The Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC; ) is a scientific research institute and graduate training center in
Venezuela
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founded by government decree on February 9, 1959. It has its origins in the Venezuelan Institute of Neurology and Brain Research (IVNIC; ), which
Humberto Fernandez-Moran founded in 1955.
The center has the
Marcel Roche Library, recognized in 1996 by
UNESCO
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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, in Altos de Pipe,
Miranda State
Miranda State (, ) is one of the 23 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 Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to ...
. 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 (, ; 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 is also one of t ...
states.
Also have a Scientific Research Station near
Higuerote, Miranda State.
Sergio Arias Cazorla
Sergio Arias Cazorla (born 1933) is a human geneticist who worked as a geneticist in the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (Spanish: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciónes Científicas).
Career
He first started studying medicine ...
and his colleagues, who worked as
human geneticists
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in the institute, discovered
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciónes Científicas syndrome.
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, a biennial award sponsored by Fundación
Empresas Polar
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[ :es:Empresas Polar]
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
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