Media Release
Udupi, Feb 2: Manipal Centre for Biotherapeutics Research (MCBR) Annexe building was inaugurated by MAHE Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (Dr) M D Venkatesh and MAHE pro vice chancellor (Health Sciences) Dr M Venkatraya Prabhu on Tuesday February 1. MAHE vice chancellor said, "Manipal Centre for Biotherapeutics Research which comprises advanced research labs and state of the art GMP facilities has gained additional space by the inclusion of Annexe Building."
He further said, "I am glad to note that MCBR Annexe will provide additional lab, office and meeting space to the collaborating Pharma/Biopharma companies. I hope the centre will partner with industry and carry out innovative research and commerciable patents, products and processes. We are also extremely happy to welcome 'Suma Genomics Pvt Ltd' in the 1 st Fl of MCBR Annexe, and I hope that strategic collaboration between MCBR and Suma Genomics will be successful and mutually beneficial. Dr M Venkatraya Prabhu said, “we are delighted to inaugurate MCBR Annexe and host Suma Genomics. I wish the strategic collaboration between MCBR and Suma Genomics will lead to more industry-academia engagements at MAHE in the near future."
Suma Genomics is a faculty entrepreneurship of Dr Girisha Katta, professor and head of Medical Genetics at KMC, Manipal. The company was incubated at Manipal Universal Business Technology Incubator (MUTBI) and graduated successfully. Dr Girisha said, "Suma Genomics is providing testing services for rare disorders, cancers and precision medicine, and conducts cutting edge research in genomic technology. I am thankful to MAHE leadership for providing the opportunity to incubate our company at MUTBI and for providing new space at MCBR Annexe. We are looking forward to a mutually beneficial partnership in education and genomic technology field with MCBR."
Dr Raviraja N S, director Corporate Relations and coordinator, MCBR said “MCBR Annexe has enabled us to offer more space to our faculty, researchers and collaborators. Strategic collaboration with Suma Genomics is the first industry collaboration for MCBR. Some of the employees of Suma Genomics will be our guest faculty and PhD Scholars, and some of our M. Sc. (by research) in Biotherapeutics students will carry out internship projects at Suma Genomics. Collaborative research leading to high-quality publications and patents are envisioned.
Many University officials including Capt Belliappa, Col Prakash Chandra, Dr Shrihari Upadhyaya, Vittaldas Bhat, Jai Vittal, were present during the inauguration function.