The Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), or ''Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas'', is a scientific research institute and graduate training center in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

founded by government decree on February 9, 1959. It has its origins in the Venezuelan Institute of Neurology and Brain Research ('IVNIC', In Spanish: Instituto Venezolano de Neurología e Investigaciones Cerebrales), which Humberto Fernandez-Moran founded in 1955. The center has the

Marcel Roche Marcel Roche Dugand (August 15, 1920 in Caracas, Venezuela – May 3, 2003 in Miami, USA) was a physician, scientist and scientific leader. He was born into a wealthy family of French origin. His father, Luis Roche was a well known urbanist. ...

Library, recognized in 1996 by

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as being "the best Regional Library for Science and Technology". The headquarters of the IVIC is located near

San Antonio de los Altos San Antonio de los Altos is a suburban town, capital of Los Salias Municipality, Miranda State, Venezuela with a population of 68,255 in 2011. The town was named after Saint Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese Catholic priest, the patron saint of the ...

, in Altos de Pipe,

Miranda State Miranda State ( es, link=no, Estado Miranda, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Hu ...

. The grounds cover 832-acre headquarters, where are the scientific and academic facilities, residences for researchers, students and staff, storeroom, dining, administration and service area, library, etc. Within this area there are some pockets of tropical cloud forest and a couple of streams. IVIC is currently in the process of regionalization, of which there have been two sub-regional headquarters in Mérida and

Zulia Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...

states. Also have a Scientific Research Station near

Higuerote Higuerote () is the capital city of Brión Municipality, located in the coastal region of Barlovento, in the state of Miranda, Venezuela, approximately an hour and a half from Caracas. Its average annual temperature is about 27 degrees Celsius ...

, Miranda State.

Sergio Arias Cazorla Sergio Arias Cazorla (born 1952) is a human geneticist who worked as a geneticist in the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (Spanish: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciónes Científicas). He first started studying medicine at the ...

and his colleagues, who worked as

human geneticists Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

in the institute, discovered

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciónes Científicas syndrome IVIC syndrome, also known as Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciónes Científicas syndrome or oculo-oto-radial syndrome is a very rare autosomal dominant limb malformation genetic disorder that is characterized by upper limb and ocular abnormalit ...

Organization

It is composed of the worker staff, the "rank" (scientific) staff, the administrative staff (secretaries, dean, etc.) and students. * Students ** Undergraduate students: training and thesis ** Graduate students: MSc and PhSc * Rank staff: ** PAIs (professionals associated with research) and TAIs (technician associated with research) ** Postdoctoral fellows ** Researchers (associated, titular, emeritus), many of whom have been awarded national prizes such as the

Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury Science Prize The Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury Science Prize, also known as the "Premio Fundación Empresas Polar" is the most important award offered by the private sector to contemporary scientists from Venezuela who have shown outstanding talent, creativity and pro ...

, a biennial award sponsored by Fundación

Empresas Polar Empresas Polar is a Venezuelan corporation that started as a brewery, founded in 1941 by Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Fleury, Juan Simon Mendoza, Rafael Lujan and Karl Eggers in Antímano "La Planta de Antimano", Caracas. It is the largest and best ...

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References

External links

* http://www.ivic.gob.ve - Official website * http://biblioteca.ivic.gob.ve/ - The Marcel Roche Library * http://cea.ivic.gob.ve/scea/?accion=egresados - Former Graduate Students (in chronological order) * https://www.panoramio.com/user/431730/tags/IVIC - IVIC Pictures by V. Karasiev in Panoramio * http://www.raul-padron.org - IVIC´s Padrón lab web page Research institutes in Venezuela Research institutes established in 1959 1959 establishments in Venezuela {{Venezuela-stub