Institutional Biology Central Facility (BCF) is functional with high end instruments like Automated Capillary Genetic Analyser, Real Time PCR system, MALDI-TTOF-TOF, Flowcytometer, Ultracentrifuge etc.  Other basic instruments required for day to day research activity have also been installed in the BCF. Complete list of equipments available in BCF is enclosed.

Establishment of a repository of microbial cultures has also been initiated.  Various microbial cultures available with different scientists and departments at CSIR-CIMAP are being collected and maintained. The repository is named as ‘CIMAP Microbial Culture Collection (CMCC)’.  At present around 200 distinct microbial cultures are available in the repository for the use of CSIR-CIMAP scientists.