GenoMics
The research and funding initiative GenoMik - genome research on microorganisms is a program launched in 2001 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to research the genomes of selected microorganisms . In the first phase it ran until 2004 and in the second phase until 2006. The project will continue until 2009 under the title GenoMIK-Plus .
The aim is to promote and coordinate university and private-sector genome research on microorganisms. Three so-called competence networks were already funded in the first two phases:
- the Würzburg Competence Network with the title Genome Research on Pathogenic Bacteria , which was coordinated by Werner Goebel ;
- the Göttingen Competence Network with genome research on bacteria to analyze the biodiversity of bacteria and their use for the development of new production processes , coordinated by Gerhard Gottschalk ;
- the Bielefeld Competence Network with genome research on bacteria relevant to agriculture, environmental protection and biotechnology , which was coordinated by Alfred Pühler .
All competence networks are managed by university institutions, but represent a collaboration between industrial and academic research groups.
The successor program GenoMik-Plus started in the summer of 2006 with a new three-year funding phase in order to subject the genome sequences developed as part of GenoMik to a further analysis. Three networks are funded again:
- the Würzburg network with the title PathoGenoMik-Plus , which is coordinated by Matthias Frosch ;
- the Göttingen network with BiotechGenoMik-Plus , which is coordinated by Wolfgang Liebl ;
- the Bielefeld network with AgriUmweltGenoMik-Plus , which is coordinated by Alfred Pühler .
There is also a technology platform for microbial genome research that is accessible to all researchers. The three modules of the platform are located in Bielefeld, Göttingen and Greifswald and offer technical support for genome sequencing (Göttingen), bioinformatics (Bielefeld) and proteome research (Greifswald).