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ALS
abbreviation of: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ATMP
abbreviation of: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product
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BCRT
abbreviation of: Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies
Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies
BSRT
abbreviation of: Berlin Brandenburg School of regenerative Therapies
BSRT is a Graduate School.
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Charité 3R
definition: Charité 3R
Charité 3R – Replace | Reduce | Refine – promotes the development of innovative methods in biomedical research with the objective of replacing animal experiments, reducing their number or refining experiments in order to relieve the burden placed on laboratory animals. With the over-arching goal of improving biomedical translation into applicable therapies for the human patient in mind, Charité 3R is an interdisciplinary effort to improve both medicine and animal welfare. Charité 3R will stimulate research in all 3Rs and consequently foster the development of novel alternative methods.
CT
abbreviation of: computed tomography
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DFG
abbreviation of: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
German Research Foundation
DGFI
abbreviation of: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie (German Society for Immunolgy)
Society of all Immunologists in Germany
DRFZ
abbreviation of: Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum (German Rheumatism Research Center)
A Leibniz Institute
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KLH
abbreviation of: Karl-Landsteiner-Haus
The Karl-Landsteiner-Haus is situated at Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin.
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MDC
abbreviation of: Max Delbrück Zentrum (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine)
A Helmholtz Institute
MPI
abbreviation of: Max Planck Institute
A Max Planck Institute.
MRI
abbreviation of: Magnetic resonance imaging
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RCIS
Research Center ImmunoSciences
Akronym for Research Center ImmunoSciences of the Charité– Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
RKI
abbreviation of: Robert Koch Institute
Government's central scientific institution in the field of biomedicine.
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SFB
abbreviation of: Sonderforschungsbereich (Collaborative Research Center)
There are several Collaborative Research Centers in Germany. They consist of research groups that belong to universities/institutes within a city or a region. These groups study on the same topic to obtain new scienetific findings. SFBs are financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from funds of the Federal States of Germany.
SFB-TR
abbreviation of: Sonderforschungsbereich-Transregio (Collaborative Research Center-Transregio)
Collaborative Research Center that is based on collaboration between several universities/institutes in different regions of Germany.
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TDH
abbreviation of: Tibor-Diamantstein-Haus
The Tibor-Diamantstein-Haus is located at Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin.
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ZIBI
abbreviation of: Center for Infection biology and Immunity
A center of the Humboldt-University in Berlin.
