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A method developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB enables bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic pathogens in sepsis patients to be identified much faster than before and with the highest precision. The approach is based on high-throughput sequencing of cell-free DNA circulating in the blood and was honored with the EARTO […]

Cambridge, UK, 08 October 2025: SPT Labtech, a pioneer in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, and Agilent Technologies Inc. (“Agilent”), a global leader in analytical and clinical laboratory technologies, today announced the introduction of automated target enrichment protocols on SPT Labtech’s firefly®+ platform. Automating genomic workflows, the optimized Target […]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an JunProf. Dr. Philipp Uhl von der Universität Heidelberg und sein Team. Für PHOENIX ist das eine ganz besondere Auszeichnung, denn als approbierter Apotheker mit Schwerpunkt in der pharmazeutischen Forschung verbindet Philipp Uhl Praxis und Forschung – genau das, was die pharmazeutische Versorgung von morgen braucht. Die Forschung des Teams könnte die Arzneimitteltherapie verändern: […]

Start-up nanoAR receives funding from a federal “exist”-Forschungstransfer grant for its anti-reflective surface technology Most people have been irritated by the reflection of sunlight on their smartphone display or their spectacles. Many solutions are available — but until now none for curved surfaces or situations with a wide range of light incidence angles. Scientists at […]

Marathon Beteiligungs AG is the lead investor, CARMA Funds also participates in €3.67 million round Heidelberg-based WMT AG today announced the completion of an equity financing round totaling €3.63 million. The lead investor, which was able to significantly expand its investment with the InnoGrowth BW program of L-Bank, is Dresden-based Marathon Beteiligungs AG, which is […]

Heidelberg, Germany, October 14th, 2025. BioMed X, today announced the launch of XFem Labs, a new Women’s Health R&D Accelerator in Heidelberg. The purpose of this initiative, which is supported by the Gates Foundation, is to establish a world-class women’s health innovation hub that advances early-stage research into scalable solutions for women in need around the world, including […]

Ruperto Carola is ranked among the world’s “Top 50” and one of the top three universities in Germany Heidelberg University is one of the top three universities in Germany, ranking third in the 2025/2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which have just been published. In 49th position internationally, it is among the world’s “Top […]

AbbVie is launching a US and Europe based golden ticket. The award consists of one golden ticket, which provides one year of fully paid individual bench, a desk and membership at one of BioLabs’ operating locations in the US, France or Germany. The award is intended for early-stage biotech companies developing therapeutics (not devices) in […]

Double success for Heidelberg life sciences: Two of the three prestigious Life Sciences Bridge Awards presented this year go to Heidelberg University’s Medical Faculty. The Aventis Foundation honors infectious disease specialist Dr. Frauke Mücksch and neurologist Dr. Varun Venkataramani for their groundbreaking research. While Mücksch is searching for new ways to one day cure HIV […]