Our mission
Ribocon is committed to supporting you in extracting the maximum amount of useful knowledge from microbial DNA sequence data (genomes, metagenomes and marker genes) using state-of-the-art solutions and the most up-to-date, comprehensive resources such as the SILVA rRNA gene databases for identification and classification of microorganisms.
By providing our customers with the knowledge and technology they require, Ribocon enables advances in the fields of environmental, clinical, and industrial microbiology for both routine applications and cutting-edge projects.
Our name and location
Ribocon combines two terms central to our philosophy; RIBOsome and CONsultancy. The ribosome transforms information (genes) into cellular building blocks and tools (proteins) and symbolizes Ribocon's mission of turning sequence data into knowledge.
One of the ribosome's building blocks (the rRNA) also forms the basis of microbial detection, identification and classification - one of our core competencies.
In our role as consultants, we provide services, products, and training to partners in industry and academia worldwide from our headquarters in Bremen, Germany.
Our expertise
The Ribocon team of biologists, computational biologists, and computer scientists is highly experienced in microbial DNA sequence analysis (function, diversity, diagnostics) and using and developing bioinformatics tools and databases.
Although there are no laboratories at Ribocon, our scientists are competent in all common experimental techniques used for microbial and genomic analysis, such as quantitative in situ detection methods (FISH) and DNA microarrays.
Ribocon is well grounded in state-of-the-art science and technology as documented by our 
list of publications.
Our origins
Grounded in 2005, Ribocon is a fully independent spin-off from the Microbial Genomics & Bioinformatics Group, Department of Molecular Ecology at the 
Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany.
For more information please contact 
public.relations(at)ribocon.com
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