Technology platforms and special expertise

In addition to the Institute's Core Facilities, the department of Molecular Biology has also developed key technical expertise in the following areas:

• High-throughput RNA interference


• BSL3 screening facility


• Lentiviral transfections / shRNA


• Primary culture models

Public collaborative projects

• RIGHT
  RNA Interference Technology as Human Therapeutic Tool


• INCA
  Research on the role of chronic infections in the development of Cancer


• SIROCCO
  Silencing RNAs: organisers and coordinators of complexity in eukaryotic organisms


• SIMAP
  Simulation modelling of the MAP kinase pathway


• EIMID
  European Initiative for basic research in microbiology and infectious diseases Marie Curie Host Fellowship (ITN) in FP6


• NoE EPG
  Network of Excellence EUROPATHOGENOMICS
  EPG is a network of excellence (NoE "EPG") for functional genomics of bacterial pathogens funded under the 6th framework programme.


• RNAi-Net
  A global RNAi approach to unravel eukaryotic host functions that modulate bacterial infections


• RNAi-Net 2
  Functional genomics of host-pathogen interactions using high-throughput screenings: a novel approach towards identifying therapeutic/prophylactic targets


• ECIBUG
  European Initiative to Fight Chlamydial Infections by Unbiased Genomics


• UOC arrays
  Cell Arrays with Ultraphobic Surfaces as Tools for Efficient High Throughput Screening


• SFB633


• FuGID
  Functional Genomics in Infectious Disease

Industry collaborations

• GenData


• Microdiscovery


• Qiagen