Thematic Area Life and Health
On this page, we bring together the diverse expertise of Bonn scientists in the field of life and health who work at the interface of research and teaching. We present joint research projects funded by renowned institutions such as the DFG and the BMBF, as well as the comprehensive infrastructure available for innovative research. In addition, we provide information about joint education programs in BORA that aim to train the next generation of scientists in the field of life and health.
As one of eleven German Universities of Excellence, the University of Bonn is one of the strongest research universities in Europe. It is known for its internationally networked top-level research, which is based on a collaborative, innovative and international research culture.
Joint research projects (funded by the DFG, BMBF, NRW) and collaboration with one or more BORA members since 2018 on the topic of life and health are presented here.
Joint Research Projects
ImmunoSensation2 is a Cluster of Excellence funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). We are dedicated to the study of innate immunity beyond the boundaries of classical immunology. We adress the immune system as a sensory organ for health, which we term the immune sensory system. We are immunologists, neurobiologists, systems biologists, biochemists, biophysicists and mathematicians from the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn and the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) of the Helmholtz Association.
Founded in 2012, ImmunoSensation2 is currently in its eleventh year of funding. We continue to pursue our mission of innovative science in immunology. Further, we link immunology to other systems, such as the metabolic system and the nervous system. Ultimately, we want to better understand the intimate connection between the immune sensory system and human health and disease.
BORA cooperation partner
German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Contact
Cluster Coordination Office
ImmunoSensation Cluster of Excellence
Dr. Catherine Drescher (Managing Director)
University of Bonn
University Hospital Bonn
Venusberg - Campus 1
D-53127 Bonn
Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Eicke Latz
Institut für Angeborene Immunität
Venusberg-Campus 1
53127 Bonn
Summary
Evolutionary constraints have selected humans for sensitive and effective anti-microbial immune responses, energy efficiency and storage, and elevation of blood glucose levels during inactivity or infection. These traits provided increased fitness in times in which constant pathogenic threats and periods of starvation were common. The human environment in the developed world, however, has drastically changed. While infectious triggers of the immune system have diminished, non-infectious immune and metabolic triggers from Western-type diets, man-made bioactive substances, pollution, or smoking, now pose a significant risk to human health. The overabundance of food paired with sedentary behaviours has, furthermore, led to an unprecedented increase in positive energy balance. Therefore, the evolutionarily favoured immune and metabolic adaptations have become a liability for modern humans. Immunometabolic diseases, including obesity, type II diabetes, cancer, asthma, and neurodegeneration, are on the rise, and some of these diseases have reached epidemic proportions. Research in the last decades has revealed that the immune and metabolic systems respond to a modern lifestyle with chronic, low-grade inflammation, which is called metaflammation, and is causally linked to the development of many non-communicable diseases (NCD). The CRC brings together the transdisciplinary expertise from three faculties of the University of Bonn (Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Philosophy), the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, the Max-Planck-Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne, and the Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology to collaboratively address the unmet need to understand the mechanisms leading to metaflammation and to translate these findings into novel therapeutic and preventative strategies. The CRC aims to i. study how the triggers associated with a Western lifestyle lead to immune cell programming and cause metaflammation, ii. investigate the crosstalk between reprogrammed immune cells and the inflamed tissues, iii. address the role of specific pathways activated in metaflammation for disease pathogenesis, iv. perform bi-directional translational research between murine and human studies by investigating the discovered mechanisms in patient populations as well as in the longitudinal population ‘Rhineland Study’. A particular strength of the CRC is a systems immunology approach that uses unbiased multi-omics investigations combined with sophisticated bioinformatics analyses to decipher the causes and consequences of metaflammation. This work will provide a more holistic understanding of how metaflammation and cellular programming trigger the development of organ pathology and dysfunction and will reveal new targets for pharmacological intervention and generate the necessary evidence to foster the initiation of effective preventative strategies.
Participating Institutions
- German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn
- Max Planck Institut für Stoffwechselforschung, Köln
- Technische Universität Braunschweig
Term
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024 (1. Funding Period)
Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck
Laboratory for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research
Department of Epileptology
Life & Brain Center
Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25
53127 Bonn
Summary
The overarching goal of the CRC is to understand how behavior is generated by coordinated activity of neuronal circuits, and how this is disrupted in neurological disorders. The past decade has seen significant advances in this field, with the refinement of techniques for measuring and manipulating the activity of large populations of neurons in behaving animals, as well as the ability to quantify behavior in novel, extremely precise ways. This has allowed to formulate and test new hypotheses about how neuronal activity represents features of the outside world, how neuronal circuits integrate environmental information with internal states, and how this leads to goal-directed behavior.Notably, even simple behaviors rely on the orchestrated performance of neuronal circuits spanning multiple brain regions. The CRC will, therefore, leverage the critical mass of projects designed to investigate different brain areas for the examination of extended neuronal systems spanning multiple brain regions. We will focus on how these systems work together and how neuromodulation, which we consider to be a key factor in mediating state-dependent modulation in multiple brain regions, contributes to behaviorally relevant circuit activity. These approaches lead to the acquisition of rich behavioral and cellular data, which have to be integrated into a theoretical framework that allows us to rigorously link behavior to neuronal activity patterns. The CRC will mount a coordinated effort to develop methods for the precise observation of behavior and identification of behavioral syntax. Moreover, both within individual projects and within the central project, the CRC will implement a range of mathematical and theoretical methods that link neuronal activity to behavioral features. Finally, the CRC will use novel behavioral opto-tagging and imaging approaches combined with transcriptomic/connectomic approaches to obtain more precise, cellular, and synapse-level connectivity data from neurons identified as behavior-related in vivo.We will continue to apply these interdisciplinary approaches to the study of CNS disorders, most notably epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. We are convinced that understanding the basis of disease-related phenotypes across scales, down to the level of single neurons, is crucial to gaining a true understanding of neurological diseases and developing novel treatments.
Participating Institutions:
- Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB), Bonn
- German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn
- Weizmann-Institut für Wissenschaften, Israel
- University of Cologne
Term
01.10.2013 - 30.06.2025 (3. Funding Period)
Spokesperson of the University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Klein
Institute of Computer Science II
Endenicher Allee 19a
53113 Bonn
Summary
In this project, researchers from computer science, media science, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and psychotherapy are establishing a new, interdisciplinary research profile for in-virtuo research. In-virtuo experiments in which people interact with virtual environments will enable decisive breakthroughs in experimental research. An essential component is the systematic opening of access to the “Visual Computing Incubator” at the University of Bonn, a unique European hardware for the acquisition and creation of digital twins. This hardware will be used in the project to further develop methods for setting up virtual research environments and make them easier to use for other disciplines.
Term
1.11.2023 - 31.10.2026
Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Genscherallee 3
D-53113 Bonn
Summary
The Forschungskolleg “One Health and Urban Transformation – identifying risks, developing sustainable solutions” was launched in July 2016 and will investigate the various dimensions and transformations of the urban systems and their impact on human, animal and environmental health. The historical development and current challenges of North Rhine-Westphalia with a particular focus on the RuhrMetropolis (Germany), will be contrasted with three urban metropolitan areas: São Paulo (Brazil), Accra (Ghana) and Ahmedabad (India).
The ‘One Health’ concept adopts an integrative perspective of health, recognizing the intrinsic interconnections between human, animal and environmental health. Consequently, the environmental, social and economic systems interact with and shape One Health. Investigating these interactions in the context of urban transformation forms the basis for developing sustainable solutions that maximize synergetic effects, minimize trade-offs and mitigate health risks.
The NRW Forschungskolleg “One Health” is jointly operated by the Center for Development Research (ZEF), the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) of the University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS) and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) Bonn, in collaboration with the Department of Geography (University Bonn), the Medical Faculty (University Bonn) and the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health. Additionally, the Forschungskolleg collaborates with research and implementation oriented partners in each of the four research areas.
Participating Institutions
- United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
- University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS), International Center for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
- Department of Geography, University Bonn
- Agricultural Faculty, University Bonn
- Medical Faculty, University Bonn
- Institute for Hygiene and Public Health (IHPH)
- Emscher Genossenschaft
- Ruhr-Verband
- Ahmedabad, India: Indian Institute of Public Health-Gandhinagar (IIPH-G)
- Accra, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University Ghana
- São Paulo, Brazil: University São Paulo (USP)
Duration
2015-2024
NRW Networks 2021: "iBehave: Algorithms of Adaptive Behavior and their Neuronal Implementation in Health and Disease"
The North Rhine-Westphalian state government is supporting five outstanding research networks in pioneering research fields with a total of 81.2 million euros. Among them is "iBehave" under the leadership of the University of Bonn, which is being funded with around 20 million euros.
Humans and animals live in a constantly changing environment. The ability to flexibly adapt behavior to changing demands is critical for all organisms to thrive and survive. Consequently, humans and animals have evolved the ability to make decisions that weigh benefits and costs based on expectations. Difficulties in making such decisions and in implementing them through adaptive motor control are central features of many neurological diseases, yet the underlying processes in the brain are poorly understood. In iBehave, researchers are collaborating across disciplines and species to study survival-related behaviors and their underlying neural networks.
"We want to use computer science and artificial intelligence to better understand how the brain controls behaviors such as decision-making," says Prof. Grunwald Kadow, who is also a member of the Transdisciplinary Research Area "Life and Health" at the University of Bonn. In the next step, the researchers want to transfer their findings to the diagnosis and prediction of neurological diseases in humans. In the medium term, iBehave researchers want to take their technologies and findings out of the lab and into the clinic. "We are convinced that our methods of analyzing behavior and brain activity could represent or bring about a paradigm shift in diagnosis and therapy."
The aim of the funding program is to sustainably strengthen existing topic-related and cross-location research networks of universities, universities of applied sciences and non-university research institutes, to expand them and to increase their visibility and international competitiveness. The support is scheduled to run for four years from August 2022.
Participating Institutions
- University of Cologne
- German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
- Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB)
- Technische Hochschule Aachen
Duration
2022-2026
Press Release [March 31, 2022].
Website iBehave.
Several German research centers, universities and university hospitals want to use artificial intelligence (AI) to jointly evaluate decentralized data on COVID-19. Their approach is based on "swarm learning", a new type of AI technology that makes it possible to analyze distributed data sets while fully complying with data protection requirements. The DZNE is coordinating the three-year research project. The Volkswagen Foundation is funding it with five million euros. Experts from the field of scientific ethics will accompany the project. The aim of the initiative is to pave the way for an international research network and infrastructure to better respond to pandemics. The University of Bonn is involved in the project.
Members of the research consortium
Prof. Dr. Joachim Schultze, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and University of Bonn, speaker of the consortium
Prof. Dr. Marylyn Addo, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Prof. Dr. Alena Buyx, Technical University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Susanne Herold, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg
Prof. Dr. Florian Klein, University Hospital Cologne
Prof. Dr. Percy Knolle, Technical University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Leif Erik Sander, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, co-speaker of the consortium
Prof. Dr. Martina Sester, Saarland University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Fabian Theis, Helmholtz Munich
Prof. Dr. Birgit Sawitzki, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Bonn's scientific landscape has a strong research infrastructure in various specialist and subject areas. Many of these have been developed in cooperation or are accessible to external parties. These infrastructures in the fields of life and health sciences are collected here and listed by type.
Research Infrastructure
- Bonn Technology Campus (BTC)(University of Bonn)
External use is provided for in the regulations for use [German]. - LIMES Technical Platforms (University of Bonn)
Superresolution light microscopy facility, Genetic engineering facility, Mass spectrometry, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Life Cell Imaging, PRECISE Platform foR SinglE Cell GenomIcS and Epigenomics, Aptamer development platform at CARD - Electron Microscopy Analysis (MPINB)
The electron microscopy facility at caesar provides resources, technology and expertise for studying the ultrastructure of cryo-immobilized and chemically fixed biological samples as well as the analysis of material science samples. We provide electron microscopy analysis as a service. - Core facility for genetic engineering (MPINB)
Our facility is dedicated to provide research groups within the institute with state of the art molecular biology services to facilitate their specific research projects, e.g. DNA/RNA isolation/preparation/ analysis & detection, custom cloning, genotyping, protein detection, protein expression and labelling, design, production and characterization of stable cell lines, viruses and more. - Mechanical Production (MPINB)
The institute has a precision mechanical and electronic workshop. We offer the production of mechanical components up to a footprint of 400 x 300 mm², in small to medium series size (up to 100 components). - Brain Bank (DZNE, in cooperation with university partners)
The DZNE, in cooperation with university partners, is establishing the DZNE Brain Bank, in which biomaterial from the brain, spinal cord and other organs of deceased donors are examined, collected, stored and made available for research projects. - Clinical Research Platform – CRP (DZNE in cooperation with the University of Bonn)
Within the clinical research of the DZNE, the CRP provides an organizational framework for the planning, execution and evaluation of clinical trials as well as the collection of all data and biobanking under standardized conditions. The CRP comprises the areas of project management, data management, trial design and statistics, central contact management, clinical research biorepository, quality assurance and quality management. - Image and Data Analysis Facility (IDAF) (DZNE)
The Image and Data Analysis Facility (IDAF) provides service and support for all issues related to image analysis, data processing and statistics.
External use is provided for in the general terms of use. - Laboratory Automation Technologies (LAT) (DZNE)
The LAT has established a state-of-the-art automated screening platform consisting of more than thirty different instruments under cleanroom (ISO-5) containment level. The platform can be used for fully automated multi parametric image-based assay and all types of common biochemical and homogenous cellular assay approaches.
External use is provided for in the general terms of use. - Light Microscope Facility (LMF) (DZNE)
The Light Microscope Facility (LMF) runs and maintains up to date equipment based on light microscopes. The LMF operates on a cost recovery basis were systems as well as technical support can be booked.
External use is provided for in the general terms of use. - SAMRI - Small Animal MRI Facility (DZNE)
Small animal MRI Facility - SAMRI is the platform for non-invasive in vivo imaging of rodents and data processing. SAMRI facility provides sequences for anatomical, functional and metabolic imaging (MRI/MRS) and fluorescent and bioluminescent imaging technologies for applications in basic and applied neurosciences, preclinical and drug discovery studies.
External use is provided for in the general terms of use.
- NFDI4Health – National Research Data Infrastructure for Personal Health Data (Fraunhofer SCAI & University of Bonn)
The overall goal of NFDI4Health is to best support the clinical and epidemiological research community in sharing their data with the user community in accordance with privacy regulations and ethical principles, and to create new opportunities for data analysis within the Nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) in the interest of improving population health. - NFDI4Immuno - National Research Data Infrastructure for Immunology (University of Bonn)
We aim to build an open infrastructure for FAIR research data management (RDM) for and with the German immunological community. Our vision is a network of federated repositories for all data describing the state of the immune system together with tools and services that will facilitate integrated data analyses across these repositories.
Scientific collections in museums II
- Horst-Stoeckel Museum of the History of Anesthesiology
- Dental History Collection/ Gustav-Korkhaus Collection on the History of Dentistry
- West German Genome Center (University of Bonn, DZNE)
The West German Genome Center is one of four national Next Generation Sequencing Competence Centers. We are a network of institutes west of the 7.1 E meridian who joined forces and expertise to advance NGS technologies and applications. - NeurotechEU, the European University of Brain and Technology (University of Bonn)
NeurotechEU, the European University of Brain and Technology, changed includes universities from nine countries. by building a trans-European network of excellence in brain research and technologies NeurotechEU increases the competitiveness of European education, research, economy, and society.
TRA Life and Health
The six Transdisciplinary Research Areas (TRAs) at the University of Bonn offer spaces for innovation in research and teaching. Life exists in complex structures, from the smallest molecules that interact with each other to the interplay of various organisms in ecological systems. Understanding the complexity of life is therefore one of the most fascinating research topics. If researchers decipher the mechanisms underlying life, this will provide the basis for a better understanding of diseases and the development of new therapies.
The University of Bonn and the members of BORA cooperate in teaching through joint professorships and in-depth courses. The cooperation is particularly multifaceted in the qualification of young scientists. In the field of life and health, there are seven doctoral programs and three Master's programs.
Education Programs
BIGS Neuroscience offers a structured 3-year PhD in a top-level, internationally competitive program. The school takes an interdisciplinary approach to this rapidly developing field, focused on understanding the molecular and cellular processes underlying complex behavior as well as studying disorders of the central nervous system to discover their mechanisms and develop new treatments. The program provides access to the Bonn Neuroscience community working on topics ranging from molecular and cellular neurobiology, behaviour, computational neuroscience to psychology. Students can use advanced technology platforms and core facilities. Our affiliated scientists come from the Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Arts of the University of Bonn, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases within the Helmholtz Association (DZNE), and the Max Planck Society’s Caesar Research Institute.
Involved BORA Institutions
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Helmholtz Association
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB)
IMPRS for Brain and Behavior is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB), the University of Bonn, and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn, Germany. The program aims to recruit outstanding doctoral students and immerse them in a stimulating environment that provides novel technologies to elucidate the function of brain circuits from molecules to animal behavior.
One of the central questions of biology is how brain circuitry enables animals to make sense of their environment by integrating relevant sensory signals to generate appropriate behaviors. Establishing the link between brain circuits and behavior is known as ‘neuroethology’, which aims to understand how the collective activity of the vast numbers of interconnected neurons in the brain gives rise to the diversity of animal behaviors. To gain a full understanding of brain circuitry underlying a specific behavior requires the combination of research approaches focusing on different levels of detail - ranging from the anatomical reconstruction of neural circuits to the quantitative behavioral analysis of freely moving animals and natural behavior. The IMPRS for Brain and Behavior is unique and distinguishes itself from other graduate schools in the field of neuroscience by focusing its efforts on providing theoretical and methodological training in neuroethology and modern neuroscience methods.
Involved BORA Institutions
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Helmholtz Association
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB)
BIGS-LIMES offers a graduate program for Bonn PhD students in biochemistry, life sciences and biomedicine leading to the PhD degree Dr. rer. nat. The research groups of the LIMES Institute are members of several Collaborative Research Centers and the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation and are thus strongly funded by third parties. Therefore, PhD positions are continuously offered at the LIMES Institute. These positions are usually filled by students trained at LIMES. PhD applicants have the opportunity to gain experience in biomedical research in an interdisciplinary and technically very well equipped environment.
Involved BORA Institutions / Structures
Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it)
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM)
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Welcome to the Bonn International Graduate School Clinical and Population Science. BIGS Clinical and Population Science offers a structured 3-year PhD program covering a wide range of research activities in both individual and population health areas. As an interdisciplinary research program, BIGS Clinical and Population Science combines the resources of two different Faculties, (Medicine and Agriculture) and also works in close collaboration with top-level independent research institutes located in Bonn, such as the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE).
This program offers diverse research opportunities with a methodological emphasis on genetics, imaging, and biostatistics. In this world-class research environment, our students work with excellent scientists on highly relevant projects, learning the latest techniques.
Involved BORA Institutions
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
The Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS) Immunosciences and Infection, was established in 2016 on the basis of the Graduate Program International Immunology Training Program Bonn (IITB) developed by ImmunoSensation. The BIGS Immunosciences and Infection now provides a unique framework for all PhD students in the fields of immunology and infectious disease in Bonn. Furthermore, BIGS serves as an umbrella for other structured PhD programs in immunology, e.g. the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2168 between Bonn and Melbourne.
Involved BORA Institutions
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Helmholtz Association
The NRW Forschungskolleg One Health and Urban Transformation – identifying risks and developing sustainable solutions is a transdisciplinary graduate school seeking integrated interventions to attain optimal health for humans, animals, plants and the environment.
One Health and Urban Transformation graduate school is hosted in Bonn (Germany), at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) in cooperation with multiple institutes of the University of Bonn, the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) of the University of Applied Science Bonn Rhein-Sieg (HBRS), and the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
Currently, the graduate school is conducting research in four metropolitan regions all over the world: the Ruhr Metropolis (Germany); Ahmedabad (India), Accra (Ghana), and São Paulo (Brazil).
The NRW Forschungskolleg One Health and Urban Transformation is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, MKW).
Involved BORA Insitutions
United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
ImmunoSensation2 aims to continue the success story of the existing ImmunoSensation cluster. While the emphasis so far has been on fundamental research in particular of the innate immune system, now the mechanisms of immune intelligence are to be uncovered, i.e. the question of how the body succeeds in adapting immune responses to specific situations and then remembers this in order to be optimally prepared for similar challenges in the future. The cluster's graduate school, the Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS) Immunosciences and Infection offers a structured, three-year doctoral program.
Involved BORA Institutions
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Helmholtz Association
The English-language master’s degree program in Global Health Risk Management & Hygiene Policies is aimed at university graduates with at least two years of relevant work experience who would like to acquire additional scientifically sound qualifications. It is offered by the University of Bonn in cooperation with the Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS). At the University of Bonn, the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Center for Development Research are involved in teaching and the supervision of master’s theses.
Participating BORA Member
Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS)
The Master of Science in Neurosciences at the University of Bonn is a two-year research-oriented, international study program. The curriculum is taught entirely in English and divided into modules, combining courses, lectures, seminars and laboratory work.
The Bonn International Graduate Schools (BIGS) Neuroscience, BIGS Drugs and the Max Planck International Research School (IMPRS) for Brain and Behavior provide a coordinated curriculum that builds upon our Master Program Neurosciences. Those schools give the Master's students excellent prospects to advance their further scientific qualification in Bonn. On the other hand, the recruitment of young neuroscientists in these graduate programs is an important competitive advantage for Bonn as a research location.
Participating BORA Members
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
The international Master Program in Life Science Informatics started in the fall of 2002 at the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it). Life Science Informatics is offered jointly by the University of Bonn and RWTH Aachen in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institutes at Sankt Augustin near Bonn. This interdisciplinary program will educate the participant to successfully master the novel technical and economic challenges at the crossroads of biotechnology, medicine, pharmaceutics and computer science.
Participating BORA Members
Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI
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Life & Medical Sciences-Institut (LIMES)
The Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES) is an internationally oriented center for biomedical research and higher education at the University of Bonn.
Bonn Technology Campus (BTC)
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