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In recognition of his fundamental contributions to the understanding of gene regulation by RNA-binding proteins and the identification of RNA-binding proteins, Prof. Dr. Matthias Hentze is awarded the Otto Warburg Medal 2025 of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. More Information in German below. Otto-Warburg-Medaille 2025 geht an Matthias Hentze In Anerkennung seiner fundamentalen […]

(Stuttgart, 26.03.2025)  Daten retten Leben. Denn mit neuen Technologien und mit der Unterstützung von Künstlicher Intelligenz lassen sich riesige Mengen medizinischer Daten verlässlicher als je zuvor auswerten. So können Krankheiten frühzeitiger erkannt und behandelt werden. Dazu aber gilt es, die Daten optimal miteinander zu vernetzen, damit Ärztinnen, Ärzte, Kliniken und Pflegende ihre Patientinnen und Patienten bestmöglich […]

miR-Blood is capable of revealing highly cell-type specific patterns of small RNA expression HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 06, 2024 – Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, a leader in using blood-based small RNAs for early disease detection and characterization, today announced a publication in Scientific Data, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal launched by Nature. The study evaluated miR-Blood, Hummingbird Diagnostics’ […]

Third funding phase for collaboration between research and industry – BMBF funds five-year project with ten million euros The goal of the interdisciplinary research campus “Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment” (M²OLIE) is to provide tailored treatment for cancer patients with oligometastases that is both minimally invasive and efficient. Based at the Mannheim University Hospital, 25 research […]

Today, we announced that our company won two awards from the annual CDMO Leadership Awards, sponsored by Outsourced Pharma and Life Science Connect. AGC Biologics was named a winner in both the “Biologics – Global” and “Cell & Gene – Global” categories and is one of the few in the industry that scored high enough […]

Basel, Switzerland, 12 March 2025 – Celonic Group, a Swiss-Based Quality contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that it is integrating Merck’s Breez™ micro-bioreactor platform into its process development. This addition will further enhance Celonic’s capabilities in monoclonal antibody (mAb) development and manufacturing by enabling highly efficient, scalable perfusion-based bioprocessing from early-stage development to […]

Together with the Max Planck Society, the foundation promotes pioneering research and talent in Heilbronn The Max Planck Society and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have embarked on a groundbreaking initiative. On March 13, 2025, they signed an agreement through which the foundation will support an innovative approach by the Max Planck Institute for Medical […]

The US magazine “Newsweek” has once again named Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) one of the best hospitals in the world. In the “World’s Best Hospitals 2025” ranking, which is compiled by “Newsweek” in collaboration with the statistics and data platform “Statista”, the UKHD ranks 14th out of 2,400 hospitals worldwide. In Germany, the UKHD is […]

The Bayer Foundation’s Early Excellence in Science Award 2024 in the category of Data Science goes to Ivana Winkler of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). Winkler’s work uncovered the unexpected effect of female reproductive capacity: the constantly recurring remodeling of the organs of the female reproductive tract during the sexual cycle leads to fibrosis […]