Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
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| Founded | 1999 |
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| Headquarters | Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 1030 Vienna Austria |
| Website | http://www.imba.oeaw.ac.at/ |
The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) is an independent research organisation founded as a joint initiative of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the company Boehringer Ingelheim an international pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Germany. IMBA operates in close collaboration with the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Boehringer's basic research center both located next to each other at the Campus Vienna Biocenter (VBC).
IMBA’s vision is to understand the fundamental molecular mechanism in molecular biological processes and currently focus in cell biology, RNA interference, and epigenetics research performed by independent research groups. The topics actually addressed at the institute are:
IMBA services are shared with the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) offer a state-of-the-art infrastructure for scientists who are dedicated to making a difference in biological molecular research. Services offered comprise the Bioinformatics department for sequence analysis, scientific data mining with hardware and software infrastructure. The BioOptics facility offers analytical flow cytometry, cell sorting and microscopy. The Genomics department, for DNA microarray services and next-generation sequencing devices. There is a protein chemistry department for mass spectrometry experiments. The Max Perutz Library provides information service for all literature needs. An animal house helps managing mice colonies, and other facilities include the service department, the workshop, and an art department.
The Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center (VDRC) is located at IMBA, and is available to researchers worldwide. It collects an RNAi library with above 22,000 Drosophila strains. The animal facility supervises care of mice and hosts the Austrian Network for Functional Mouse Genomics which focus on transgenic mouse technologies.
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