Baseclick GMBH

headquartered in neuried near munich, baseclick gmbh was founded in april 2008 as spin-off from basf se and ludwig-maximilians-universität (lmu) munich. along with its expertise, baseclick gmbh offers to support customers with licenses on labeling processes, some >200 high-quality dyes and labels and several kits. the baseclick technology is based on click chemistry method introduced by professor barry sharpless (nobel prize in chemistry, 2001) of the scripps research institute, la jolla, california. professor thomas carell of ludwig-maximilians-universität munich, germany, has advanced the technology so that nucleic acids can be efficiently modified. the basic patent on copper-catalyzed click reactions on nucleic acids was granted by the european patent office in 2010 followed by many other countries such as usa, japan etc. baseclick gmbh has obtained a worldwide exclusive license from the scripps research institute for the research and diagnostic field.