Biotechnologisch-Biomedizinisches Zentrum (BBZ) of the University of Leipzig
Address
Deutscher Platz 5
04103 Leipzig
Phone +49 341 97-31300
Fax +49 341 97-311-31300
Short description
The BBZ pools the expertise of the research groups working in the field of biotechnology and biomedicine at the University of Leipzig. Thanks to these synergies, the Biotechnology-Biomedicine Centre is competitive in the national and international life science sector.
The Biotechnology-Biomedicine Centre is a central scientific institution of the University of Leipzig and reports directly to the Rectorate. The centre is located in the BIO CITY LEIPZIG, which was founded in 2003 as part of the Free State of Saxony's biotechnology offensive. Science and industry work together here under one roof. Together with other scientific institutions such as the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, the BBZ forms a science campus on the site of the former Old Trade Fair Centre.
Tasks
1) The BBZ promotes research and development in the fields of biotechnology and biomedicine as well as related disciplines.
2) The BBZ promotes cooperation with private industry and non-university research institutions. It strives to bundle and coordinate relevant activities in the region, to offer its expertise to a broad circle of users and to support start-ups in this field.
3) The curricular teaching tasks are carried out within the faculties involved in the BBZ, to which the members of the BBZ belong.
New courses of study, further education and advanced training courses are to be initiated.
Guiding principles and goals of the BBZ
Cooperation and the joint use of resources form an important basis for implementing the goals of the BBZ:
⦁ Consolidation and expansion of the high quality of research, innovation and training.
⦁ Expansion of the biotechnology network as an incubator for innovation and technology transfer in product and application development.
⦁ New research approaches for future collaborative applications in an interdisciplinary environment.
Continuous further development and specialisation in micro- & nanosystems technology and biomaterial sciences should enable new, individual diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in the future. With these, customised biotechnological and biomedical applications for health & environmental technology, nutritional medicine and the bioeconomy are envisaged.
Contact / Marketing
Public Relations and Event Management
Antje Ferrier
Deutscher Platz 5, room 1.507
04103 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 97-31306
Fax: +49 341 97-311-31300