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DPI (Dutch Polymer Institute)P.O. Box 9025600 AX EindhovenT +31 40 247 56 29www.polymers.nlRIVM (National Institute for Public Health andthe Environment)PO Box 13720 BA BilthovenThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)30-2749111www.rivm.nlNWO, Division for the Chemical SciencesDr Yvonne van der MeerTel. +31 (0)70 3440758www.nwo.nlGenomics Centres of ExcellenceKluyver Centre for Genomics of IndustrialFermentationManagement OfficeJulianalaan 672628 BC DelftThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)15 278 6990Fax: +31 (0)15 278 2355info@kluyvercentre.nlwww.kluyvercentre.nlCentre for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB)Leidenwww.csmb.nlThe Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG)Wageningenwww.biosystemsgenomics.nlThe Cancer Genomics Centre (Amsterdam)www.cancergenomics.nlmarket innovations. The development and applicationof innovative knowledge: that’s what we’re all about.DPI is a foundation funded by industry, universitiesand government set up to perform exploratory researchin the area of polymer materials. DPI operates at theinterface of universities and industry, linking thescientific skills of university research groups toindustrial need for innovation. DPI performs precompetitiveresearch projects to add value to thescientific community through scientific publicationsand to the industrial community through the creationof intellectual property. DPI provides an uniqueplatform for new technology awareness in whichparticipating industrial companies, commerciallycompetitors in the market place, communicate on apre-competitive basis to trigger innovation.RIVM’s activities focus mainly on carrying outresearch tasks commissioned by the Dutchgovernment, with statutory responsibilities in publichealth, nutrition and the environment. We alsocooperate with such international bodies as theEuropean Union and United Nations organisations,including WHO, FAO and UNEP. Reports on theseactivities can be accessed from Internet, either fromthis website or via links to other websites.Sixteen research organisations from twelve Europeancountries have joined forces inthe area of industrialbiotechnology. The network will be coordinated fromtheNWO (Netherlands Organisation for ScientificResearch) office in The Hague.The Kluyver Centre for Genomics of IndustrialFermentation is a consortium of Delft University ofTechnology, Wageningen University and ResearchCentre, Leiden University, Nijmegen University,Utrecht University, TNO, Wageningen Centre forFood Sciences, Agrotechnology and Food Innovationsand NIZO food research. It employs microbialgenomics to improve microorganisms for use inindustrial fermentation processes. Fermentation isused in the production, from renewable feedstocks, offood products and ingredients, beverages,pharmaceutical compounds, nutraceuticals, and fineand bulk chemicals. The research covers sixprogrammes: yeast fermentation, fungal fermentation,lactic acid fermentation, biocatalysis, genomics toolsincluding bioinformatics and society and genomics.The Centre for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB) is ajoint activity of Leiden University Medical Center,Leiden University, Free University Medical Centerand Free University Amsterdam, Erasmus MCRotterdam and TNO Leiden, aiming to applyinnovative multidisciplinary genomics andbioinformatics approaches to improve diagnosis,therapy and prevention of common and rare diseases.The Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG) isbeing established as a Centre of Excellence under theauspices of the Netherlands Genomics Initiative. Thenetwork of scientists now spans four universities, tworesearch institutes and fifteen industrial parties in theNetherlands.The mission of the Cancer Genomics Centre is toimprove diagnosis, therapy and cure rates for cancerpatients. Genomics offers new promising opportunitiesfor cancer research, with realistic expectations forLife Sciences in the Netherlands 16
Centre for Society and Genomics (Nijmegen)www.society-genomics.nlNetherlands Toxicogenomics Centre(Maastricht)www.toxicogenomics-centre.nlNetherlands Bioinformatics Centre (Nijmegen)www.nbic.nlThe Netherlands Proteomics Centre (NPC)(Utrecht)www.netherlandsproteomicscentre.nlBioPartner CentersBPC Amsterdamwww.asp.nlBPC GroningenSee: www.technopartner.nlBPC leidenwww.biopartnerleiden.nlBPC Maastrichtwww.bpcm.nlBPC UtrechtE-mail: g.vanstrien@holdings.uu.nlBPC Wageningenwww.biopartnerwageningen.nltherapy improvement in the coming decade. Forinstance, the genomics signature of the cancer and thatof the patient may serve in the near future as a basis onwhich to choose the most effective therapy for theindividual patient (‘personalized medicine’) toimprove cancer patients chances of recovery and theirquality of life.CSG’s mission is to be a leading centre forunderstanding and stimulating the interaction betweensociety and genomics, both nationally andinternationally.It is the mission of the Netherlands ToxicogenomicsCentre that the toxicogenomics approach should beused to take the unique opportunity of developinghighly predictive screens based on gene expression orprotein/metabolite fingerprints, to be used for in depthevaluation of chemical safety for human health,thereby replacing/reducing/refining animalexperiments, and improving the scientific basis ofchemical risk assessment.Foundation NBIC initiates and coordinates research,education and support activities to stimulate thedevelopment of the field of bioinformatics.Bioinformatics is a new discipline that combinesinformatics and mathematics with the life sciences. Itis closely related to genomics, which analyses genomeinformation. The genome governs the functioning andbiological processes of the organism. These studiesgenerate enormous amounts of data and information,and huge computer capacities are needed for furtherprocessing and analysis. Bioinformatics provides theknowledge, applications and analytical tools to handlegenomics data, and is crucial to achieve results in thelife sciences.The Netherlands Proteomics Centre (NPC) is astrategic collaboration of research groups from sixuniversities, three academic medical centres andseveral biotech companies.Initiated by the Municipality of Amsterdam, the Dutchorganization for Scientific Research (NWO), theRabobank and the University of Amsterdam (UvA),ASP was founded in 1989 to promote transfer ofknowledge from educational institutions to small andmedium-sized businesses.In April 2001 BioPartner Center Leiden was the firstBioPartner Center in The Netherlands to locate biotechstart-ups. It resides in the BioScience Park in Leiden.BioPartner Center Maastricht offers businessaccommodation to life sciences start-ups. Its mainmission is to increase the chance of success for LifeSciences start-ups. Through its three tissue incubatorsand GMP cell therapy clean rooms, the Center offers acomplete range of facilities from laboratory scale toGMP production for Life Sciences companies active inthe fields of cell therapy and cell culturing.The business incubator BioPartner Center Wageningenoffers a unique environment for life sciences start-ups,a place where facilities and knowledge can be shared.Life Sciences in the Netherlands 17
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