National partners

• Medical clinic I – General, Internal, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Pneumology Marien Hospital Herne – University Hospital of the Ruhr University Bochum Prof. Dr. T. Westhoff, Dr. F. Bauer
• Rheuma Centre Ruhrgebiet Prof. Dr. Braun, Dr. X. Baraliakos
• Knappschafts Hospital Bochum Ruhr University Bochum Prof. Dr. R. Viebahn
• Proteome Center Ruhr University Bochum Prof. Dr. K. Marcus, Dr. C. May
• Institute for Bioinformatics University Hospital Essen Prof. Dr. S. Rahmann
• Institute for Virology Ruhr University Bochum Prof. Dr. M. Tenbusch
• Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT Prof. Dr. H. Mathis, Dr. A. Linnemann
• Haematological-Oncological Centre of Competence DIAKO Bremen Prof. Dr. R. Trappe
• Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery Charité, Berlin PD Dr. A. Pascher
• Institute for Medical Immunology Charité, Campus Virchow, Berlin Prof. Dr. H.-D. Volk, Prof. Dr. B. Sawitzki
• Clinic for Nephrology Charité, Berlin Prof. Dr. P. Reinke, Dr. L. Liefeldt
• Clinic for Gastroenterology Charité, Berlin Prof. Dr. B. Siegmund, Prof. Dr. D. Baumgart
• Clinic for Rheumatology Charité, Campus Mitte Dr. T. Alexander, Dr. J. Hummrich
• Clinic for Haematology Charité, Campus Virchow Prof. Dr. R. Arnold, PD Dr. I. Na
• Clinic for Transfusion Medicine Charité, Campus Virchow Dr. C. Schönemann, Dr. N. Lachmann
• Clinic for Dermatology Charité, Campus Mitte Dr. C. Ulrich, Dr. R. Sabat, Dr. K. Wolk
• Berlin Center for Regenerative Therapies Charité, Campus Virchow Prof. Dr. A. Thiel, Prof. Dr. G. Duda
• Institute for Medical Genetics Charité Prof. Dr. S. Mundlos, Prof. Dr. N. Robinson
• Institute for Theoretical Biology Humboldt University Berlin Dr. M. Or-Guil
• Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics Dr. B. Timmermann
• German Rheuma Research Centre Dr. C. Romagnani, Prof. Dr. A. Scheffold
• Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy Dr. H. Seitz, Dr. C. Schröder, Dr. O. Gros
• Epiontis GmbH Dr. S. Olek, Dr. U. Baron
• Generic Assays GmbH Dr. D. Roggenbuck
• Miltenyi GmbH Dr. S. Wild
• Beckman Coulter GmbH Dr. M. Kaymer, Dr. R. Gödde

International partners

• Experimental Hematology Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA Prof. J. Maciejewski
• Department of Immunology Brighton and Sussex Medical School, GB Prof. Dr. F. Kern
• Department of Pediatrics and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine; TX, USA Prof. Dr. C. Rooney
• Med. Clinic for Nephrology University Prag Prof. Dr. O. Viclicky
• Department of Immunology Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Prof. Dr. G. Gorochov
• Department of Mathematics Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel Prof. Dr. Y Louzoun
• Department of Bioinformatics Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Prof. Dr. T. Morra
• Institute and Clinic of Immunology Gavrilova Prof. Dr. V. Kozlov, Dr. E.
• Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russland
• Department of Immunology University Milano Prof. Dr. J. Geginat
• Center for Genomic Regulation Barcelona Dr. J. Hecht