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ABOUT US

CEMEX. Infinite Solutions.

Our Center is built upon over 40 years of expertise and experience in fundamental and applied biomedical sciences, pharmacology and pain research.

CEMEX is an integrated, research and development department of the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, providing a variety of services for many sectors, including human or animal healthcare, pharmaceutics or biotechnology.

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Services

We offer Preclinical Services Customized to your Needs.
Our extended portfolio of unique mouse disease models, together with our long-lasting expertise in preclinical testing, our standardized procedures as well as the customer oriented scientific consultation and services we provide, constitute our unmatched competitive advantage.

Pain and inflamation research

Cardiovascular and metabolic research

Cancer research

Neurodegenerative disorders

Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering

Nanotechnologies

Virusology & Microbiology

Food suplements and natural products

Educational & Multimedia

TECHNOLOGY & INFRASTRUCTURE

Our 2,000 sqm of state-of-the-art infrastructure is uniquely equiped to tackle the most challenging fundamental and preclinical R&D projects, while our management, quality control and ethical procedures are compliant to the high EU standards for animal research and ISO 9001.

CEMEX houses the following core facilities:

  • In Vivo Studies Unit
  • Surgery Procedures Unit
  • Physio-Pharmacology Unit
  • Preclinical Imaging Unit
  • Molecular Analysis Unit
  • Functional Celular Studies Unit
  • Educational & Multimedia Unit
  • Molecular Biology Lab
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Why Us

Our resources include a team of highly educated and experienced scientists and technicians that operate in our SPF research animal facility and state-of-the-art laboratory. Our lead in the field of Preclinical Testing is also supported by our highly active Research & Development program that aims at the development and characterization of novel humanized animal disease models. Our preclinical services combine high-end research with cutting edge technologies.

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PARTNERS & COMMUNITY

Together with our partners both public and private sector: universities, research institutes, hospitals, public institutes for health, biotech start-ups, pharma companies and other CROs, CEMEX successfully developed complex projects.

BioROne Cluster, the first joint biotech initiative in North-East Romania, founded in 2011, certified by ESCA in 2016 with the bronze medal for quality management, includes 20 members (3 universities, 4 clinical hospitals, 3 research institutes, 2 public health departments, 5 SME’s and one large company). The role of the cluster is to contribute with a different set of skills and experiences, from research and education to production, marketing and legislation, to successfully bring to market new products and services, innovative in the field of interest.

 

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International

National

European

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) – France
  • École Nationale de Chimie à Montpellier (ENSCM) – France
  • Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud (IBIMA-FIMABIS) – Spain
  • La Fundación para la Investigación y la Innovación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (FINBA) – Spain
  • Nano Sanguis 
  • Region Västmanland – Sweden
  • RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB – Sweden
  • Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering AS – Norway
  • "Nicolae Testemițanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy – Republic of Moldova
  • Université de Montpellier – France
  • Warsaw University of Technology – Poland

Testimonials

It looks like a spaceship, it is so beautiful - but be careful, you need astronauts!
I wish to the new generations of CEMEX researchers, that through their work, „Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy will gain the necessary score, which will propel it in the top 500 universities of the world."
Professor Emeritus Ostin C. MungiuMD, PhD- Founder of CSTP and CDTL
CEMEX is the result of a dream. There is no similar place at this level of endowment and establishment in Romania!
CEMEX is the result of a big dream, and now we can tell that it is also beautiful. CEMEX was born from the desire to prove that performance can be done in Romania. Our research center is alive, trembles with knowledge, with science, with results. Obviously, this is done primarily with people. I would like the internationalization of CEMEX, to increase international awareness and attract human resources from everywhere. This is only possible if the world finds out about our work and the results we have achieved so far.
Professor Bogdan Ionel TambaMD, PhD- CEMEX Coordinator
We will look for the therapeutic application of cannabinoids, because these substances, which have been given a very bad reputation, actually have good effects.
CEMEX means first and foremost a team of young people who have embarked on a rather difficult journey at the same time, but thanks to good coordination and good luck that there has been good collaboration, it has grown significantly in the last five years, being well-divided as responsibilities, as tasks, as areas of expertise, as knowledge and forming a cohesive whole, which guarantees that any project that reaches CEMEX will find a multi-faceted approach.
Teodora Alexa-StratulatMD, PhD, Lecturer UMF Iasi - CEMEX collaborator
We are currently researching how plasma can be used to treat cancer!
Following the investments and the development of the project, CEMEX infrastructure is one of the best that currently exists in Moldova. Various equipment and devices are used at almost maximum capacity. CEMEX is a landmark in research, especially as it is intended to expand on the side of molecular biology. This component of molecular biology is increasing in demand and this is the international trend as well.
Professor Dragoș Lucian GorganPhD, Faculty of Biology, UAIC Iasi - CEMEX collaborator
CEMEX for me is the journey from Earth to the Moon!
CEMEX for me is the journey from Earth to the Moon, because I know how it was before and how it is now. I came from a basement where I was conducting my research and I can say that transformation of CEMEX is like landing on the moon. It is a step forward not only for the local scientific community, but also for the international community where we have begun to assert ourselves.
Ionuț TudoranceaMD, PhD, Lecturer UMF Iasi, CEMEX collaborator
We collaborate with CEMEX for the development of bioactive and biometric nano-formulations, based on polymers, with healing and tissue regenerating effect.
CEMEX, for UMF, and also for the Faculty of Pharmacy is a reference center for basic research and can successfully compete with traditional centers in the country and in Europe and beyond. At our faculty, most of the studies are part of basic research, so CEMEX came as a complement to the research we do. Thus, the equipment’s in the center are very important for the faculty and implicitly for the group I coordinate.
Professor Lenuța ProfirePharmD, PhD, Dean of Pharmacy Faculty UMF Iasi - CEMEX collaborator
I wanted to research dementia from Alzheimer's disease, because I've always been passionate about the central nervous system.
I collaborate with CEMEX on neurodegenerative diseases and also on Alzheimer's research projects. The CEMEX team included me in this national grant, which will run for a period of 3 years, a grant related to new challenges in pain therapy, more specifically, the use of synthetic cannabinoids in chronic neuropathy induced by chemotherapy. Also, I am part of an internal grant, which aims to preclinically evaluate a new compound to see its effectiveness in an Alzheimer's research model in which diabetes is also present.
Daniela-Carmen AbabeiPharmD, PhD - CEMEX collaborator
The safety and accuracy of the diagnosis were the most important.
The pandemic was a real challenge. We had to rethink everything. We adapted and passed the equipment’s from research to diagnosis; we took measures to protect our team and we organized ourselves in order to be safe. The team also worked 24 hours a day. When we started testing, there were few testing centers in the country and many overcrowded hospitals. It was the pressure to do everything right and give the results as soon as possible because we were thinking about the people who were anxiously waiting for the test results.
Cosmin Teodor MihaiPhD, biologist- CEMEX staff
I have done three years of volunteering at CEMEX so far. I work at the molecular biology laboratory and I did my bachelor's thesis at the research center. In the next CEMEX project I will even be a research assistant. I want to become a scientific researcher in the future and to have my own research projects. I am open to any opportunity that arises in this field. At CEMEX I had great mentors who guided and helped me whenever I needed it.
Antonela Maria PasăreMD - CEMEX volunteer
„What do you remember about CEMEX? It's one of the best-equipped laboratories, with state-of-the-art equipment ranging from chemical work to experiments on different strains of living organisms (cells, rats, mice, etc.). Various pathological models on rodents are developed and treated with experimental substances. I would like to thank Professor Tamba, who has spared no effort to make this wonderful scientific adventure possible.”
Mathieu NitiemaPhd in Pharmacology, IRSS / CNRST – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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