MDL is member of the Center for Molecular Clinical Cancer Research at the Science Center Skejby.

In 2000 the company AROS Applied Biotechnology was formed in collaboration with Aarhus County. This company offers molecular analysis at GLP level. Aros is an official Affymetrix Microarray service provider, with facilities for high-throughput array services for pharmaceutical companies. Aros also offers other contract research and tissue banking services.

A core-centre providing services within the array area has been established in 2003 as a unit associated with The Clinical Institute at Aarhus University.

From 2003 to 2008 MDL housed the "Danish Research School in Molecular Cancer Research" funded by the Danish Research Council. The Research school educated a number of new PhD's and was based on excellent collaboration between laboratories across Denmark.

From 2005 to 2010, MDL participated in the "Nordic Centre of Excellence Programme in Molecular Medicine", funded by the Joint Committee of the Nordic Medical Research Councils, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Academy for Advanced Study.
MDL is part of the Nordic Network of Excellence in Disease Genetics (NoNEDG) and one of the six participating research teams from Denmark, Finland and Sweden.