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EMBL
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The following four Centres have been established
at EMBL:
Centre for Computational Biology
Centre for Disease Mechanisms
Centre for High Throughput Functional Genomics
Centre
for Molecular and Cellular Imaging
One of
the challenges that European Molecular Biology
will be facing in the next ten years is a move
towards integrative systems biology. Based on
EMBL's current strengths and its recognised excellence
in structural, molecular, cellular and developmental
biology, instrumentation, computational biology
and functional genomics, the Laboratory is well
prepared to meet this challenge. It has always
had a strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaborative
research and it has reached critical mass in most
of the aforementioned areas.
EMBL staff collaborates
to a very high degree, in a network of spontaneous
interactions that usually spring up between two
research groups from different disciplines. Complementing
these excellent interactions, new interdisciplinary
research instruments are required to meet the
challenge of integrating more than two groups
across disciplines. EMBL Centres have been established
as a new type of 'horizontal', cross-departmental
structure to promote innovative research projects
across disciplines.
Centres are
potentially transient structures that are formed
and dissolved according to the changing needs
of the EMBL research community. Between two and
four coordinators have been named for each Centre.
Depending on the circumstances one coordinator
takes the lead or more than one coordinator co-lead
Centre activities for a limited period of time
usually one year or two.
During the initial phase of setting up the Centres
participants and project proposals are solicited
from EMBL staff. The Centre organisers select
projects for prioritisation and submit complete
project proposals to the Heads of Units Committee.
The Director general takes the ultimate decision
on which projects are going to be funded. Projects
will be funded by the participating EMBL Units
and funding will be matched by the central EMBL
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