The mission of EIMID is to establish a no-wall European Institute of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases by attracting the best students and post-docs to research related to these disciplines.
Born in 2004, EIMID is a spontaneous initiative between five excellent institutions that cooperate in performing high-level research in the fields of microbiology and infectious diseases:
 Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin |
| CMMI at the Imperial College in London |
| Institut Pasteur in Paris |
| Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm |
| Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics in Siena |
On October 8-10 2004, scientists from five European research institutions met near Berlin to discuss the most recent results and to share their knowledge in the field of microbiology and infectious diseases:
This was the birth of EIMID.
Since then, EIMID reinforced the connection among the partners through high level training for young PhD students and post-docs, collaborative joint research projects and staff exchanges, and yearly scientific meetings.
Excellence
With more than 1500 scientists, including PhD students and post-docs, the five renowned partners
perform research on cutting edge topics. The scientific excellence is demonstrated by the
large number of publications in highly prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Science.
International cooperation
Since its birth, EIMID partners cooperate in performing high-level research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Through staff and students exchange the cooperation between the EIMID partners reached excellent scientific results and training goals.
Multidisciplinary training
The five institutes provide high-level training for researchers at different stages of their
scientific careers, through the most advanced technologies in disciplines related to
microbiology and infections: microbiology, immunology, bioinformatics, vaccinology. Training in complementary skills, such as Intellectual Propertiy Rights (IPR) protection,
ethical issues and dissemination of science, is also provided within EIMID (the final result of
the scientific dissemination course is available on www.youtube.com).
Industry-academia cooperation
The presence of a large multinational company gives to EIMID the inter-sectorial aspect
necessary for reaching excellent applicable research results.
Dedication
The EIMID partners fully dedicate to research in order to defeat major diseases in
developed and developing countries for improving global health.
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