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Recent political and economic developments in the Central
European region, especially the joining of the majority of
Eastern European countries to the European Community have
set a very favorable time to establish the Horváth
Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences. The Laboratory is an
international institution, a meeting and studying place for
research fellows from East and West, North and South, Europe
and the US. It established links and close collaborations
with other center of excellence type institutions around the
world. Due to its multidisciplinary character and flexible
structure, the Laboratory is ideally suited for initiating
interdisciplinary programs with separation science emphasis
in postgenomic, proteomic and metabolomic endeavors. It retains
its unique focus as Center of Excellence in Bioseparation
Sciences, jointly funded by the European Commission and local
government grants as well as private foundations. In order
to complement its resources, to strengthen its autonomy through
diversification, and to meet the challenges of real-life problems,
the Laboratory will seek to establish contacts with market
players and address problems that are of high fundamental interest
as well as of practical importance. In addition the Horváth
Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences is further developing
its capability to attract major research grants by combining
basic academic research with focused, goal-oriented pharma
projects such as biomarker and drug discovery that will provide
scientific autonomy but also serve the needs of the society
at large.
The Horváth Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences is
also playing an important role in Central and Eastern
European, as well as, Austrian academic life. Continuous
effort are made to further develop, foster, and expand the
wide range of existing contacts to participate in the training
of young researchers from the newly joined Eastern European
countries and for researchers willing to return to the EU
from the US. For the most efficient use of available resources,
the research programs at the first academic year are built
around the central themes of the role of bioseparation sciences
particularly utilized in the postgenomic, proteomic and metabolomic
fields in special emphasis on biomarker discovery.
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