Medical Centre for Molecular Biology (MCMB) was inaugarated in
February 1992, at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of
Ljubljana (UL). It was established by a consortium of institutes of
the Faculty of Medicine and some clinical institutes in Ljubljana (see
MCMB members), in order to coordinate research and teaching activities
in the field of medical molecular biology/genetics among institutes of
the Medical Faculty, clinics of the Clinical Centre Ljubljana, and the
Insitute of Oncology in Ljubljana. It was (and is still) open to all
members for training young researchers either by their integration
into the currently running projects of the Centre or by establishing
joint research projects that are of partner institutions' intertest.
After training in most of the cases researchers return to their home
institution, starting its own molecular biology laboratory but
maintaining research links with MCMB. The Centre is located, as its
part, at the Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Ljubljana, at Vrazov trg 2 in Ljubljana (see the map
below).
The core research group of the Centre is one of the research groups of
the Institute of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Medicine UL, named
"Medical Centre for Molecular Biology" (0381-030: Medicinski center za
molekularno biologijo) which, together with the group "Biosynthesis
and Biotransformation" (0104-011: Laboratorij za biosintezo in
biotransformacijo) from the National Institute of Chemistry,
constitutes joint research program group "Functional genomics and
Biotechnology for Health" (P1-0104: Funkcijska genomika in
biotehnologija za zdravje). In this context and as principal
initiator, the Centre is also closely associated with the "Centre for
Functional Genomics and Bio-Chips" (CFGBC: Center za funkcijsko
genomiko in bio-čipe) operating at the national scale. In addition,
MCMB was also coordinating CoE Biotechnology with Pharmacy, virtual
centre of excellence joining together 20 partners - laboratories from
academic institutions, research institutes, clinical institutions, S&M
enterprises, and Slovenian pharmaceutical industry.
(Biotehnologija s farmacijo - Center odličnosti)
Mailing address
Medical Centre for Molecular Biology
Institute of Biochemistry
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ljubljana
Vrazov trg 2
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: +386-1-543-7646
Fax: +386-1-543-7641
