Research and Teaching

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Central Research Platforms and Core Facilities

Research Platforms

In recent years, several central scientific research and teaching platforms have been established that serve and are available to all facilities of the University Medical Center Mainz. The current scientific platforms at UMC include:

Biomaterials in Medicine

Cell Biology Unit (CBU)

Centre for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH)

Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Trials (IZKS)

Research Center for Mental Health Mainz (MZPG)

NeuroImaging Center Mainz (NIC)

Translational Animal Research Center (TARC)

 

Furthermore, researchers have several Core Facilities at their disposal.

Biomaterials in Medicine

In 2013, the years of experience and equipment from the fomer Department for Applied Structure and Microanalytics was united with that of the UMC's material sciences focus area BiomaTiCS under one scientific platform. This interdisciplinary platform thus offers all material sciences-oriented research groups the technical ability to work together interdisciplinarily.  The main task of the platform is the development and research of new medical applications.

Contact

Coordinator: Hermann Götz

Tel.: 06131 17-9795

 hgoetz@uni-mainz.de

Cell Biology Unit

The Cell Biology Unit is a central research platform of UMC. The latest microscopy techniques and the necessary expertise are available to all UMC scientists through this platform.

Contact

Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Krishnaraj Rajalingam

Tel.: 06131 17-8051

 krishna@uni-mainz.de

Homepage: https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/cell-biology-unit/cell-biology-unit.html

Centre for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH)

The Centre for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH) is one of eight model centres funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) in scope of the funding measure „Integrierte Forschungs- und Behandlungszentren (IFB)“.

The goal of the CTH is to improve the research and treatment of thrombosis and hemostasis.

Contact

Kontakt

Medical Director: Prof. Dr. med. Stavros Konstantinides
Tel.: 06131/17-8297
 stavros.konstantinides@unimedizin-mainz.de

Scientific Director: Prof. Dr. med. Wolfram Ruf
Tel.:06131/17-8222
 ruf@uni-mainz.de
Homepage: www.unimedizin-mainz.de/cth/uebersicht.html

Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Trials (IZKS)

As a trial coordination center, the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Trials Mainz (IZKS) is a central institution at the University Medical Center. Researchers at the IZKS employ their expertise to support researchers and staff members at the UMC-Mainz clinics, those involved in trial networks, as well as start-up companies and life science industry stakeholders with planning and conducting clinical trials. In addition, the IZKS Mainz supports clinics at the University Medical Center by providing qualification opportunities for clinical research staff to assist them in conducting patient-oriented research.

 

Contact

Director: Dr. med. Michael Hopp

Tel.: 06131 17-9913

 office@izks-mainz.de

Homepage: http://www.izks-mainz.de/

Research Center for Mental Health Mainz

The "Mainzer Forschungszentrum für Psychische Gesundheit" is a new scientific research platform which was established as an alliance of the Clinics and Institutes of the University Medical Center Mainz and in cooperation with institutions of the Johannes Gutenberg University. The MZPG's goal is to bundle the research regarding psychological disorders at the University Medical Center and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in order to further strengthen the existing expertise.

Contact

Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Beutel

Deputy Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb und Univ.-Prof Dr. Michèle Wessa

Tel.: 06131 17-7348

 manfred.beutel@unimedizin-mainz.de

Homepage:https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/psychosomatik/startseite/startseite.html/

NeuroImaging Center Mainz (NIC)

The neuroscientific focus at UMC initially promoted an interdisciplinary methodology platform for PET and MRI, initially only in humans, but since 2006, in animals as well (animal PET). In 2017, the Neuroimaging Center Mainz (NIC) developed from this platfom and has since worked in close cooperation with the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Neuroradiology.
 
Among the taks of the Neuroimaging Center are the development of new paradigms in functional imaging, the integration of imaging methods witt neurophysiological methods, as well as the parallel use of MRI and PET.

 

Contact

Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. R. Kalisch

 rkalisch@uni-mainz.de

Coordinator: Melike Kocak

 melike.kocak@unimedizin-mainz.de

Tel.: 06131 17-8419

Homepage: http://www.ftn.nic.uni-mainz.de/

Translational Animal Research Center (TARC)

The Translational Animal Research Center (TARC) is a platform of the University Medical Center Mainz. The center, in particular, guarantees the required equipment, personnel, and research infrastructure for the animal studies conducted at the various Collaborative Research Centers is available.

Contact

Director: Dr. med. Jan Baumgart

Tel.: 06131 39-21308

 jan.baumgart@unimedizin-mainz.de

Homepage: https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/tarc/uebersicht.html

Core Facilities

Biobank of the University Medical Center Mainz (BBM)

BBM

Core Facility Bioinformatics

Contact:

Director: Dr. Federico Marini

 marinif@uni-mainz.de

Homepage: http://www.bium-mz.de/

Core Facilities of the Research Center for Immunotherapy

Core Facilities of the Research Center for Translational Neurosciences Mainz

CSA - Core Facility Systematic Cell Analysis

Contact:

Director: Prof. Dr. Roland Stauber

Coordinator: Dr. Désirée Gül

Contact Person: Svenja Siemer

Tel.: 06131-17-6030

 svenja.siemer@uni-mainz.de

Homepage: http://www.stauber-lab.de/

FACS and Array Core Facility of the Institute of Toxicology

Contact:

Director: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hofmann

Contact Person: Dipl.-Ing. Julia Altmaier

Tel.: 06131-17-9091

 lenzj@uni-mainz.de

Homepage: www.unimedizin-mainz.de/toxikologie/facs-and-array-core-facility.html

Institute of Neuroradiology - Mico-CT

Contact:

Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Marc A. Brockmann

Contact Person: Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Brockmann

Tel.: 06131-17-7139

 mikro-CT@uni-mainz.de

Homepage: https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/neuroradiologie/forschung/micro-ct.html 

MKG Surgery

Contact:

Director: Univ.- Prof. Dr. Dr. Bilal Al-Nawas

 sekretariat.mkg@unimedizin-mainz.de

Contact

If your platform is missing from the list, please contact us:

 Forschung.UM@uni-mainz.de