MMI is delighted to announce that the Technology Platform Web-Portal is now live. The Web-Portal has been developed, with the input of the research community, to promote and showcase the breadth of Technology Platforms and associated expertise that support clinical and translational research in molecular medicine in our partner institutions and collaborators. The Web-Portal also provides details on how these Technology Platforms can be accessed.

MMI’s Translational Research Strategy for 2009, identified the creation of a Web-Portal as an important contribution to mapping the state-of-the-art technologies and expertise that have been funded to support and advance biomedical research in Ireland. The MMI Technology Web-Portal includes Technology Platforms in molecular medicine for proteomics, genomics/transcriptomics,  medical and pre-clinical imaging, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, data management and IT support to name a few.

Dr Damian O’Connell, Chair of the Board of Molecular Medicine Ireland commented that ‘this Technology Platform Web-Portal makes it easy for all those interested in biomedical research, whether in academia or in industry, to find out what technologies are available to advance their research and how to access them’. He thanked all those who contributed to the development of the Web-Portal.

Dr Jan Guerin, who led the development of the Web-Portal, said that ‘the list of Technology Platforms currently uploaded onto the Web-Portal is by no means complete but is an important first step. We view this as a work in progress and are keen to learn of additional Technology Platforms and to upload these onto the Web-Portal in order to provide as complete a list as possible’. 

The MMI Technology Platforms Web-Portal has also been designed to promote ‘news items’ and ‘events’ related to Technology Platforms. News items and/or events for inclusion on the Web-portal should be submitted to tp@molecularmedicineireland.ie

MMI will continue to work with our partner institutions and the funding agencies to ensure that the Technology Platform Web-Portal provides a comprehensive overview of the enabling technologies and associated expertise that is available to support clinical and translational research in Ireland.

To view the MMI Technology Platform Web-Portal, please click on the following link;
www.molecularmedicineireland.ie/tp_web_portal

If you have a Technology Platform that is not currently on the Web-Portal, please click on the link on the home page of Web-Portal which will allow you to upload your information electronically.

MMI welcomes your feedback on this important initiative and hopes that it will prove a useful information resource for the research community, industry, development agencies and funding bodies.