CellPROM Consortium

Europe has an excellent background in nano-, microsystem- and biotechnology in many countries, but in order to maximise the overall impact it needs to strengthen and reinforce that excellence by focusing on specific goals well into reach to be carried out in a 4-year project but showing future perspectives for continued technical development for the rapidly growing biotechnology market.  Complementary specialist groups from all over Europe come together to share their different expertise and results in various areas of nano(bio)technology: material science, biology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, manufacturing technology, cell handling and clinical testing. Each of the partners has specific knowledge in his field and internationally recognised expertise. The collaboration in the CellPROM project, based on the complementarity principle, will lead to long-lasting co-operations between the partners. 

The universities of Lausanne (Switzerland), Barcelona (Spain), Saarbruecken (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Kaiserslautern (Germany), Pavia (Italy), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Tel-Aviv (Israel) and Vilnius (Lithuania) form the scientific backbone of the consortium. The non-profit research institutes of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany), Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Institute of Experimental Biology and Technology (Portugal), Institute Pasteur (France), Institute of Analytical Sciences, Institute for New Materials, Georg-Speyer-Haus and Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (all Germany) with their expertise in applied research bridge the gap between basic research towards technical development. The companies Evotec Technologies (Germany), Leister Process Technologies (Switzerland), GeSIM (Germany), Sysmelec (Switzerland), Eurogentec (Belgium), Silex (Sweden), Surface Imaging Systems and AMO (both Germany) with their product portfolio in the nano-, micro- and bio-technology field stand for competitive developments in line with market requirements. The start-ups EURICE and tp21 (both Germany) bring in their expertise in project administration, knowledge dissemination and training, since management is an issue for Integrated Projects of this size, educational perspectives are applied on a European scale, and new skills and expertise are expected to be created in Europe.

Co-ordinator

Partner Institutions

	ISAS Institute for Analytical Sciences Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11 44139 Dortmund, Germany		L'Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Center of Micro-Nano-Technology (CMI) 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
	University Barcelona, Centre for Research in Nanobioengineering Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 585 08007 Barcelona, Spain		Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET) Av. República- E.A.N. Qta. Do Marquês 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
	Royal Institute of Technology Albanova Roslagstullsbacken 21 10691 Stockholm, Sweden		Universitaet des Saarlandes 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
	Institut fuer Neue Materialien Im Stadtwald 43A 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany		EVOTEC Technologies GmbH Schnackenburgalle 114 22525 Hamburg, Germany
	Universitaet Kaiserslautern Department of Physics Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 56 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany		University of Vienna Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics Althanstr.14 1090 Vienna, Austria
	European Research and Project Office GmbH Stuhlsatzenhausweg, 69 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany		Sysmelec Technical Department Route de Berne 5 2076 Gals, Switzerland
	Eurogentec Parc scientifique du Sart Tilman 4102 Seraing, Belgium		Silex Microsystems AB Isafjordsgatan 22, Electrum 222 16440 Kista, Sweden
	Leister Process Technologies Schwarzenbergstrasse 10-12 6056 Kaegiswil, Switzerland		Georg-Speyer-Haus Institute for Biomedical Research Paul-Ehrlich-Str.42-44 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	tp21 GmbH, Your technology partner for the 21 century Tuerkenstrasse 4 66111 Saarbruecken, Germany		Surface Imaging Systems (S.I.S.) Kaiserstrasse 100 52134 Herzogenrath, Germany
	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 37077 Goettingen, Germany
	Gesellschaft für Silizium-Mikrosystems GmbH (GeSiM) Bautzner Landstraße 54 01454 Großerkmannsdorf, Germany
	University of Pavia Dipartimento di Biochimica Sezione di Scienze Via Bassi,21 27100 Pavia, Italy		Institut Pasteur Biologie des Regulations Immunitaires Rue du Docteur Roux,25 75724 Paris, France
	University of Ljubljana, Biophysik Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine Lipiceva 2 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia		Tel Aviv University University Research Institute for Nano Science and Nano Technology & The Sackler School of Medicine Ramal-Aviv 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel
	AMO Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mikro- und Optoelektronik GmbH Huyskensweg 25 52074 Aachen, Germany		University Vilnius Faculty of Chemistry, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Naugarduko 24 2006 Vilnius, Lithuania