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Cambridge, UK, 25 February 2026: SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with Illumina to develop a novel automated sample preparation platform designed to streamline and standardize genomics workflows across decentralized healthcare environments. The collaboration will focus on helping labs […]

Mannheim University of Applied Sciences has been awarded approximately €1.48 million in federal funding for the research project SAM3 – Smart Applications for Multimodal Molecular Pattern Recognition (2026–2028). The funding is provided through the “HAW-ForschungsPraxis 2024” program of the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space. The project focuses on advancing biochemical analytics used […]

As part of his doctoral studies, Dr. Mirko Sonntag researched innovative DNA-based methods for diagnosing sepsis. For this work, he received the Hanse Doctoral Award from the Scientific Association for the Promotion of Clinically Applied Research in Intensive Care Medicine on February 12, 2026. This award honors outstanding doctoral theses in the field of intensive […]

New innovation platform with significant involvement from Heidelberg University is one of Europe’s most important start-up centers In its first year of existence, the NXTGN Startup Factory has already become one of Europe’s most important start-up centers. As an innovation platform, the strategic alliance of Baden-Württemberg universities and private-sector partners, with significant participation from Heidelberg […]

Heidelberg, Germany, 17 February 2026 ­- BioMed X, a leading innovation hub for pharma headquartered in Heidelberg, hosted the first XFem Labs Pitch & Connect event on February 13th in Heidelberg, marking the official launch of XFem Labs, its new Women’s Health R&D Accelerator established with support from the Gates Foundation. The purpose of this initiative is to build a world-class women’s health […]

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China has approved the OncoMate® Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Detection Kit as a Class III in vitro diagnostic device in China. It is intended as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with MSI-high (MSI-H) solid tumors for treatment with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the anti-PD-1 therapy from Merck & Co., Inc., […]

5 neue Startups: ONOX, aimed analytics, Recarbox, FORMIC, showroom.fm Es ist wieder soweit – neue Startups stehen in den Startlöchern! Hier sind einige spannende junge Unternehmen, die man kennen sollte. Heute werfen wir einen Blick auf diese Neugründungen: ONOX, aimed analytics, Recarbox, FORMIC und showroom.fm. deutsche-startups.de stellt heute erneut eine Auswahl junger Startups vor, die […]

Bridgetown, Barbados, January 27, 2026 – BioMed X, a leading innovation hub for pharma, today announced the launch of its first research project in partnership with the Government of Barbados and with support from the European Union’s PharmaNext Programme. The new global call for research proposals, entitled “AI-Enabled Therapy of Early Diabetic Kidney Disease in Barbados,” addresses one of the most pressing and underexplored […]

The German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space is providing €2.8 million in funding for an interdisciplinary scientific consortium with the aim of making cycle apps for determining a woman’s fertile and infertile days significantly more reliable by taking biological markers into account. Researchers from the universities and university hospitals of Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and […]