Press release - 17/03/2009 The market for analytical, bio- and laboratory technology in Germany still doing well German manufacturers of analytical, bio- and laboratory technologies achieved considerable growth in 2008, and the sector is cautiously optimistic about 2009. According to calculations produced by the SPECTARIS industry association, this industry sector (about 330 companies) achieved sales revenues in 2008 that were about eight percent higher (up 6.2 billion euros) than in 2007.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/the-market-for-analytical-bio-and-laboratory-technology-in-germany-still-doing-well
Press release - 26/09/2011 Unraveling the properties of plant substances Researchers from the Institute of Analytical Chemistry at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences are focusing on sensors in their effort to increase the yields of bioreactors and reduce the number of animals used for toxicity testing of pharmaceuticals. In addition, the chemists from Mannheim are aiming to investigate the activity of plant substances in the Bioactive Plant Foods Network, a transnational network for the promotion of bioactive…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/unraveling-the-properties-of-plant-substances
Article - 13/12/2016 Smart sensor technology from Ulm can do more than just breath analysis Detecting disease-specific molecules in human breath is technically feasible, but time-consuming and rather costly. "µbreath" could soon change this. The breath gas analysis device has all the necessary requirements for commercial success in the healthcare sector: it is compact, accurate, highly sensitive and fast. The chemist who developed µbreath, Prof. Boris Mizaikoff from Ulm University, and his partners are hoping to start…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/smart-sensor-technology-from-ulm-can-do-more-than-just-breath-analysis
Article - 24/01/2011 Protzek GmbH: On site drug testing and analytics How do you find out if someone is driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs? Up until now the police had to visually inspect and assess test strips in order to convict a drunken or doped driver. Lörrach-based Protzek Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Technik mbH have improved this situation with the development of a mobile system that uses objective criteria to quantitatively analyse drugs and medications on site. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/protzek-gmbh-on-site-drug-testing-and-analytics
Article - 05/11/2012 Walter Vetter: analytics that guarantees consumer safety How do consumers know whether the food item they have purchased actually is the product with the desired properties or whether the packaging promises more than the product actually delivers? This is not a judgement that can be made based on the product’s appearance or taste. Only analytical methods can get to the bottom of the molecules inside the food item. Prof. Dr. Walter Vetter at the Institute of Food Chemistry at the University of Hohenheim…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/walter-vetter-analytics-that-guarantees-consumer-safety
Dossier - 29/03/2009 Options for the food industry Biotechnology has since found its way into the food industry and in fact into the entire value creation chain from raw material production to food processing to the sale of the final product. There are many ways in which biotechnology can contribute to better food products. These include the use of enzymes and microorganisms as well as in the production of food supplements and to improve analytic tests.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/options-for-the-food-industry
Article - 19/09/2011 k-labor GmbH – a specialist in material analysis and characterisation k-labor GmbH focuses on the initial inspection of samples for the automotive industry and the testing of a broad range of different materials. k-labor also specialises in environmental simulations and durability testing and offers consulting and the transfer of technologies in the plastics sector. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/k-labor-gmbh-a-specialist-in-material-analysis-and-characterisation
Dossier - 02/06/2014 Bioanalysis – techniques for the characterization of biological material Science constantly provides researchers with new challenges biologists and bioanalysts have to deal with and which come from sources as varied as the ever increasing number of resistant pathogenic bacterial strains or the famine conditions in Third-World countries. In the search for scientific truths bioanalysis is the development optimization and application of the entire range of analytical methods available. However we need to keep in mind…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/bioanalysis-techniques-for-the-characterization-of-biological-material
Article - 11/03/2013 PHAST GmbH: firm focus on growth strategy Since August last year, PHAST Development GmbH & Co. KG has been bringing a breath of fresh air to the old research campus of the pharmaceutical company Takeda (formerly Nycomed) in Konstanz. The pharmaceutical company, with its roots in the city of Homburg, Germany, is a specialist in innovative methods for testing the quality of medicines. Amongst other things, PHAST develops test methods that enable the optimisation of drug release. A…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/phast-gmbh-firm-focus-on-growth-strategy
Article - 07/06/2010 Biametrics – specialist in label-free bioanalysis Biametrics is a spin-off from the University of Tübingen that focuses on the commercialisation of innovative developments in the field of label-free bioanalyses. The companys platform detects interactions between biomolecules using reflectometric interference spectroscopy RIfS and can be integrated into small mobile analytical devices.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/biametrics-specialist-in-label-free-bioanalysis
Press release - 12/12/2017 BRAIN AG and Mannheim University develop 3D skin models for health care and cosmetics Research collaboration in project M2Aind for new real-time and high-resolution screening technologies of 3D skin spheroids. Mannheim University of Applied Sciences builds on expertise in 3D cell culture and advanced live cell imaging. BRAIN contributes unique skin reporter cells, screening compound libraries and market knowledge. Review article in Journal of Cellular Biotechnology. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/brain-ag-and-mannheim-university-develop-3d-skin-models-for-health-care-and-cosmetics
Article - 18/09/2011 BMBF project AllerGen: DNA test to protect consumers against food allergens People who are hypersensitive to a particular food protein can develop an adverse reaction to the smallest amount of the allergenic protein that can range from mild to severe. Although many allergic people are aware of their hypersensitivity to certain food proteins they can have allergic reactions because they are not always aware of the presence of allergenic proteins in certain food products. This is why the reliable sensitive and quantitative…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/bmbf-project-allergen-dna-test-to-protect-consumers-against-food-allergens
Article - 04/10/2010 ANASYN Ozan Gökay – research laboratory for complex tasks Ozan Gökay, chemical engineer and chemist, has been thinking about setting up his own company for many years. Now he is about to turn his plans into reality and his company ANASYN will start operating in November 2010. The company will focus on analytics, syntheses and biotechnology.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/anasyn-ozan-goekay-research-laboratory-for-complex-tasks
Press release - 08/01/2009 ILM – Applicators and method development The ILM offers a broad range of services relating to the development of devices and methods. The service offer comprises the entire value creation chain from the initial solution concept to the applicable functional model. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/ilm-applicators-and-method-development
Article - 07/05/2010 Günter Gauglitz: research at the boundaries of physics, chemistry and biology Biosensors and label-free optical bioanalysis are the major research priorities of Prof. Dr. Günter Gauglitz from the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry IPC at the University of Tübingen. His whole career has been about the acquisition of multi-million third-party funded projects that are worked on by a team of 15 scientists at the IPC.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/guenter-gauglitz-research-at-the-boundaries-of-physics-chemistry-and-biology
Article - 19/03/2008 Innovendia: Keeping the focus on client requirements The biotechnology sector is growing and new companies have excellent opportunities to establish themselves on the market. Dr. Michael Steinwand explains what companies have to beware.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/innovendia-keeping-the-focus-on-client-requirements
Press release - 02/04/2009 J&M Analytik awarded VR-Mittelstand Innovation Prize The main prize a cheque for 25000 euros was awarded to Essingen-based JM Analytik AG for its development of the Lighthouse ProbeTM Technology an innovative probe technology with integrated cleaning function for use in process analytics. The fully automated optical method can be used to monitor production processes.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/j-m-analytik-awarded-vr-mittelstand-innovation-prize
Article - 10/03/2021 Faster to single cells using miniature grinder Tissue cells are needed for medical diagnostics, cell therapies and tissue engineering, among other things. A novel tissue grinder gently and automatically dissociates cells from tissue. In November 2020, the newly founded biotech company Fast Forward Discoveries GmbH (FFX) delivered its first tissue grinders to customers.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/faster-single-cells-using-miniature-grinder
Article - 29/05/2012 Isabelle Seemann: DNA as building block for nanostructures Since the emergence of nanotechnology in the 1980s DNA has been used as a construction material in many areas. Wires grids and nanorobots can all be produced from this versatile material. Isabelle Seemann scientist at the University of Konstanz works with a particular DNA constellation known as three-way DNA junction. Seemanns findings are of great importance for different areas of knowledge including the material sciences analytics and…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/isabelle-seemann-dna-as-building-block-for-nanostructures
Article - 15/07/2013 A horse in cow’s clothing Control is good dual control even better. Blind trust in the food industry is not always the best idea. Dioxin EHEC and the horsemeat scandal show how vulnerable safety of the food chain is in a globalised world and also highlights the continuously changing challenges facing food inspectors. Food inspection aims to protect consumers from potential harm caused by food and against fraud committed by the industry.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/a-horse-in-cow-s-clothing
Article - 02/06/2014 micro-biolytics GmbH – industrial application of the AquaSpec™ technology Spectroscopic methods have been used for many decades in scientific research to obtain a wealth of information about chemical substances, substance mixtures and their reaction processes. Micro-biolytics GmbH from Esslingen have successfully developed a spectroscopic method that combines innovative technologies. The method enables the highly accurate and sensitive measurement of aqueous samples. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/micro-biolytics-gmbh-industrial-application-of-the-aquaspec-technology
Press release - 12/12/2016 Curetis obtains EIB debt financing totaling up to EUR 25 million to further expand its diagnostic platform https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/curetis-obtains-eib-debt-financing-totaling-up-to-eur-25-million-to-further-expand-its-diagnostic-platform
Digitalisation - 10/12/2015 cubuslab helps laboratories to enter the digital era cubuslab, a start-up company that was spun off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in March 2015, has developed a technology to connect different types of laboratory equipment, from precision balances to analytical instruments. The technology is aimed at automating workflows and connecting and storing data in an electronic laboratory notebook. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/cubuslab-helps-laboratories-to-enter-the-digital-era
Article - 12/01/2011 How milk, cheese, yoghurt and curd cheese can be kept free from “genetic engineering” Bacteriophages introduce their DNA into bacteria where they quickly reproduce and eventually destroy the host organism. Phages are omnipresent in nature and some can be dangerous for humans. They also represent a huge contamination risk in the production of fermented food. Canadian researchers Lvesque et al. 2005 estimate that phages cause around 10 per cent of all production losses in the diary industry where they infest bacteria such as…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/how-milk-cheese-yoghurt-and-curd-cheese-can-be-kept-free-from-genetic-engineering
Article - 28/01/2016 Crowdsourcing initiative to tackle Alzheimer’s The BioMed X Innovation Center and the biopharmaceutical company AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG have used crowdsourcing to set up a team of scientists from renowned international institutions to investigate new options for treating Alzheimer’s disease. The team are looking for targets in the metabolism of tau proteins and its pathological modifications that can be used to develop drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/crowdsourcing-initiative-to-tackle-alzheimers