A research group at the Helmholtz Centre Berlin has found the crucial genetic switch:
Plants are living things. They grow, breathe, and turn carbon dioxide into oxygen using photosynthesis. How this happens exactly hasn’t yet been researched down to the last detail. However, Gert Weber, biochemist and…
FORLIFE makes products for ostomy, tracheostomy, wound care, and incontinence:
At its location in Adlershof, the company FORLIFE makes products for ostomies. Although these are something very common all over the world, the company is one of its kind in Germany. “We use high-tech and handcraft…
Adlershof-based companies are showing the world what (green) biotechnology can achieve. We will introduce you to two of them that could change the rules of the game through their innovation:
Many suspect them to be cancerous even in the smallest amounts and to damage the liver, kidneys, and DNA: nitrosamines. A substance like that should be kept far away from medicines. However, that’s exactly where the…
BAM researchers develop method for determining chlorinated contaminants in water by molecular absorption spectrometry:
Chlorinated chemicals are well-known as long-lasting water contaminants. Many of them are formally recognized by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Although their toxicity and…
The biotechnology company, founded in 2001 in the Technology Park, plans to move into its new building in mid-2023:
Together with numerous guests from politics, economics and science, SCIENION GmbH celebrated the laying of the foundation stone of its new headquarters in Berlin Adlershof. The building complex will be constructed on…
Researchers at PTB in Adlershof identified characteristics that make the peptides alternative drug candidates for conventional antibiotics:
The far-infrared spectroscopy in the so-called terahertz (THz) spectral range (wavenumbers from 40 cm-1 to 400 cm-1) allows for the non-invasive probing of biomolecular interactions due to the detection of vibrational…
Training on devices of the new LUMiSpoc® product line & new applications in battery and hydrogen research strengthen LUM GmbH in the world:
From January 20th to 21st, the International Sales Meeting of LUM GmbH took place for the 23rd time in a row. Despite the ongoing pandemic, the traditional face-to-face event could be held in a hybrid variant. The…
Sebastian Ahlberg works on improving diagnostics in Adlershof:
Something to do with biology. This was a given for Sebastian Ahlberg, even when he was still at school in Güstrow, his hometown. Today, he is the head of a “start-up doing research” in Adlershof. This is what his…
The Falling Walls Lab Adlershof showcases innovative research approaches:
The who’s who of science will meet up in November for the annual Falling Walls conference. It invited young research talent from all over the world. According to Sanela Schlößer, the competition is all about “breaking…
The Innovation Award 2021 is endowed with 10,000 euros per award winner:
The company LUM GmbH submitted the innovation LUMiSpoc® as part of this year's competition from the states of Berlin and Brandenburg and was nominated as one of ten companies for the innovation award. The LUMiSpoc®…
Quantune Technologies are revolutionising the use of infrared lasers:
The first few years of a start-up could hardly be more adventurous: Founded with an EXIST grant straight from Berlin’s Humboldt University (HU) in October 2019, Quantune Technologies GmbH moved into its labs at…
The MX team at BESSY II specialises in analysing protein structures:
X-ray structure analysis at BESSY II enables the systematic testing of many thousands of molecules that could inhibit the reproduction and virulence of SARS-CoV2 viruses. Now, a team at HZB with partners from Austria…
Novel measuring system determines the concentration of nanoparticles – successful technology transfer from PTB to industry:
In Braunschweig and Berlin, time comes from atomic clocks, lengths are measured far into the nano-world, scientists do research on fundamental questions concerning the physical units, and the employees in the…
Benjamin Herzog is building green air pollution filters in Adlershof:
He can never quite let go of the material that his business model is based on. In his spare time, Benjamin Herzog likes to frequent the lakes around Berlin, either by canoe, surfboard, or on a sailing boat. “I try to…
Phosphorus, iron, and rare earths — the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is investigating how important materials can be preserved and reused:
Talking to Christian Adam, an air of the eternal lies in the room. Our conversation is about continuous cycles that recovers materials and saves resources. Sparing the environment is one important goal of the circular…
Research funding is key – Information by the German Committee Research with Synchrotron Radiation:
Synchrotron light sources were originally built to study particles. Today, they are even used in the fight against COVID-19. The projects are as diverse as the fields of the synchrotron users, who come from…
Mushlabs GmbH uses fungal cells for producing a vegan meat alternative:
Fungi are highly efficient recyclers of plant waste, which they convert into proteins and other important nutrients. The young Hamburg-based company Mushlabs GmbH is developing a bioreactor process in which fungal…
The toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics is being investigated in two large EU projects:
Particularly fibrous particles of micro- and nanoplastics are suspected of being harmful. They enter the human body via the air we breathe or the food we eat. Initial data indicate that they could lead to irritation…
Twelve certified reference materials allow reliable and comparable characterization:
Fluorescent materials are used in many areas today: on the security codes of banknotes, in plasma screens or in medical diagnostics. The crucial factor here is that the materials luminesce intensively over a long…
GILUPI GmbH and SCIENION AG announced that the companies intend to intensify their collaboration in the field of single circulating tumor cell (CTC) analysis. CTCs are rare cells that can be found in the peripheral…