V dunajski četrti St. Marx s kampusom Vienna Biocenter se že leta razvija eden največjih centrov za biotehnologijo v Evropi. V predelu mesta okoli bivše klavnice, ki je bil predviden kot prostor espandiranja, se je pred ambiciozno idejo o mednarodno pomembnem raziskovalnem clusterju umaknil niz zapuščenih hiš stare gradnje. Danes je v biološki stroki treba izpolniti predpogoj, da so poti med izobraževanjem, raziskovanjem in uresničevanjem kar najkrajše, saj je na tak način omogočeno sodelovanje na trgih, na katerih vlada ostra konkurenca. S prostorsko bližino predavateljev in študentov, znanstvenikov in nenazadnje tudi priključeno ustrezno industrijo dunajska mestna občina pričakuje doseganje prepričljive prednosti te gospodarske lokacije glede na evropska tekmeca, München in Cambridge.
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Campus Vienna Biocenter, which has been growing for years in Vienna’s St. Mark suburb, represents one of the largest bio-technology centres in Europe. In the area surrounding a former slaughterhouse, intended as an expanding space, a series of abandoned houses were retreating before the ambitious idea of an internationally significant research cluster. In the profession of biology the basic precondition today is that the paths between education, research and profit-making are short, to enable participation in markets characterized by fierce competition. On account of the spatial closeness of lecturers and students, scientists and finally of the related industry that has moved in, Vienna City Council expects this corporate location to gain a convincing advantage in respect to Munich and Cambridge, its European competitors.
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