Team:Bonn/Sponsors

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. As an inventor company, it sets trends in research-intensive areas. Bayer AG consists of three subgroups. Bayer HealthCare establishes pharmaceutical and medical products, Bayer CropScience for crop protection and pest control and Bayer MaterialScience is a renowned supplier of high-performance materials.

ELLA is an independent, privately owned company founded in October 2004.

ELLA offers creative services for the production of oligonucleotides driven by the goal of continually improving its production strategies.

ELLA offers tangible advantages to its customers and partners through its validated technology platform, experienced interdisciplinary team and resolute attitude towards the highest quality in its products.

Eppendorf is a biotech company which develops, produces and distributes systems for use in life-science research laboratories worldwide. Its product range includes pipettes, dispensers and centrifuges as well as consumables such as micro test tubes and pipette tips. In addition, Eppendorf provides instruments and systems for cell manipulation, automated devices for liquid handling, complete equipment for DNA amplification and biochips.

The comprehensive portfolio of MACHEREY-NAGEL includes products for Filtration, Rapid Tests, Water Analysis, Chromatography, and Bioanalysis.

With more than 470 highly qualified and experienced employees MACHEREY-NAGEL provides the best and

most convenient service to its customers. 10 % of the staff have advanced degrees in the fields of Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Engineering, working in the research department on solutions to make the daily laboratory work easier.

Promega Corporation is a leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry. The company’s 2,000 products enable scientists worldwide to advance their knowledge in genomics, proteomics, cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics and human identification. Founded in 1978, the company is headquartered in Madison, WI, USA with branches in 15 countries and over 50 global distributors.

Based in Dortmund, Germany, Protagen AG is counted among the world’s leading biotechnology companies. Established in 1997, the company consistently translates the latest technologies in proteomics, protein biochips, and bioinformatics into services and products from which the entire life science industry and research institutes can profit.

CARL ROTH GmbH + Co. KG supplies businesses, laboratories and scientific institutions with Labware, selected Life Science products and Chemicals. The company has its head offices in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES) is a center of excellence for both basic research and higher education in Life Sciences and Biomedicine at the University of Bonn. It provides a framework for cutting-edge multidisciplinary research and offers young scientists early independence and responsibility. The LIMES research groups provide major research expertise in Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, Development, Genetics, Cell and Immune Biology, Membrane Biology and Lipid Biochemistry. They co-operate in a number of interdisciplinary research initiatives funded by the German Research Foundation DFG (Collaborative Research Centers SFBs 645, 704).

The University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany.