Biomarker Discovery Center Heidelberg
The Biomarker Discovery Center Heidelberg is part of the Biotech Excellence Cluster Rhine Neckar (BioRN), one of the leading life science clusters in Europe.
As one of the top 5 high tech clusters in Germany, in 2009 the BioRN was granted 40 million Euros of funds by the BMBF.
The BioRN cluster aims at the development of novel drugs, diagnostic technologies and innovative services in cell-based and molecular medicine.
In one of the projects chosen for funding by the BMBF, the BDC Heidelberg develops novel approaches to the identification and validation of biomarkers. To this end, the BDC uses innovative technologies combining high-throughput sequencing and microarray systems. In another project, the BDC develops and validates novel miRNA-based signature arrays for malignant tumors.