Article - 02/09/2008 Screening with high quality and high throughput The Early Discovery department of the research-based pharmaceutical company Nycomed GmbH deals with early drug research from the identification of targets to the generation of lead structures. This process involves high-throughput drug screening. On behalf of www.bio-pro.de Michael Statnik talked with Dr. Stefanie Polej about the process of the automated analysis of molecule activities in the Constance-based company.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/screening-with-high-quality-and-high-throughput
Article - 28/07/2008 25 amino acids against avian influenza About a year ago Prof. Dr. Martin Schwemmle and his team at the University Hospital of Freiburg discovered a new starting point in the fight against the H5N1-virus. In the meantime the scientists are working together with the company Pike Pharma to develop a compound.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/25-amino-acids-against-avian-influenza
Article - 30/06/2008 Robot analysis of tissue sections The NanoZoomer robot at the TIGA High-Tech Imaging Centre at the University of Heidelberg delivers images of cells and tissues and analyses them completely automatically. The system creates virtual slides that can then be viewed at different focal planes.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/robot-analysis-of-tissue-sections
Press release - 28/05/2008 Printed biochips In a collaborative project scientists in Stuttgart and Heidelberg succeeded in cutting the production costs for highly complex peptide arrays by a factor of 100 at the same time as being able to increase the number of functional peptides by a factor of 20.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/printed-biochips
Press release - 07/05/2008 When engineers learn from brain researchers The BMBF has decided to fund a Bernstein Focus on Neurotechnology in the four German regions of Berlin Frankfurt FreiburgTübingen and Göttingen with a total of 34 million euros.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/when-engineers-learn-from-brain-researchers
Article - 29/03/2008 Freiburg researchers discover new effect of insulin Working with colleagues from the Harvard Medical School in Boston USA researchers from Freiburg University have discovered a previously unknown role of insulin in ageing and lifespan. Insulin inhibits a master stress regulator protein known as SKN-1.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/freiburg-researchers-discover-new-effect-of-insulin