Pipeline Clusters

Our clusters are based across Europe in Copenhagen, Dublin (Paris), Madrid, Oslo, and Strasbourg. 

Map of Europe indicating locations of Pipeline Clusters (Dublin, Copenhagen, Oslo, Strasbourg, Madrid)
Picture of a petri dish with different cultures marked with a permanent marker.

Tricky targets

-Role of target cultures and molecules for antimicrobial R&D


Robert Thom's "The Era of Antibiotics" - a ca. 1952 oil painting depicting antibiotic discovery in a small laboratory with a female researcher looking at petri dishes - a picture of Alexander Fleming looking at her. Through a glass window one can see a white clothed male worker checking on rows of large deep fermentation tanks producing antibiotics.

Cultures & Codes 

- Deconstructing the Empty Pipeline as a historical phenomenon

Black and white photograph of female researcher engaged in antimicrobial screening while working at a flow hood.

Women, Gender and Microbiology

- Gendered norms within the industrial, clinical and academic research

A picture of a syringe injecting substance into prism with rainbow coloured substances coming out of the other end. A molecule in the form of a key appears in the sky.

Searching for new antibiotics at Bayer

-Looking into R&D of antibiotics in big pharmaceutical and life science company

British Medical Journal Cover featuring a picture of a pipeline with pills at the outlet and asking "how to restart the antibiotic pipeline?".

Dry Pipeline and Global Policy 

- Analyzing the historical evolution of policies and regulations within the pipeline