Motto | Dedicated to the Nation |
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Type | Autonomous, Govt, CSIR |
Established | 1977 |
Director | Rakesh K. Mishra |
Location | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Campus | Urban, 6 acres (24,000 m2) |
Website | ccmb.res.in |
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (Hindi: कोशिकीय एवं आणविक जीवविज्ञान केंद्र, IAST: Kośikīya evam āṇavik jīvavijñāna kendra) or CCMB is an Indian biotechnology research establishment located in Hyderabad that operates under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. CCMB is a designated "Center of Excellence" by the Global Molecular and Cell Biology Network, UNESCO. The Republic of India's national biosafety level - 4 containment facility for human infectious diseases is located on the campus of CCMB.
The center collaborates with the University of Nebraska Medical Center for translational research on glaucoma In addition, the centre receives funding for specific collaborative projects from establishments outside India, such as the National Institutes of Health, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, the India-Japan Science Council and the University of Ryukyus in Japan,Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique and the Pasteur Institute in France and the Volkswagen Foundation in Germany.