Division Office, LSD

The Division has 4 International Scientists, 1 Adjunct Scientist, 15 National Scientists, and 261 members of technical and support service staff, of whom 109 are females and 171 are males. Of them, 170 are on fixed-term, and 74 are on contractual service agreements (CSA), while 36 are daily wagers. In 2001, the Division inaugurated a modern air-flow-controlled Tuberculosis Laboratory with funding from UNOCAL. Major renovation work has been carried out in the Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory with financial support from the World Bank. The Division installed a Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) partially supported by AusAID fund. An Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer donated by JICWELS, Japan, was installed to estimate arsenic in water. The FACS is the first of such specialized equipment installed in Bangladesh, which, among others, will be helpful for studies on HIV/AIDS and other immunologic investigations. The Division is also in the process of expansion, and renovation of modern Virology and Reproductive Tract Infection laboratories is nearing completion.

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