Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is a national level biotechnological research laboratory in India. Also called CCMB it is a constituent unit of CSIR. The institute is situated Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is a national level biotechnological research laboratory in India. Also called CCMB it is a constituent unit of CSIR. The institute is situated Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The institute can be said one of the ace institutions that is devoted to the cause cellular and molecular biology. CCMB focusses on conducting utmost quality of research and training in the field of modern biology. The institute also provides state of the art technique for research.

At the times of establishment of this institute in the year 1977 it was a semi-autonomous institution. CCMB got the status of an institute in the year 1981-82.

As far as goals of the institute are concerned the institute carries out research in the different areas of biology and finds out its proper applications. In addition the institute also provides training in the advance areas of biology and it also offer training to the personnel of other institutions where adequate facilities for the training are not available. Due to its great scientific importance one can find latest news of CCMB very now and often. Once research is done, the institute finds opportunities to put this knowledge to the maximum use.

The CCMB offers services like molecular diagnosis, chromosomal diagnosis, genetic counseling and DNA fingerprinting.