The Caribbean Centre for Research in Bioscience (CCRIB) is a dedicated research centre within the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the West Indies, Mona. It was formed in 2023 by the amalgamation of the former Natural Products Institute (NPI) and the former Biotechnology Centre . CCRIB is home to a dynamic team of academic and technical scientists whose expertise lies in chemistry, pharmacology, computational biochemistry, insect vectors of human diseases, molecular virology, ethnobotany and ethnobiology and plant tissue culture.
CCRIB offers two (2) new graduate research programmes in addition to their existing MPhil/PhD in Biotechnology.
CCRIB contributes to regional development by engaging in pure and applied research and development, within the integrated framework of human, animal and environmental health.
CCRIB is collaborative, regionally focused and globally recognized for driving scientific innovation in Biosciences through research and development.
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
