IIS Inaugurates India’s First 3D Bioprinting Centre Of Excellence

CELLINK and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) opened the doors to the first 3D bioprinting Center of Excellence in the Indian subcontinent. Housed in the Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering (BSSE) at IISc’s Bengaluru campus, the CoE will provide access to 3D bioprinting systems, enabling researchers to accelerate their work across critical applications with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes, the statement by company stated.

The CoE was inagurated by Dr Ashwath Narayan CN, Minister of Electronics, Information Technology - Biotechnology, Science and Technology, Higher Education, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood in the Government of Karnataka; Prof Govindan Rangarajan, the Director of IISc; and Ms Tomoko Bylund, CELLINK’s Head of Sales – APAC. The event was also attended by Dr Vishal US Rao, Group Director and Dean, HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru.

“This center of excellence offers the most cutting-edge and industry–leading 3D Bioprinting technology that we at CELLINK have developed, systems that will enable significant strides in research and in developing the future of health. We are extremely proud to be able to partner with IISc, an institute at the forefront of scientific research as can be seen by the new Medical School being led by Director Prof. Rangarajan.” said Ms Tomoko Bylund, CELLINK’s Head of Sales – APAC.

“We are extremely pleased to partner with CELLINK to initiate efforts in this frontier technology which can greatly accelerate development of therapies, drug discovery, personalised medicine and many other applications that can have tremendous impact on human health.“ said Prof . Rangarajan, the Director of IISc.