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The Institute For Applied Microbiology

• University for Agricultural Sciences, Vienna

Competence in Life Science
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Serving Society in Many Ways

• Research and Development
• Higher Education
• Industrial Cooperation
• National and International Activities
• An Open Door for Visitors

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Our Main Areas of Research

• Medical Biotechnology
• Plant Biotechnology
• Environmental Biotechnology

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Staff

an average of 120 to 130 persons working on the
premises of the IAM
Polymun Scientific
16 associate assistant professors 10 techical
staff 2 administrative staff
9 Senior Scientists / Academic 3 PhD 8 Technical
/ Administrative
University Industry / Research Grants
25 diploma thesis
30 PhD 10 Senior Scientists 10 techical staff
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Funding

a total budget of 4 million ECU in 2000
2.0 million ECU industrial contracts 1.4
million ECU EU grants 0.4 million ECU national
research grants 0.2 million ECU university budget

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Integrating Methods
From Basic Research to Products
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Integrating Methods
Applying our Methodological Repertoire to
Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cell Factory

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Organization

Working Group 2 (methodological)
Project Team
Working Group 1 (methodological)

• Methodological Working Groups
• Project Teams

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Working Groups Red Cells

• Cell Immortalization and Cell Communication
• Cellbiology and Flow Cytometry
• Animal Cell Culture
• Animal Cell Culture Fermentation
• Insect Cell Culture
• Molecular Virology

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Working Groups Microbial Expression Systems

• Strain Improvment and Metabolic Engineering
• Microbial Fermentation

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Working Groups Biopharmaceutical Technology

• Downstream Processing
• Protein Chemistry and Analytics
• Immuno chemistry and Analytics
• Liposomal Drug Delivery
• Bioprocessing and Large Scale Fermentation

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Working Groups Green Biotechnology

• Mycology and Soil Microbiology
• Environmental Biotechnology
• Plant Biotechnology

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Facilites

• 6000 square meter of laboratories and facilities
  
• Safety Level 3 Laboratories
• GMP Biopilot Plant
• Research Green House
• Animal Facilites
• Radiation Hazard Laboratory

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Building Layout
6 5 4 3 2 1 T G B
Plant Biotechnology - Green Houses

Adminisration
Seminar Rooms
Molecular Biology - Genetic Engineering Insect
Cells
Ánimal Cell Culture
Downstream Processing
Analytics
Microbial Fermentation
Environmental Biotechnology
Student Laboratories
HVAC and Support Systems
Auditorium Entrance
Pilot Plant
L 3 Lab
Radiation Hazard Lab
Animal Facilities
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Equipment

• Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter
• Confocal Microscope
• HPLC, FPLC
• Microtiter Readers and Robots
• Biacore
• Electrophoresis
• Peptide Synthesis
• Microbial Fermentation
• Animal Cell Fermentation
• Scanner Image Analyzer
• Plant Growth Chambers

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Product Development Highlights

• Viral Vaccines
• Passive Immunization Strategies for HIV
• Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
• Liposomal Drug Delivery Systems
• Molecular Biology Tools

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Product Development Highlights

• Industrial Biopharmaceutical Production
  Processes
• Bioreactor Systems
• Downstream Processing Equipment
• Virus Resistant Apricot Trees
• Waste Water and Waste Treatment Processes

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Advanced Studies / Specialized Lectures

• Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Expresssion Systems
• Metabolic Engineering
• Protein Engineering
• Immunology
• General and Medical Virology
• Animal Cell Culture
• Vaccines and Antigenes
• Mycology
• Plant Biotechnology
• Large Scale Bioprocessing
• Biosafety
• Environmental Biotechnology

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Industrial and Academic Partners

• Polymun Scientific
• Agilent
• Applicon
• Aventis
• Baxter
• Biochemie Kundl
• Boehringer Ingelheim, Austria

• ISE
• Novartis
• Octapharma
• ÖMV
• Pharmacia
• Rehau
• Semperit

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