Service facilities
Every knowledge institution has its own portfolio of facilities that can accelerate research and business. Naturally, companies in the region may also offer a wide range of services that support life sciences development.
The Amsterdam BioMed Cluster has created a strong foundation for patient-oriented clinical research. Unique and extensive databases and collections of patient material offer excellent partnering opportunities for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.
Databases and biostatistical analysis capacity are of great interest for research activities such as genomics, drug discovery and clinical trials, leading to new innovative diagnosis/screening methods and therapeutic products.
Institutional tools and technology platforms relevant to the medical life sciences:
- 3-tesla-MRI
- Advanced microscopy
- Bio-informatics
- Biomarkers
- Clinical Proteomics Facility (mass spectrometry)
- Controlled animal study facilities (several mouse models)
- Cryopreservation Center
- Digital microscopy
- DNA-banking and cell banking
- Electrophysiology in brain research
- Flow-cytometry
- Gene and cell therapies
- Genomics
- GMP Clean Rooms Class A and B
- GMP production facilities
- High-throughput screening facilities for siRNA, small molecules, antibodies
- Hyperbaric oxygen tanks
- Imaging
- Immuno-reagents and biomaterials for research and diagnostics
- M3 laboratory for HIV
- Mass spectrometry
- Microarray printers and analysers
- Micro-array technology and molecular profiling
- Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
- Patient cohorts in many areas
- Pharmacodynamics
- Proteomics
- Roche-454 Genome Sequencer FLX
- Sequence Facility
- Structural biology
- Tumour banks
- Viral validation studies and safety testing of biologicals
