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One MMPU hallmark is that it is staffed by both institutions and each research group is headed by two or more cooperating principal investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cooperation with the EMBL includes participation in all of EMBL’s research activities, access to its scientific core facilities and affiliation with the EMBL International PhD Programme (EIPP) <\/a>and the EMBL Postdoctoral Programme<\/a>. Likewise, the Medical Faculty provides full access to its facilities, provides the laboratory space for the MMPU and funds scientists through its post-doc fellowship programmes<\/a>. Predoctoral as well as postdoctoral fellows strongly benefit from the sharing of medical and basic science expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since summer 2011, the MMPU labs are united in common space in the Otto-Meyerhof-Zentrum (OMZ) on the Medical Campus of Heidelberg University, within walking distance from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) and the Centre for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), and a short drive from EMBL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit drives innovation and its translation into medicine, leveraging its internationality and interdisciplinarity at the interface of molecular research and health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit combines the best of two world-renowned institutions: the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the University of Heidelberg.
Our vision is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n