Life Sciences Competence Center

An international translational gene technology competence center has been established at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Center. It brings together cutting-edge research infrastructure, highly qualified experts, and an open environment for collaboration between academia and industry, fostering innovation in the field of health.

 

The project was funded by the Economic Recovery and Resilience Plan “Next Generation Lithuania” and the state budget of the Republic of Lithuania. Project No. 02-002-P-0001. Implementing body was Innovation Agency Lithuania.

The center integrates core facilities equipped with state-of-the-art scientific equipment and multidisciplinary scientific expertise to ensure the efficient development of new biomedical programs and the improvement of existing therapeutic strategies, with a particular focus on age-related diseases and cancer. The center will later expand into the new building of the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences currently under construction in the Saulėtekis Valley next to the Life Sciences Center.

Through this competence center, biotechnology startups and researchers can develop products more quickly and efficiently, while the advanced infrastructure is open to collaboration at both national and international levels. The establishment of the center was guided by best practices from Heidelberg University, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and other core facilities.

To integrate the capabilities of core facilities equipped with advanced scientific equipment and the multidisciplinary expertise of researchers at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center. Together with advanced infrastructure and an efficient management structure, the goal is to create a positive impact on national R&D progress, healthcare, and the economy.

The competence center comprises 8 core facilities equipped with state-of-the-art research equipment, with a total value of €12 million. These laboratories provide researchers, business partners, and startups with access to the most advanced technologies in the field of life sciences. 

The TRACEGET competence center offers a wide range of services to researchers, business partners, startups, and other science and industry organizations seeking to leverage advanced infrastructure and expert knowledge in the field of life sciences..

Services are provided based on a one-stop-shop principle.  

For inquiries about the competence center’s services, please contact us by email at: ; 

 

The NEMO (National Equipment Management and Operations) system is used for booking equipment in the core facilities. The system is currently being implemented and will be available to researchers at VU LSC.

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