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| NAME | ABOUT | RESEARCH GROUPES | GermanyBielefeld Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec)Bielefeld University Chairman of the BoardProf. Dr. A. PühlerUniversität Bielefeld
Centrum für Biotechnologie - CeBiTec
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld Germany | Since
the summer of 2007 the CeBiTec resides in a new laboratory building on
the campus of Bielefeld University. The building offers laboratories
for the Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, in particular for the Technology Platform Genomics and for experimental student courses. Furthermore, the Chair of Genome Research resides in the building. Also the Institute for Biophysics and Nanosciences
runs specific laboratories. Moreover, the building provides offices for
bioinformatics groups and for the CeBiTec administration. | The
CeBiTec is a central scientific institution at Bielefeld University
dedicated to interdisciplinary research in life sciences. It is a place
to encourage and support the creation of innovative projects that cross
discipline boundaries. For this purpose it consolidates research
activities in the fields of biotechnology, molecular biology, genome
research, systems biology, biochemistry, nano- and biophysics, as well
as bioinformatics and computer science. |
RESEARCH GROUPES | 1:Institute for Bioinformatics (IfB)Mission:The
Institute for Bioinformatics is a forum for communication and joint
research in Bioinformatics and Biomathematics at Bielefeld University.
The main tasks of the institute are the coordination of
interdisciplinary research projects, the organisation of workshops and
seminars, and the presentation of the activities and results of the
involved research groups. 2: Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology (IGS)Mission:The
Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology is a platform
dedicated to support the development and implementation of joint
research projects at the Center for Biotechnology. The main objectives
of the Institute are the coordination of interdisciplinary research
projects, the organisation of workshops and seminars, and the
presentation of activities and results of the research groups involved. 3:Bielefeld Institute for Biophysics and Nanoscience (BINAS)The
Bielefeld Institute for Biophysics ans Nanoscience (BINAS) was founded
in 2004 to centralize the activities of the Bielefeld University in the
areas of Nanoscience and Biophysics. Nanoscience and Biophysics belong
to modern research areas relevant for information technology,
biomedical optics and physical engeneering, all critically relying on
the fruitful cooperation between different classical disciplins.Therefore,
successful work of BINAS bases upon a close interdisciplinary
collaboration between scientists from the Faculties of Physics,
Biology, Chemistry, and Technology of Bielefeld University. 4:Institute of Biochemistry and Bioengineering (BioChemTech) Biochemistry
as one of the central disciplines of modern life sciences focuses on a
detailed understanding of biological processes at the molecular level,
while biotechnology aims at the application of biological processes on
a technical level with numerous benefits for medical sciences,
medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical production and other therapeutic
issues like stem cell therapy. This is intimately connected both with
biochemical research and biochemical engineering.Biochemical research
at BioChemTech of the CeBiTec includes scientific projects from the
center of biochemistry, e.g. on structure and function of proteins
(with special emphasis on membrane proteins), lipids (membrane
trafficking and fusion) and carbohydrates (heparan sulfate
proteoglycans as regulators of signal transduction). Furthermore,
biophysical chemistry, structural biochemistry, chemical biology and
mass spectrometry introduce technological platforms to the BioChemTech.
The activities in the area of biotechnology at BioChemTech comprise
molecular, cellular, and bioprocess engineering - in particular,
genetic engineering of recombinant proteins and plasmid DNA for
medicalpurposes, including bioprocess development, large-scale
production, downstream processing, and biocatalysis. |
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