Chulabhorn Research Institute () is a

biomedical Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

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. Initiated by Princess Chulabhorn in 1987, it was established as an independent agency funded by the Thai government. The institute operates nine

laboratories A laboratory (; ; colloquially lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. Laboratory services are provided in a variety of settings: physici ...

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

medicinal chemistry Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and developm ...

, chemical carcinogenesis,

environmental toxicology Environmental toxicology is a multidisciplinarity, multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical biological agent, agents on living organisms. Ecotoxicology is a ...

immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see there ...

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organic synthesis Organic synthesis is a special branch of chemical synthesis and is concerned with the intentional construction of organic compounds. Organic molecules are often more complex than inorganic compounds, and their synthesis has developed into one o ...

and

pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

. Besides research, the institute offers training as well as master's and doctoral degree programs in Environmental Toxicology, Technology and Management. The affiliated Chulabhorn Cancer Center was renamed to Chulabhorn Hospital in 2009.

Chulabhorn Graduate Institute Chulabhorn Graduate Institute (CGI) ( th, สถาบันบัณฑิตศึกษาจุฬาภรณ์) is a multidisciplinary post-graduate academic institute, comprising faculty members from the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CR ...

opened in June 2007.

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* Research institutes in Thailand Biochemistry research institutes Organizations established in 1997 1997 establishments in Thailand Chulabhorn Royal Academy {{Thailand-university-stub