Centre
of Bio-Medical
Polymers

Centre of Bio-Medical Polymers (CBMP)

      CBMP is an interdisciplinary innovation centre for research of special polymers that are used in medicine and biotechnologies. In order to implement the project and establish the centre, the Institute’s existing bio-macromolecular capacities were concentrated and further equipped with experimental apparatuses and technical equipment to facilitate the examination of properties and interaction of polymeric biomaterials in the biological environment. The newly established centre will make it possible to overcome the knowledge and communication gap between the level of learning attained through chemical and engineering research and the level that is necessary for the successful applying of biomaterials in biology and medicine.

      Ca 150 square meters of existing laboratories were converted to house the new centre and three new laboratories were set up and equipped in these premises as part of the CBMP project. The Institute and cooperating entities had hitherto been hampered by the lack of such laboratories employing methodological approaches that are crucial for targeted biomaterial research.

°3 industrial and research applications

      Being an innovation unit focused on industry-oriented research and practical application of outcomes of the basic bio-macromolecular research, CBMP is a valuable tool helping gain substantial economic profit from the Institute’s vast research potential. The establishing of the specialised innovation centre is part of the strategy adopted by the Institute in order to focus its capacities on the most promising fields of science and a more efficient transfer to the practice of outcomes of basic research.