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Abbreviation
  
C-CAMP

Type
  
Public

Website
  
ccamp.res.in

Headquarters
  
Bengaluru

Formation
  
2009

Chief Operating Officer
  
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed

Founded
  
2009

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Location
  
NCBS-TIFR, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560065

Parent organization
  
Department of Biotechnology

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) is an initiative of the Indian Department of Biotechnology to develop tools that could be used by researchers from the industry and from public institutions.

Contents

C-CAMP is one of three members of the Bangalore Bio-Cluster, along with the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem).

Research and development

C-CAMP is envisioned to be a major platform technology, industry-interaction and incubator unit. C-CAMP acts as the provider and developer of high-end technologies in life sciences to enable scientific activity and entrepreneurship. C-CAMP allows investigators to use techniques as tools and not be limited by technological barriers while pursuing challenging scientific questions.

Technologies and services

The mandate of C-CAMP is to provide high-end platform technologies and expertise to all the academic and industrial scientific researchers in and around India. Some functions provided by its facilities include:

  • Confocal and fluorescence microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Molecular characterization and proteomics
  • Genomic sequencing and bioinformatics
  • Protein technology core
  • High-throughput screening
  • A transgenic fly facility
  • An Intellectual Property Management Office and a Technology Transfer Office
  • An Innovation Accelerator
  • References

    Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms Wikipedia