From the lab to the next generation of startups

IBT Lower Saxony funds research projects from Göttingen and Braunschweig with almost 2.4 million euros

12-May-2026 - Better detection of lymph node metastases for a more precise cancer diagnosis or preventing hospital infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria: What many patients hope for has long been a topic of top-level research in Lower Saxony. The Institute for Biomedical Translation Lower Saxony (IBT), ...

No need to pull all-nighters here: this laboratory plans its own experiments

KIWI Biolab at TU Berlin combines robots, analysis devices and AI - and uses them to carry out even complex experiments fully automatically

20-Apr-2026 - It sounds a bit like science fiction: a laboratory that can plan, carry out and evaluate its experiments largely independently. In which robots controlled by computers and artificial intelligence (AI) work together with state-of-the-art analysis equipment. And where humans no longer have to pull ...

Robotics meets genetics: Joining forces to explore Fusarium

Robotics meets genetics: Joining forces to explore Fusarium

02-Apr-2026 - They are both feared pathogens and a promising source of new drugs fungi of the genus Fusarium. Spreading worldwide, they can cause life-threatening infections. At the same time, they yield a wide diversity of natural products, offering a largely untapped source of new antiinfectives. The new ...

Big Data Make Hidden Genetic Drivers of Type 2 Diabetes Visible

Why blood tests are misleading in diabetes research

02-Feb-2026 - Numerous genetic studies have identified many risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D) – but which genes and proteins are actually involved in the disease mechanisms? An international team led by Helmholtz Munich has now used globally collected genetic data to pinpoint the genes and proteins ...

C-COMPASS: AI-Based Software Maps Proteins and Lipids Within Cells

15-Dec-2025 - A new tool developed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research and the University of Bonn makes spatial proteomics and lipidomics easier to use – no coding required. C-COMPASS allows scientists to profile where proteins and lipids are located within cells and to track how ...

gempex and msg industry advisors cooperate in the field of AI-supported services in the GMP-regulated environment

Quality assurance more efficient, targeted and secure

02-Dec-2025 - Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerfully conquering all segments of industry. This also applies to the regulated life sciences sector, where high demands are placed on reliability and quality. gempex and msg industry advisors are pooling their expertise here to offer well-founded, ...

Nanorobots transform stem cells into bone cells

New method for the targeted production of specific cells

13-Nov-2025 - For the first time, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in using nanorobots to stimulate stem cells with such precision that they are reliably transformed into bone cells. To achieve this, the robots exert external pressure on specific points in the cell wall. ...

Transforming personalized medicine with AI-driven CAR-T manufacturing

Automated CAR-T cell production platform is ready for production

25-Jul-2025 - The EU-funded project AIDPATH (AI powered, Decentralized Production for Advanced Therapies in the Hospital), a collaboration between twelve partners from seven countries, is aiming to increase patient’s access to CAR-T cell therapy, a promising treatment for blood cancers such as leukemia and ...

Health tech startup Carelane sets new standards for clinical research with AI-driven, end-to-end platform

Seed funding of EUR 2.6 million led by Vorwerk Ventures

07-Jul-2025 - As clinical studies are always increasing in complexity, research institutions’ software solutions remain fragmented and outdated. Carelane has developed an end-to-end platform that integrates all phases of a study, from protocol development to data analysis. Their innovative approach combines ...

Magnetic microalgae on a mission to become robots

Exciting potential for future innovations in biomedicine and beyond

19-Mar-2025 - Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems developed a single-cell green microalgae coated with magnetic material. This miniature robot was put to the test: would the microalgae with its magnetic coating be able to swim through narrow spaces and, additionally, in a viscous ...