Press
Release 2 July 2003 [PDF]
[Deutsch]
German Research Ministry pledges 1 million Euro for the purchase of an electron microscope.
The
German "Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung"
[BMBF] will give the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
[EMBL] 1 million Euro for the purchase of a new electron microscope.
The gift was announced by Parliamentary Secretary Christoph
Matschie, on Saturday 28 June, at a festival honoring the
25th anniversary of the opening of EMBL's main laboratory
in Heidelberg, Germany. "Now that the human genome has been
decoded, genomic research will have to piece together single
pieces of information into a holistic understanding of living
processes," Matschie said. The new microscope should help
biologists, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, and informaticists
to work out physiological processes in cells.
The German government sees its support of cutting-edge research
as a prerequisite for a competitive economy. "Political support
for innovation is therefore a central goal of this government,"
Matschie said. EMBL's establishment 25 years ago was an important
cornerstone in the development of European basic research.
He added that EMBL has played a leading role in the current
revolution in the molecular life sciences – conceptually,
methodologically, and technically.
EMBL is supported by contributions from sixteen member states. Germany's annual
contribution at the current time totals 14 million Euro.This amounts to approximately
a fourth of EMBL's total budget. |
