The National University Complex for Biomedical and Translational Research (NUCBTR) has the highest class of technological equipment, allowing the provision of services in the fields of biobanking, biomedical research and laboratory medicine, such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, cell biology, immunology, drug monitoring, physiology and others.
The aim of the research infrastructure is to offer access to a wide range of researchers, research organizations and external users to modern highly specialized research methods, services and expert assistance at the highest professional level.
Molecular Medicine Center
Metabolome analysis of wild type and cancer cell lines for:
molecular testing of cancer cell and tissues as well as apoptosis events;
biological fluid profiling – urine and plasma samples from clinically well characterised patients and healthy controls;
metabolome profiling of relevant biomarkers for diagnostics, prognostics and therapy.
Elucidation of molecular mechanisms involved in rare and common diseases through functional genomic and metabolomics data analysis;
Metabolome toxicology;
Diagnostics of diet-related disorders.
Contact person:
Assoc. Prof. Valentin Lozanov, PhD - vlozanov@medfac.mu-sofia.bg