The “Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment (M²OLIE)” Research Campus is one of nine research projects which are currently funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space as part of the “Forschungscampus – Public-Private Partnership for Innovation” competition from 25 September 2012.
The close interdisciplinary cooperation with physicians, scientists, engineers, economists and IT scientists from six academic (universities and non-university research institutions) and 18 industry partners (large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises) seeks to establish a unique medical intervention environment for minimally invasive cancer treatments at the University Medical Center Mannheim. During this development process, M²OLIE aims to improve and supplement therapeutic procedures in the fields of radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy with modern imaging methods, patient-specific radio-pharmaceuticals, robot-based intervention assistants and personalised therapeutic procedures. This variety of innovations, coupled with new examination and treatment methods and patient-specific therapies involves changing the processes both inside and outside the operating room. Part of the research project also involves optimising these transformed processes through a process management system. The development of this “intervention environment of the future” is the specific aim of the M²OLIE Research Campus.
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This research project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and supervised by VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH.
The logo of the research campus M²OLIE (pronounced: molie) symbolizes the intended closed-loop process of molecular intervention and the interlocking of various disciplines: engineering (blue), natural sciences (green), medicine (red), and business administration/informatics (orange).
The stylized M² represents the five flagship and cross-sectional projects from the first funding phase and, through the suggested molecular structure, again refers to molecular intervention. The stylized M² is also reminiscent of the logo of the city of Mannheim (“Mannheim²” = Mannheim in the square).
M² is also reflected in the naming of the research campus: Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment: M²OLIE.
