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Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) is one of Germany’s leading research universities, internationally recognized for excellence across the life sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Its Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy is a major hub for interdisciplinary research, spanning molecular biology, chemical biology, structural biology, and pharmaceutical sciences, with a strong focus on translational discovery and innovation.

Q-Life is Institut Curie’s interdisciplinary quantitative biology initiative within the PSL University ecosystem, uniting physicists, biologists, mathematicians, chemists, and computational scientists to advance systems-level approaches to biology and cancer. By bridging experimental and theoretical frameworks, Q-Life deepens understanding of cellular organization, dynamics, and disease progression while driving innovation at the interface of physics, biology, and medicine.

Institut Pasteur is a world-leading research institute advancing discovery in biology, microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases, and global health. Through fundamental research and translational science, Pasteur scientists uncover disease mechanisms and develop innovative diagnostics, vaccines, and therapies to address major global health challenges.

Research conducted at the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University includes contemporary biochemical, biophysical and biotechnological aspects of biological objects ranging from the molecular level through the cellular and up to the level of whole animal and plant organisms.

The Leloir Institute Foundation (FIL) is dedicated to research and training young scientists. Their mission is to promote the highest standards of excellence both in the projects carried out in their laboratories and in the training of human resources.

Makerere University is one of Africa’s most prestigious research institutions and Uganda’s oldest university. Through its Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere plays a leading global role in research on HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria, and other infectious diseases.

The African Centre of Excellence that is devoted to the genomics of infectious diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemer’s University has a mandate to build capacity in the field of genomics in young African scientists and use identify and characterize pathogens of unknown origin using microbial metagenomics.

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics promotes TAU as a leading force in the field of bioinformatics towards the development of novel drugs and biomedical technologies that will improve human health. The Blavatnik Center for Drug Discovery aims to turn excellent multidisciplinary science into therapeutics leads.

The Francis Crick Institute focuses on enhancing the world’s understanding of the fundamental processes of life, to transform the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.

The UVRI engages in health research pertaining to human infections and disease processes associated with or linked to viral etiology and provides expert advice, enables partnerships and communication and serves as a center for training and education.