Equipment

• 2-D DIGE technology for the separation and differential protein expression profiling
• 2-D Multi-fluorescence scanner (Typhoon)
• Automated protein digester
• Protein identification by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF)
• LC-electrospray mass spectrometry (Iontrap)
• Biosafety level 3 laboratory
• SPF animal facility
• Molecular biology equipment
• Cell culture laboratories
• Multiple peptide synthesis and analysis

Products and services

Reference activities:

• National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella
• National Reference Laboratory Activities for Avian, Human, Swine Influenza
• World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Measles Infections
• World Health Organisation European Reference Centre for Measles and Rubella

Development of reagents:

• Multiple peptides synthesis and analysis
• Monoclonal/polyclonal antibodies
• Recombinant proteins
• Production of viral antigen

Scientific services:

• Proteomics analysis, analysis of translational modifications of proteins.
• Analysis of synthetic peptides (mass spectrometry, high pressure liquid chromatography
• Maintenance of specific pathogen free mice

Major partnerships and collaborations

The department has various mainly academic collaborations all over the world.

Some of the company contacts are listed here:

• PAB Productions, Hebertshausen (DE): diagnostic strategies
• Biognosis, Jülich (DE): diagnostics
• Biomer, Krailling (DE): diagnostic strategies
• LDN, Nordhorn (DE): diagnostics
• NUNC, Roskilde (DK): diagnostic strategies
• M-Scan Ltd, Ascot (UK): MS analysis of peptides
• AC Biotech, Jülich (DE): diagnostic strategies
• Serum Insitute of India, Pune (IN): development of vaccine strategies
• SmithKline Beecham, Rixensart (BE): molecular biology of the MV H protein
• Erilab, Kuopio (FI): diagnostic test

Human resources

• 8 Researchers (Prof., ass. Prof., Post-docs, PhD)
• 12 Doctoral students and students
• 0 Engineers
• 8 Technicians
• 23 Other