Klaus Tschira Foundation

In 1995, Klaus Tschira, physicist and co-founder of the software company SAP, founded the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS). With the intention to place strong emphasis on natural sciences in the society, the commitment of the KTS ranges from kindergarten to schools, universities and research institutions all over Germany. The support is differentiated in three main fields: natural sciences for children and young people, research and science communication. The foundation is located at the Villa Bosch in Heidelberg, the former residence of Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Carl Bosch.

Helmholtz-Initiative Synthetic Biology

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CellNetworks

CellNetworks is an interdisciplinary research cluster centered around Heidelberg´s life sciences. The Heidelberg life science community features an unparalleled number of internationally well-noted institutions. Since 2006 CellNetworks is part of the German Universities Excellence Initiative. CellNetworks assembles excellent groups focusing on research in molecular life science and computational sciences, chemistry and physics to tackle fundamental questions in cell biology, its network structure and architecture, dynamics and regulation.

GATC

GATC is a leading service provider of DNA sequencing. Head quartered in Constance, Germany, GATC serves over 10,000 customers in 40 countries around the globe and have subsidiary companies in Great Britain, France and Sweden. GATC provides multi platform strategies, using all leading sequencing technologies on the market, such as Applied Biosystems ABI 3730xl for Sanger sequencing, Illumina’s HiSeq 2000 and Roche Diagnostics GS FLX+ System for Next Generation sequencing as well as the new single molecule sequencer PacBio RS from Pacific Biosciences.

Chroma

Chroma Technology Corp. is a manufacturer of interference filters for the ultra-violet, visible and near-infrared portions of the spectrum, including bandpass, multiple bandpass, and long and short pass filters, as well as beamsplitters, dichroic mirrors and laser rejection filters. We specialize in precision spectral control, including extra high signal-to-noise ratio filters and those with rapid cut-on and cut-off profiles. The manufacturing process involves precisely depositing, in a vacuum, extremely thin layers of two or more materials on a glass or similarly transparent substrate.

Carl Roth GmbH & Co

Carl Roth is a private German enterprise with tradition based in Karlsruhe Rheinhafen. It was founded in 1879 with the establishment of a grocer's-paint supplier's-chemist's-store at Karlsruhe. As supplier for lab ware, life sciences and chemicals, they are your partner for best performance reflected in their basic values quality, logistics, fair rates, competent customer advice and service.

Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University, founded in 1386, is Germany’s oldest university and one of the strongest research institutions in Europe. The successes in both rounds of the Excellence Initiative and in international rankings prove its leading role in the scientific community. Heidelberg University is a comprehensive university with the full spectrum of subjects including medicine. It aims to strengthen the individual disciplines, to further interdisciplinary cooperation and to make research results usable for society and industry. Heidelberg also draws its strength from its cooperation with local non-university research institutions and is tied into a worldwide network of research and teaching collaborations.