MedUni Campus AKH officially opened two new research centers: the Center for Translational Medicine and the Eric Kandel Institute – Center for Precision Medicine. Rector Markus Müller, Minister Eva-Maria Holzleitner, and Mayor Michael Ludwig attended the event.
The 14,000-square-meter Center for Translational Medicine cost 120 million euros, housing labs and the Eugene Braunwald Auditorium. The 90-million-euro Eric Kandel Institute spans 6,100 square meters for 200 researchers focused on genomics and bioinformatics.
Connected to the AKH by bridges, these facilities represent a major joint investment by the federal government and Vienna. The precision medicine center honors Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, a Vienna native who fled in 1939, with a statue at the new entrance.