WOLFENBÜTTEL, Germany & ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands–BIOBASE GmbH, in cooperation with Erasmus Medical Center (MC), announced today that they will collaborate to establish a Center of Excellence at Erasmus MC for the application of BIOBASE products. The Center will focus on serving the data analysis, training, and support needs of the user community at Erasmus as well as research communities from the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and other countries, through on-site courses.

Prof. Dr. P.J. van der Spek, Head of the Department of Bioinformatics at Erasmus MC, stated: “In our experience, the BIOBASE Knowledge LibraryTM and ExPlainTM Analysis System offer unique solutions for exploring biological data and studying transcription profiles in various therapeutic areas which fit perfectly in our efforts in clinical and translational research. We feel offering hands-on training will provide a valuable service to the research community within and beyond the borders of Erasmus MC.”

“We feel honored to extend our excellent relationship with Erasmus MC” said Prof. Dr. Edgar Wingender, President and CSO of BIOBASE and Professor at Goettingen University. “By sharing our experience in bioinformatics research and development with such a reputable institution, we will help researchers to better understand their microarray, proteomics, and next generation sequencing data, while continuously improving our tools according to the needs of leading-edge research.”

Financial terms and conditions of the collaboration were not disclosed.

About BIOBASE

BIOBASE (www.biobase-international.com), based in Wolfenbüttel (Germany), with offices in Beverly, MA (USA), Bangalore (India) and Yokohama (Japan), is a leading provider of expertly curated biological databases for the life science industry. BIOBASE’s product portfolio, referred to as the BIOBASE Knowledge Library™ (BKL), includes industry standards such as TRANSFAC® and PROTEOME YPD™ and HumanPSD™ databases. In combination with BIOBASE’s powerful systems biology software, ExPlain™, the BKL can be used to analyze complex regulatory networks and identify key molecules linked to human disease. BIOBASE also provides a growing collection of third-party databases including BRENDA® and the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®). More than 600 customers now license BIOBASE databases worldwide.

About Erasmus MC

The Erasmus Medical Center is an innovative UMC in which high-quality knowledge is being developed, passed on to future professionals and applied in patient care. The knowledge covers a broad field of interests that stretches from illness to health and from individual to community healthcare. As the Netherlands’ most multifaceted university medical center, Erasmus MC creates special opportunities for patient care, training and research.