Press release - 13/03/2025 Dieter Schwarz Foundation provides long-term funding for application-oriented basic research and innovative talent pool The Max Planck Society and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have embarked on a groundbreaking initiative. On March 13, 2025, they signed an agreement through which the foundation will support an innovative approach by the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg to translate basic research findings into practical applications. As part of this endeavour, two new departments of the institute will be established in Heilbronn. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/dieter-schwarz-foundation-provides-long-term-funding-application-oriented-basic-research-and-innovative-talent-pool
Press release - 20/11/2024 New bioengineering approaches for the automated production of complex organoids The reproducible and precise production of complex organoid models to simulate human organ malfunctions is the focus of an interdisciplinary research project at Heidelberg University. A research team from the life and engineering sciences is looking to combine the engineering of molecular systems with machine learning and automated production methods. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/neue-ansaetze-des-bio-engineering-fuer-die-automatisierte-herstellung-komplexer-organoide
Press release - 14/11/2024 Novel method for fighting tumors Making existing cancer therapy more efficient while significantly reducing the side effects on healthy tissue - this is the aim of a project at Aalen University. It is being funded with one million euros from the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The biophysicist and his team are developing innovative nanoparticles made of gold. The particles use radiotherapy and chemotherapy simultaneously and kill the cancer cells in a targeted manner.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/novel-method-for-fighting-tumors
Press release - 16/10/2024 Sensitive Arm Prostheses A quantum sensor that can register nerve impulses without contact opens up new possibilities in prosthetics. Researchers at Fraunhofer IPA are developing together with the industrial partner Q.ANT the prototype of one Prosthetic arm that is controlled by neural commands like healthy limbs.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/sensitive-arm-prostheses
Press release - 02/02/2024 University of Stuttgart successful with cluster draft proposals The German Research Foundation (DFG) has announced the first pivotal decisions for the "Clusters of Excellence" funding line as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. The University of Stuttgart has been given the green light for two new cluster initiatives. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/universitaet-stuttgart-mit-clusterskizzen-erfolgreich
Photon-counting technology - 01/02/2023 PC3 consortium: innovative computed tomography for Baden-Württemberg The University Hospitals of Freiburg, Tübingen and Mannheim have been cooperating with each other since 2021 to test new types of computed tomography devices. With the help of photon-counting technology, the aim is not only to improve patient care, but also to encourage local companies to develop downstream data processing technologies.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/pc3-consortium-innovative-computed-tomography-baden-wuerttemberg
Press release - 19/10/2021 Gips Schüle Research Award for three scientists from the University of Stuttgart Prof. Dr. Harald Gießen from the Institute of Physics (4) as well as Prof. Dr. Alois Herkommer and Dr. Simon Thiele from the Institute of Applied Optics at the University of Stuttgart received the Gips Schüle Research Award 2021 on October 19, 2021. The researchers were awarded the prize, which is valued at EUR 50,000.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/gips-schuele-research-award-three-scientists-university-stuttgart
Press release - 30/09/2021 New microscopy technique makes deep in vivo brain imaging possible A pioneering technique developed by the Prevedel Group at EMBL allows neuroscientists to observe live neurons deep inside the brain – or any other cell hidden within an opaque tissue. The technique is based on two state-of-the-art microscopy methods, three-photon microscopy and adaptive optics. The paper reporting on this advancement was published on 30th September 2021 in Nature Methods.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/new-microscopy-technique-makes-deep-vivo-brain-imaging-possible