
• To augment inter-institutional and industrial collaborative research programmes.
• To establish a Centre for Advanced Studies in Endocrinology.
• To promote need-based and application oriented research for the development of novel herbal products or biomolecules to alleviate biomarkers and to diagnose endocrine and metabolic disorders.

Vision

The department will be an internationally recognized Research Centre with an ambient environment inspiring and empowering young researchers to undertake socially relevant research of far excellence. 

Infrastucture

• Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory
• Histopathology Laboratory
• Cell culture Laboratory
• Library

Instruments Available in the Department

Molecular  Endocrinology Laboratory

• Real-Time PCR- BioRad
• Chemi Doc system- BioRad
• MultiPlex-BioRad
• CytoFlex (Flow cytometry)- Beckman Coulter
• Gel Doc System-BioRad
• ELISA Plate reader-BioTek
• Bio Spectro Photometer- Eppendorf
• Biofuge- Heraeus
• Ultracentrifuge- Hitachi

Cell culture Laboratory

• CO₂ incubator (4 Nos)-Thermo
• Bio safety cabinet (2 Nos)-Mark
• Inverted Microscope-Nikon
• Cell counter-BioRad

HISTOPATHoLOGY LABORATORY

•  Microtome-Leica
• Microscope-Leica
• Fluorescence Microscope-Nikon
• Flurescent Microscope (Evos Floid)-Thermo