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Involved OrganisationTypeFurther fields of acitivityFocusbased inManagementwas foundet inAddressEmailHomepageProfileContactNumber of employees
CeGaT GmbHBiotechDiagnosticsDNA and RNA sequencing and diagnostics TübingenDr. Dr. Saskia Biskup
Dr. Dirk Biskup
2009Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 17
72076 Tübingen
Tel.: +49 (0)172-3765180
info@cegat.dewww.cegat.deCeGaT GmbH, Centre for Genomics and Transcriptomics, was established in 2009. CeGaT’s service portfolio comprises the sequencing of DNA and RNA of humans, animals, plants and microorganisms. The sequencing involves the use of cutting-edge technologies, including the classical Sanger sequencing technology as well as modern high-throughput sequencing technologies such as ABI’s SOLiD technology. Depending on the scientific project, the company sequences individual DNA segments, genes, exomes, transcriptomes as well as whole genomes. If required, the results will also be analysed and interpreted. CeGaT is thus a point of contact and service provider to physicians, clinics, scientists and private individuals.

The research and development activities focus on making high-throughput sequencing applicable for DNA diagnostics. Major focus is put on the establishment of diagnostic panels for various diseases, in particular for dementing and neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic diseases and eye diseases.
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Institut Pieldner GmbHBiotechServices, Chemistry, EducationServices in the food chemistry and food micro/molecular biology sectorsStuttgartHorst U. Pieldner (proprietor)Julius-Hölder-Str. 20
70597 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 (0)711 722094-0
Fax: +49 (0)711 722094-15
info@ipdp.dewww.ipdp.deBased in Stuttgart-Degerloch, the Institut Prof. Dr. Pieldner has been an established name in the fields of chemical, microbiological and genetic food testing for 40 years. This accredited institute supports a wide range of companies involved in the manufacture and trading of foodstuffs, cosmetics and articles of daily use. The company focuses on customised support to ensure product hygiene and uses state-of-the-art testing procedures. In addition to its role as a testing laboratory, the Institut Prof. Dr. Pieldner also offers its customers a high standard of comprehensive advice and support. This enables precise checking of compliance with complex food-law requirements and identification of any further problem areas.
As well as seminars and training courses to provide information about food law, hygiene and food safety, the company also offers comprehensive on-site monitoring of workplaces throughout Germany.
Horst U. Pieldner (state-certified food chemist); Tanja Pieldner (state-certified food chemist)
BioLux GmbHBiotechServices, Trade/DistributionGenetic analysis and synthesisStuttgartDr. Klaus Höhnel (CEO)Brommerstrasse 19
70563 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)711-9018185
Fax: +49 (0)711-9018187
info@biolux-biotech.comwww.biolux-biotech.comStuttgart-based BioLux GmbH operates a molecular biological laboratory. The company performs private paternity tests using DNA isolated from samples taken from the lining of the mouth. The BioLux service portfolio also includes DNA sequencing, Edman protein sequencing, peptide and artificial gene synthesis, and the production of polyclonal antibodies from rabbits and chicken eggs (contract immunisation). BioLux works closely with French company Genosphere Biotechnologies, based in Paris. BioLux also develops and markets the test systems of Slovakian company Dolfin for the detection of C. burnetii and Chlamydophila psittaci antibodies in biological samples.
International Reference Centre DNA VirusesInstituteDevelopment, MedicineInternational reference centre for the genomics and diagnosis of viruses with small circular DNAStuttgartProf. Dr. Holger JeskeUniversität Stuttgart
Biologisches Institut
Pfaffenwaldring 57
D-70550 Stuttgart
Tel. +49 (0)711-68565070
holger.jeske@bio.uni-stuttgart.dewww.uni-stuttgart.deResearchers at the University of Stuttgart, in cooperation with two academic groups led by Prof. Dr. Eduardo Rodríguez Bejarano, Universidad de Malaga, and Dr. Bruno Gronenborn, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Paris along with the company Qiagen as industrial partner and specialist in diagnostic test methods, have been operating an international virus reference centre since 2007. The centre receives a total of 1.2 million euros in funding from the EU for a period of three years, of which 600,000 euros go towards the research carried out by the Stuttgart researchers.

A major focus of the centre is the establishment of a gene bank to store and characterise viral DNA from across the globe. The Stuttgart scientists are specifically focusing on Gemini viruses with a two-component genome, the Spanish scientists are working on Gemini viruses with a one-component genome and the French scientists are researching nanoviruses. All these viruses are known to cause numerous plant diseases.
Life Science Center Hohenheim (LSC)InstituteServices, DevelopmentLife sciences research with a special focus on the food chain – from production to consumer behaviour, as well as biological signals.StuttgartProf. Dr. Andreas Schaller (Director)
Dr. Caroline Liepert (Managing Director)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuhn (Spokesperson Division 1)
Prof. Dr. Herbert Schmidt (Spokesperson Division 2)
Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck (Spokesperson Division 3)		Fruwirthstraße 12
D-70599 Stuttgart
Tel.: +49 (0)711-45924026
lsc@uni-hohenheim.dewww.lsc.uni-hohenheim.deThe Life Science Centre (LSC) is a research centre attached to the University of Hohenheim that is directly assigned to the University’s rectorate. It offers life science-oriented disciplines a central platform for research projects and scientific developments. The LSC has a special focus on the food chain and hopes to advance its work through inter- and transdisciplinary approaches. In addition, the Centre also supports bordering basic-research oriented sciences, in particular in the field of biological signals. In analogy to the thematic research priorities of the Centre, the LSC has three scientific divisions:

Division 1: Biomolecular signals and genomics
Division 2: Quality and biofunctionality of food
Division 3: Ecosystems and resource management

The LSC has a central service unit that uses state-of-the-art methods and devices for genome and proteome analysis.
Max Planck Institute for Developmental BiologyInstituteDevelopmentBasic research in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics as well as cell and evolutionary biologyTübingenProf. Dr. Detlef Weigel (Managing Director)

Directors:
Prof. Dr. Andrei Lupas
Dr. Elisa Izaurralde
Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Prof. Dr. Ralf Sommer
Prof. Dr. Gerd Jürgens
Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel
Spemannstraße 35
D-72076 Tübingen
Tel.: +49(0)7071-601350
Fax: +49(0)7071-601300
mpi.entwicklungsbiologie@tuebingen.mpg.dewww.eb.mpg.deThe Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology carries out basic research in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics as well as cell and evolutionary biology. It has a staff of around 325 and is located on the Max Planck campus in Tübingen. The MPI for Developmental Biology is one of 80 institutes and research institutes belonging to the Max Planck Society for the Promotion of Science.

The institute was established in 1937 as a working group of the Unit for Virus Research attached to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes of Biochemistry and Biology in Berlin-Dahlem, which was renamed MPI for Developmental Biology when it relocated to Tübingen 40 years later.

The working groups run by the institute directors focus on the evolutionary history of proteins and protein systematics (Lupas), the genetics of embryonic development in Drosophila melanogaster and zebrafish (Nüsslein-Volhard), the evolution of developmental processes (Sommer), the integration of environmental and genetic factors during the development of Arabidopsis thaliana (Weigel), the post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression (Izaurralde) and the embryonic development of Arabidopsis thaliana (Jürgens).
Transgenic Facility Tübingen, IZKF Service Transgenic AnimalsInstituteServicesService facility for the generation of transgenic animal modelsTübingenDr. Thomas Ott (Director)Forschungsverfügungsgebäude der Medizinischen Fakultät
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Otfried-Müller-Str. 27
D-72076 Tübingen
Tel.: +49 (0)7071-2972280 and 2972300
thomas.ott@uni-tuebingen.dewww.medizin.uni-tuebingen.deThe Tübingen Transgenic Facility focuses on the generation of transgenic animal models with the aim of gaining insights into human hereditary diseases. Transgenic rats and mice are produced by injecting DNA into the pronucleus of zygotes and by the specific manipulation of genes in embryonic stem cells. The service laboratory also provides a service that generates knock-out and knock-in mice through the injection of embryonic stem cells into blastocysts.

The facility’s services are complemented by planning advice and support for the production of genetically modified embryonic stem cell lines (knock-out and knock-in embryonic stem cell lines) as well in the planning of projects, including the preparation of applications for use with experimental animals.