Amrita Center for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine
India's first Nanobio center, Amrita Center for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), is recognized today as a leader in Nanotechnology, Molecular medicine and Solar Cell research as well as education. The Centre also hosts a Nano Solar Centre for Excellence which focusses on innovative product development in photovoltaics and torage devices using nanomaterials.
ACNSMM is located on Amrita's healthcare campus that also has Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy.
The Centre was established in February 2006. In February 2009, it hosted NanoBio -- the world's first conference in tissue engineering and stem cell research. Delegates included scientists and research associates from several countries as well as all affiliated research institutions in India. It is all set to unveil NanoBio 2011.
Nanobio 2011 COMING SOON!
ACNS develops
Cyto friendly imaging system
Researchers here at the Amrita Centre for Nanosciences (ACNS), have come up with a novel nano bio-label that emits intense near-IR light, thus enabling easy detection of cancer by molecular receptor targeted imaging. See Research page...
Nanotechnology-Highlight Article
A Paper by Dr Manzoor Koyakutty and Dr Deepthy Menon titled Bio-conjugated luminescent quantum dots of doped ZnS: a cyto-friendly system for targeted cancer imaging has been selected as the Nanotechnology-Highlight article 2009 by the Journal of Nanotechnology (IF 3.44) published by Institute of Physics, UK
One of the most read articles in Nanotechnology Journal - 2009
(Alex Wotherspoon, Publisher, Nanotechnolgy, in letter to ACNS)
See Publications page...
Dr. Ullas Mony attends StemCore iPSC Workshop
Dr Mony attended the StemCore iPSC workshop at Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland and also got trained at the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories, AustraliaAIBN was very much impressed by the research activities at ACNSMM and Dr Mony has initiated a collaboration wtih AIBN in this regard. See Collaborations...
Dr. Jayakumar's paper gets high IF
Dr. Jayakumar's article titled “Novel carboxymethyl derivatives of chitin and chitosan materials and their biomedical applications” in the March 2010 issue of Progress in Materials Science (Elsevier-Science Direct) has harnessed a very high Impact Factor of 18.132
See Faculty / Publications page...
Director's Message
ACNSMM offers PhD, MTech Molecular Medicine & MTech in Nanotechnology
The current batch of MTech Nanotechnology is entirely composed of students from the biomedical orientation. Starting this year 2010, the batch will also contain students with device/fabrication technology orientation. In this hands-on and experience-oriented program, students become skilled in the technology and learn to apply it to a variety of biomedical areas and device fabrication technology.
The Center has a team of highly talented faculty, many of whom have trained with premier international institutions. Several PhD students have also recently joined us.
Substantial government funding has been received for many projects in tissue engineering, stem cell research, cancer diagnostics and solar cells.
At ACNS, while contributing to these developments, we also seek to benefit humanity through the research work undertaken, in keeping with the vision of our beloved Chancellor Amma.
All over the world, there are exciting developments in the field of nanotechnology. We welcome you to join our team and be a part of this revolutionary technology.
- Dr. Shanti Nair
Recent News and Events
July 28, 2010
IUSSTF funds joint center proposal of ACNS for Cell-Targeted Diagnostics and Therapy using Nanomaterials
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July 8-9, 2010
700 participants including faculty, students and government employed doctors attend Samayoga 2010 at School of Ayurveda
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June 22, 2010
Dr. R. Jayakumar receives Indo-Swiss Fellowship for research on advanced characterization of polymeric nanomaterials
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