Researchers of the “reCOVer” project, funded by the ministry of education, are testing a substance against Long Covid:
The infection is over – but the symptoms remain. Researchers worldwide are looking at where Long Covid comes from and what can be done against it. One of the triggers is an immune response gone off the rails. All…
Ingenious synthesis by GenoSynth:
When things get really complicated and customer from the chemical and pharmaceutical industry need synthesis of highly complex molecules or optimisation of elaborate processes, GenoSynth offers tailored solutions.…
An innovative single particle counter is contributing to improve quality of medicines and vaccines:
Reliably identifying solid particles in liquids is complicated when the smallest particles are on the nanometre scale (billionth of a metre) and the largest particles are on the micrometre scale, which is about a…
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…
The healthcare marketing experts of PEIX:
It is only since 2012 that it is legal to show medical work wear like scrubs in advertising and it is illegal to advertise prescription drugs and their “promise of efficacy”. “Marketing in every sector has its…
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…
Franziska Kößler investigates employment and health:
Infection or job loss, what is more frightening? Do I feel inspired and enriched by cultural diversity? These are but some of the issues that Franziska Kößler deals with in her everyday academic life. What emotions do…
The concept of the new office building in Adlershof addresses changing work structures with more spaces for communication and teamwork:
Mega trends like the digital transformation and globalisation are changing work processes and are impacting how, when, and where we will work in the future. More radical than anything else, the coronavirus pandemic…
The start-up medudoc is developing a platform for customisable explainer videos that visualise the most common operations in short sequences:
The medudoc Group creates explainer videos that provide patients with well-founded information about the process and possible risks of medical procedures. The team is growing and on course for more…
Production company “Filmgarnitur” realises creative and very personal projects:
Sven Michael Otto and Christoph Rohrscheidt founded the production company “Filmgarnitur” just before the pandemic. Looking back, it was a great chance for creative and very personal projects. Sometimes life just…
Psychologists from Adlershof conduct basic research on emotion perception and wearing face masks:
A wrinkled brow, a frowning mouth, a deepening of the tiny wrinkles around the eyes: More than 40 muscles are involved in forming our facial expressions. Emotion researchers summarise the muscles that are responsible…
Berlin Space Technologies produces satellite construction kits:
Exactly 6,768 parts—neatly packed in 60 boxes and meticulously labelled—made the journey from Berlin to far-away Egypt a few weeks ago. “Our customers will use them to build an Earth observation satellite,” says Tom…
This is how working at a distance and dealing with constantly changing demands succeeds:
The world of work has been changed substantially by the coronavirus pandemic. Working at a distance and digital meetings have become commonplace. They have done so to everyone’s benefit—as is shown by two companies…
How much did our workplaces change during the pandemic?:
Change is the only constant. During the pandemic, this wisdom saying received an additional dimension. How are Adlershof-based companies and institutes dealing with this new world of work? We asked around. We see the…
The HR administrator at Reiner Lemoine Institute ensures a good work climate:
To Michaela Weiske, taking care of employees is the recipe for a well-functioning company. She is an HR administrator at Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI), which conducts research on the transformation of energy systems…
How knowledge is created:
Shifting faster: A push for new materials // 3D-printed lunar dust: TIWARI’s missions // A driving force: 30 years of IGAFA
She is a true Polyanna and head of the Humboldt Explorer project:
When asked about role models guiding her career path, Franziska Hagos has to think long and hard. One thing she couldn’t resort to was the experience of growing up in a household of academics. Finally, she remembers…
HZB researchers are supplying smartwatches with solar energy:
Ideally, the winners of the HZB Technology Transfer Prize go down the road of transforming a research question into a product and integrating it into our lives. The team surrounding Tobias Henschel and Bernd…
Essay by Jakob Nolte, biology student and the winner of the “Jugend forscht” national young science competition:
Science is “Wissenschaft” in German, which literally means “creating knowledge”. The German word “Ausbildung” for education or training implies a space to develop interests and skills. When taking a closer look at…