Change in Leadership at DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH

2026 Balzan Prizes announced

Award for sustainable polymers and molecular evolution

Danish 3D cell culture company Celvivo raises USD 6.6 million and appoints new CEO for global scale-up

A life-science tools veteran joins the table

Madeleine Roach to Become Country President of Sanofi in Germany

The new position of Country President is Sanofi's response to the current situation in Germany

Celonic announces CEO transition: The succession has already been settled

Dr. Samanta Cimitan to depart at end of 2026 to assume a senior leadership role at a global life sciences organization

Uwe Röhrhoff Steps Down as Interim CEO of Gerresheimer AG

Wolf Lehmann, CFO, and Achim Schalk, Member of the Management Board, will assume his duties until further notice

QIAGEN appoints Jonathan M. Pratt as CEO

Jon Pratt brings more than 25 years of leadership experience, most recently as CEO of Filtration Group and previously at Waters, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and Pall

Astorg completes acquisition of Microbiology business from Thermo Fisher Scientific

Former PerkinElmer CEO heads the new company

Xcellon Biologics acquires GMP manufacturing facility from NextCure

Co-founder Abhishake Chhibber takes over as CEO

Danaher appoints Julie Sawyer Montgomery as president and chief executive officer

Rainer Blair to retire

Blood Vessels as Guardians Against Skin Cancer - Essen-Based Researcher Accepted into the Emmy Noether Program

Prof. Dr. Lisa Becker is investigating how blood vessel cells regulate T-cell access to tumors

Gradientech appoints Sumi Thaker as Chief Executive Officer to lead its next phase of commercial growth

The new CEO Sumi Thaker brings over 30 years of experience at UCB, bioMérieux, and Thermo Fisher

Leishmania: When tropical parasites use immune cells as a taxi

Rose Hill Life Sciences Appoints Jama Pitman as Chief Executive Officer

Biopharma Veteran and Former Strategic Advisor Steps Up to Lead Organization as Rose Hill Advances Active Clinical Programs in Psychedelic Therapeutics

Klaus Grohe Prize 2026 awarded for the first time to two researchers

Edward Tate and Nicolas Winssinger share the €75,000 prize for medicinal chemistry

Great Ideas: From Stress-Free Cell Sorting to a Universal Flu Vaccine

Science2Start 2026: Dr. Sarah Scatigna’s CELLnROLL Wins First Prize

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2026 goes to Martin Pačesa from the University of Zurich

AI-guided de novo design of functional protein binders

Ströbel GmbH Reorganizes Its Sales Division

Niklas Lockl joins the team, bringing expertise in plastics engineering and mechanical engineering

Double leadership change at MBX Biosciences

Transition to support the company's next phase of growth

Shimadzu acquires European electron microscopy pioneer for $711 million

The combination is set to deliver complete solutions for semiconductors, life sciences and materials science

New Management at Boehringer Ingelheim's Biberach Site

The former Head of Corporate Quality Systems succeeds Thomas Reith, who led the plant for many years

Novo Nordisk and AWS enter strategic partnership to accelerate drug discovery through AI

New AI hub in London brings together engineers, AI specialists and scientists to reduce the time to market for future medicines

Computomics raises EUR 6.3 million to scale climate-smart plant breeding

AI predicts which plant varieties can withstand heat and drought

The quantum computer microscope

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

Survey reveals gaps in knowledge about mould and its potential health risks

Scientists turn COVID-19 immune memory into a powerful new ally against cancer

Celloram, Inc., University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University unveil PROTEXI, a novel cancer vaccine platform advancing toward first-in-human clinical trials in sarcoma patients.

Why do we get sleepy? How neurons control sleep drive

Understanding how the brain generates sleep drive would provide entirely new opportunities for sleep research

Celonic announces CEO transition: The succession has already been settled

Dr. Samanta Cimitan to depart at end of 2026 to assume a senior leadership role at a global life sciences organization

Staying One Step Ahead of the Development of Resistance

How Bacteria Develop Resistance to Antisense Antibiotics—and How Future Therapies Can Be Made Less Susceptible to It

African Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Vaccine Candidate to Be Advanced to Clinical Trials

CEPI backs Minapharm's Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate, based on ProBioGen's proprietary MVA-CR19 platform

Brain cravings: Impaired neural protein affects dietary fat intake

Mitochondrial protein in brain neurons regulates appetite and body weight

MicroHarvest is building Europe's first industrial facility for microbial protein at the Leuna Chemical Park

Biotech scale-up invests a mid-double-digit million amount and creates about 25 new jobs at the site

Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Swiss biotech in bid to combat equine allergies

The former start-up develops therapeutic vaccines based on virus-like particles

Scientists turn one of the world's most hated plastics into premium lubricant

They uncovered something far more promising than a recycling method

Gen Z drinks significantly more mocktails and fruit juice

Non-alcoholic drinks are becoming a habit for young people

New Analytical Methods Aim to Better Protect Fruit Juices from Adulteration

An IGF project is developing a multi-method approach for four fruit matrices, intended to replace existing single-method approaches

Turning CO₂ into fuels: Chemists solve a key scaling problem

LIKAT Technical Center produces catalyst on kilogram scale for the first time for a pilot plant

Following a warning from foodwatch: Lidl and Tinema Stop Greenwashing Regarding Salmon

Labels Without Substance – Why ASC and GGN Don't Provide Consumers with a Real Guarantee of Sustainable Salmon Farming

Laser spectroscopy helps reveal hidden nuclear properties in fermium

First high-precision measurements of the fermium-255 nucleus validate modern nuclear models and advance the search for superheavy elements

New plastic turns into a gas when heated – then reforms once cooled

A novel polymer could simplify the application, removal and recycling of materials by eliminating several of the complex processing steps currently used

Why apples react differently to climate change than wheat

NMR reveals hidden electrolyte states for better batteries

Battery electrolytes are not fixed formulations, but evolving liquid states

Three-dimensional molecules through “domino cascade”

Chemists develop light-driven triple catalysis

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

Interdisciplinary study connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global markets

A quantum lab for molecules

Non-destructive quantum logic spectroscopy reveals molecular fingerprints

AI cooling consumes billions of liters of water—a startup offers a solution

blue activity relies on biodegradable cooling water chemistry

Energy-efficient electric drying with superheated steam

Drying process saves significant amounts of energy and eliminates the need for natural gas

The Structural Crisis in the Chemical Industry Is Worsening—Time to Act Is Running Out

Those who take action now will improve their chances of remaining competitive in 2040

FDA Takes Further Steps to Remove Outdated Authorizations for Color Additives in Food

Two petroleum-based food dyes lose FDA approval or face revocation

LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant with Hydrogen

Advantage of Verbund site: Hydrogen is produced at Covestro as a byproduct of chlorine electrolysis

Dietary Supplements in Old Age: When They Help and When They Harm

The Consumer Advice Center of North Rhine-Westphalia warns: Vitamin D can cause kidney damage if taken in excessive amounts

Energy Transition: Electrify First—Then Use Methanol Instead of Hydrogen for the Rest

Charging ahead with sustainable zinc-iodine battery development

Biodegradable oligosaccharides solve a key problem

New cathode material brings aqueous zinc-ion batteries closer to reality

The researchers used ball milling as a cost-effective way to engineer oxygen defects in electrolytic MnO₂