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 Executive 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 Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Govt. of India. Established in 2009 with a mandate to enable cutting edge Life Sciences Research and Innovation, C-CAMP is the country's most exciting life sciences innovation hub bringing together academia, industry and the startup ecosystem - all on one platform. It is also a part of one of the country's earliest bio-clusters, the Bangalore Bio-Cluster.[1][2]
Vision
[edit]C-CAMP is envisioned to be an enabler for cutting-edge Bioscience research and innovation through its two major arms: services in state-of-the-art platform technologies and facilitation of Life Sciences innovation and entrepreneurship. It 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. 250+ institutes and organisations from all across India have accessed its technology platforms. Altogether C-CAMP supported publications now number 100+.[citation needed]
From lab-space and high-end technical resources, to active involvement in Seed Funding schemes, scientific and business Mentorship and Accelerator programs, it provides a comprehensive, all-round support system to bio entrepreneurs with exciting deep-science ideas.[citation needed]
C-CAMP has directly funded, incubated and mentored over 100 start-ups over the last few years and is connected to about 500 startups and entrepreneurs across the country.
Technologies and services
[edit]C-CAMP is mandated 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
- Mass Spectrometry and Biomolecular characterization through proteomics, lipidomics, glycomics, metabolomics
- Genomic sequencing and bioinformatics
- Protein technology core
- High-throughput screening and High-content screening
- A transgenic fly facility
- A Microfluidics and microfabrication facility
- Mouse genome editing
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Electron microscope
- NBM funded Medtech Rapid prototyping facility for microfluidic diagnostic devices
Innovation and entrepreneurship
[edit]As a part of C-CAMP's core mandate to nurture entrepreneurs in Biosciences across the country, it supports and handholds innovators on their journey to translate a bench-level idea into a full-fledged profit-making business venture. The support facilities C-CAMP provides are:
- Seed Funding Schemes
- Incubation facilities
- Mentorship Program
- C-CAMP Startup Advancement Program (C-SAP)
- C-CAMP Agri Innovation Centre
- An Intellectual Property Management Office and a Technology Transfer Office
- An Innovation Accelerator: Discovery to Innovation Accelerator
- BIRAC Regional Entrepreneurship Centre, BREC set up at C-CAMP in 2017 with the objective of amplifying bio entrepreneurship across the country.
Awards
[edit]C-CAMP has received the National Entrepreneurship Award 2017 from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship MSDE, Govt of India.[citation needed]