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Organisation
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
Department
Main organisation:Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Lifecycle:1 Jan 1970 → Today
Organisation profile:
MICH develops research in the following areas: 1. Fundamental research on the replication cycle of poliovirus, research concentrates on the first steps of the cycle (adsorption, uncoating) and the last step (assembly); 2. Development of new poliovaccines (also biotech vaccines); 3. Fundamental research on antiviral compounds (in collaboration with Janssen Research Foundation); 4. Viruses on the origin of multiple sclerosis?; 5. Theiler murine encephalitis virus (TMEV), a mouse model for multiple sclerosis.
Keywords:Poliovirus, Antibodies, Vaccinology, Vaccin, Picornavirus, Uncoating, Antiviral Compounds, Neutralisation, Assembly, Stabilizers
Disciplines:Immunology, Microbiology