Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms
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| Abbreviation | C-CAMP |
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| Formation | 2009 |
| Type | Public |
| Headquarters | Bangalore, India |
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Chief Operating Officer | Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed |
Parent organization | Department of Biotechnology, India |
| Website | ccamp.res.in |
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.[1]
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).[2]
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