Scientific collaborations inside Georgia

Presently the Eliava Institute has a close collaboration with a number of research institutions, universities, medical and industrial organizations:

Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

• Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology
• Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Biology
• Department of Physics of Macromolecules, Faculty of Physics

Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

• Chair of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry
• Centre for Structural Research , Faculty of Physics

Georgian Zoo-technical and Zoo-Veterinary University, Tbilisi, Georgia

• Veterinaty Department, Chair of Microbiology
• Zoo-technical Department, Chair of Poultry Farming

Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi

• Chair of Ophthalmology
• Chair of Surgery

Chachava Institute of Perinatology , Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tbilisi

National Center of Deceases Control and Medical Statistics ( NCDC), Tbilisi

Institute of Surgery, Ministry of Health, Tbilisi

Institute of Plant Protection, Tbilisi

Durmishidze Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology , Tbilisi

Institute of Marine Ecology and Fisheries Research, Batumi

Plant Immunity Institute, Kobuleti

Other organizations.
 
The Eliava Institute closely collaborates with the private organizations which have been developed on the basis of the Industrial Department of the former SIU “Bacteriophage” These are: ”BioPharm JSC", BioChimPharm JSC" and "Immunogen Ltd.".
The "Immunogen" and "BioChimPharm JSC" together with the Eliava participate in realization of the international projects funded by CRDF and ISTC.

International Collaboration

Since 1994 scientist of the staff members and PhD students affiliated with the Eliava Institute received up to 30 international grants and scholarships. Presently 14 international collaborative projects funded by INTAS (EU), CRDF (USA), ISTC (EU, USA, Japan), BTEP (USA), DTRA (USA), NATO are in progress.
Partner organizations collaborating with the Eliava IBMV:

• Health Protection Agency (former CAMR ), Porton Down, UK
• Battelle Memorial Institute, Ohio, USA,
• University of Gent , Belgium
• University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
• University of Milan, Milan, Italy
• University of North Carolina , USA
• University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
• Evergreen State College, Olympia, USA
• University of Brighton, UK
• Rice University, Houston, USA
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina, USA
• University of London, UK
• Trinity College ( Ireland)
• CNRS, Toulouse, France
• University of Munchen ( Germany)
• Robert Koch Institute of Epidemiology ( Germany)
• Institute of Genetics and Selection of Microorganisms ( Moscow, Russia)
• Gamalea Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia
• Kazan State University, Kazan, Tussia
• Odessa Medical University, Odessa, Ukarine
• Institute of Botany, Kiev, Ukraine

Since 2003 the Eliava Institute is involved into the Georgian-American Program “Biological Weapon Proliferation Prevention (BWPP) which aims at consolidation and protection of the pathogens, their detection, investigation and search of the methods for their inactivation. This program emphasizes the importance of the Eliava Institute for Georgia and the Caucasian region as a whole.