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Cambridge, UK, and Lausanne, Switzerland, 05 November 2025: SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, and Alithea Genomics, a pioneer in the field of large-scale RNA sequencing and transcriptomics, today announced a collaboration to provide an automated solution for single-cell transcriptomics.  The collaboration integrates Alithea […]

Melbourn, UK, and Pleasanton, California, US, 14 October 2025: SPT Labtech, a pioneer in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, and 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG), a leader in single cell and spatial biology, today announced a strategic partnership to provide automated workflows for single cell research. The collaboration will […]

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have achieved outstanding success at this year’s world-leading forum for medical image processing and computer-assisted intervention. Two DKFZ departments competed in eight international AI competitions – and won seven of them. The successes cover key areas of oncology – from early detection and diagnosis to therapy support […]

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Emmy Noether project led by Jens Puschhof from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). With this project, the junior researcher aims to decipher the role of certain intestinal bacteria in the earliest stages of colorectal cancer development and investigate how this process can be halted. The […]

Daniel Kirschenbaum has developed an experimental method for investigating immune responses in living organisms with high temporal resolution. The technique enabled him and his colleagues to reconstruct the temporal sequence of the immune response in malignant brain tumors for the first time. This opens up new perspectives for the development of targeted and temporally precise […]

– Achieving Over 90% Accuracy, Wins First Place at GICHD-Sponsored Awards – Tokyo, Japan, October 29, 2025 — NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC, *1), the national institution responsible for landmine clearance activities in Cambodia, with assistance from JICA (*2), conducted a proof-of-concept using AI to predict landmine-contaminated areas. This […]

Ladenburg, Germany, 6 November 2025 – Heidelberg Pharma AG (FSE: HPHA), a clinical-stage biotech company developing innovative Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), today announced that HDP-101 (INN: pamlectabart tismanitin), the Company’s lead ATAC candidate for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, shows further clinical activity in Cohort 8 at a dose level of 140 µg/kg. These […]

On the trail of contacts: European Research Council funds pioneering MitoContact project to investigate communication between mitochondria and other cell components Kai Johnsson, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, has been awarded a Synergy Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). In the funded project MitoContact, he will work with two scientists from Switzerland to […]

European Research Council awards prestigious funding for complex research projects Scientists at Heidelberg University are to receive two prestigious ERC Synergy Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) for groundbreaking research projects that will be carried out jointly by several teams. Prof. Dr Dr Amir Abdollahi is coordinating a tri-national collaboration with colleagues in […]