About Cell Studio:
Cell Studio is a facility of the BIRAC supported BioIncubator at Venture Center, NCL Innovation Park, Pune, India. The Cell Studio is an initiative of Venture Center ( a technology business incubator hosted by CSIR-NCL) and has been created with the generous support of DBT's BIRAC.
The Cell Studio is home to advanced scientific facilities for microscopy and imaging, flow cytometry, cell growth studies and tissue engineering.
The Cell Studio aims to support selected areas of technology development and science entrepreneurship while also nurturing collaborations between researchers and industry/startup companies.
Cell Studio launch date: 1 Sep 2014. The facility is open to all.
Current facilities:
- Microscopy and imaging
- Upright/light microscope (bright field, dark field, phase contrast, polarized, fluorescence)
- Inverted microscope
- Confocal microscope
- Flow cytometer
- Cell storage, cell culture, growth studies
- Bio-mechanical studies of cell growth scaffolds and tissues
Activities
- Support start-ups and entrepreneurs with high quality and efficient services
- Develop and demonstrate capabilities to exploit the full capabilities of the facilities to advance science and technology
- Develop the facilities further by adding complementary facilities, new capabilities and service offerings
- Undertake projects that leverage the facility and enhance capabilities and visibility
- Run workshops and training programs to increase awareness and use of facilities.
- Serve as a nucleus to nurture a community of specialists in related fields.