Establishment of a MALDI/ESI-MS facility for cooperative research use at Campus Krems

The new mass spectrometry infrastructure at Campus Krems forms the basis for innovative scientific research at the University for Continuing Education Krems (UWK) together with the two partner research institutions, Danube Private University (DPU) and Karl Landsteiner University (KL). The MALDI/ESI-MS system will enable the analysis of a wide range of samples, allowing the UWK, KL and DPU to combine inter-university and interdisciplinary research in the fields of ecology, ecophysiology, biomedicine, regenerative medicine and oncology. These highly interdisciplinary fields require a collaborative approach to develop scientific novelties and innovations in research areas such as climate change, ecosystems and human health, physio-pathological processes in inflammation, structure of biomaterials and their biocompatibility, and new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to cancer and inflammatory diseases. The resulting bundling of unique competencies at the campus makes Krems and Lower Austria an innovative and competitive research location and supports the acquisition of excellent research projects. This new research capacity will attract scientists and thereby create new opportunities for long-term collaborations at national and international level.

Further information on the IBW/EFRE & JTF program can be found at www.efre.gv.at.

Funding: 
www.efre.gv.at - EU-funding for regional development
FFG - The Austrian Research Promotion Agency