Mission 

The Mission of this group is to offer the possibility to researchers and medical doctors, who are working or have worked for a period of at least 1 year in Vienna, to interact with each other.

This group, indeed, includes scientists from different institutions, Universities and privately founded institutes, who are working in different areas of Life Sciences, from basic research to applied medicine. Therefore, it offers the chance to share tools and expertises among the members.

Aims 

Most of the people who are starting this group are working or have worked at the Vienna Biocenter, one of the biggest research institutions in Europe. It consists in three main big Institutes: IMP (supported by the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim), IMBA (research organization founded as a joint initiative of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and  Boehringer Ingelheim) and the new formed MFPL (generated by the fusion of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna).

In view of the heterogeneous composition of this research institute and the presence of strong research groups with a broad thematic profile, we hope to facilitate the exchange of information and encourage possible collaboration, through active discussion.

However, some of the members are working in a research area at the hospital, in direct contact with medical doctors. This would offer the possibility of a faster exchange of knowledge and expertise between the medical personnel and the researchers.

                                                                                                 
Moreover, PrometeoNetwork embraces thousands of researchers from the most prestigious public or private Life Science institutions in Europe and USA. Therefore, this group will provide the researchers and clinicians in Vienna the opportunity to be in contact with colleagues from USA and from the rest of the world. This will allow a faster exchange of knowledge, increase the chances of collaborations and facilitate the search of positions in academy or industry, particularly in the USA.

We hope to start lively discussions of technical problems with a view to solve them, by consulting experts in the field and eventually facilitating the exchange of tools, such as antibodies or protocols, among members of this group and of the others in PrometeoNetwork.

We are, finally, willing to provide useful information and advice for members interested in working in Vienna.