Partner Organisations
The competence centre BIOLAS is embedded in the research landscape of the TU Dresden and cooperates with the following institutions or participates in the following networks:
Dresden Concept
With the future concept "dresden-concept" as part of the exzellence initiative TU Dresden summarizes synergetic effects of the whole Dresden region in science and culture. BIOLAS offers Dresden Concept tailored engineering solutions for Biomedical Optical Applications.
Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL)
To fathom the structure and dynamics of living matter is one of the great scientific challenges of our time. The new Cluster of Excellence “Physics of Life” (PoL) will concentrate on the underlying laws of physics that govern the organisation of life into molecules, cells and tissues.
Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC)
The BIOTEC plays a central role in the "Health Sciences, Biomedicine and Bioengineering" profile of the TU Dresden, fostering interdisciplinary research and developing of innovative technologies which drive the progress of modern life sciences in the areas of molecular cell and developmental biology, physical biology and, computational biology.
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG)
The fundamental scientific question asked at the MPI-CBG is: How do cells form tissues? We research the molecular principles underlying morphogenesis, such as regulation of size and shape, and how the morphology of cells and tissues emerges from the interactions between individual molecules and cells.
Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B Cube)
Nature offers an enormous arsenal of functional systems and properties that could answer a wide range of unmet technological needs. B CUBE researchers aim to capture potentially useful natural phenomena outside the range of classical systematics, to elucidate them on a multi-scale mechanistic level, and translate these findings into synthetic material using biologically inspired design concepts.
Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD)
Research at the Center for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD) at TU Dresden focuses on discovering principles of cell and tissue regeneration, and leveraging this for recognition, treatment, and reversal of diseases. The CRTD is well positioned for this challenge with its diversity in model organisms, organs, and disease systems and its range of methodological approaches from basic research to validation projects and clinical studies. The CRTD links the bench to the clinic, and scientists to clinicians to bring expertise in stem cells, gene-editing, and regeneration towards innovative therapies for metabolic, osteo-hematological, and neurological diseases.
German Center for Neorodegenerative Disease (DZNE)
The DZNE researches in about 80 working groups the similarities and differences of different neurodegenerative diseases with the aim to develop new preventive and therapeutic approaches.