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Based on the success of such models as the Institute for Systems
Biology (US), the
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany) and other
Centers of Excellence around the world, the Horváth
Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences represents a specialized
research focus in life sciences and biomedical applications.
The Laboratory is hosting visiting scientists from all over
the world, but especially from the newly joined Eastern European
countries for education and training purposes, also providing
temporary relief from their administrative and teaching obligations,
thereby allowing them to fully concentrate on their chosen
research plan. The Laboratory also serves as a transition
base for scientists returning from the US to the EU, especially
to the newly joined Eastern European countries. Typical fellowships
are awarded for individual projects lasting up to several
academic years. The average number of invited fellows staying
at the Institute at any given time is planned to be about
6-10 per year. We expect most of the research fellows to come
with a genomics, proteomics and/or metabolomics background to
study how novel bioseparation tools can be efficiently utilized
in biomedical and life sciences research. In this way the
coexistence of scholars from interdisciplinary fields will
be encouraged to greatly stimulate methodological enrichment.
In order to complement the ongoing scientific endeavors within
the Laboratory and to contribute to the scientific life of
Tirol, Austria, and the Central and Eastern European region
at large, highly recognized guest speakers, famous scholars,
and public personalities will be invited for lectures, workshops,
or for smaller symposiums. In addition, special thematic focus
groups and bioseparation science courses will also be organized
by the Laboratory.
The activities of Laboratory are financed by international
funding, including contributions from the European Commission
(EU), local (TILAK) and federal governments of individual
Central and Eastern European countries and from private enterprise.
This enables the Laboratory to strengthen its bioseparation
science expertise, to get the necessary equipment, to be able
to focus on the fields of life sciences and to create an optimally
balanced multidisciplinary research group.
Legally, the Horváth Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences
is part of the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry
of University of Innsbruck, but also recognized by the Austrian
government as an International Organization to facilitate
temporary stay of the invited research and postdoctoral fellows.
The chairman of the Board of Directors is Prof. Roland Staudinger
(I-med CEO), and the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board
is Prof. Barry L. Karger (Director, Barnett Institute, Boston,
USA). Professor András Guttmen serves as head of the
Laboratory and several principal investigators assist him
in HPLC and chromatographic methods, in CE and related microanalytical
methods and in proteomics-based biomarker discovery.
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