Announcing SciAps DACH

JANUARY 12, 2021COMPANY, LIBS, NEWS & PRESS, XRF SciAps, Inc. a Boston-based company specializing in handheld analytical instrumentation, is pleased to announce that Mr. Vito Angona has joined the company in the role of Managing Director, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the “DACH” countries). SciAps will be opening a German-based subsidiary SciAps Germany in Krefeld, just outside of Dusseldorf.... Read more

Bruker Launches Ultrafast FTIR Imaging Microscope LUMOS II

ETTLINGEN, Germany, October 28, 2019 – Bruker today announced the launch of the novel, stand-alone FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) imaging microscope LUMOS II, which provides ultrafast FTIR imaging capabilities using focal-plane array (FPA) detectors in its high-end version. The new, automated LUMOS II is designed to identify particles, to determine coatings and contaminations, and to... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Launches Seed Fund for Startups in China

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced an RMB 100 million (€ 13 million) seed fund targeted at startups in China. The company also officially opened its innovation hub in Shanghai and announced… 18 OCT 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY RMB 100 million fund targets startups close to the three business sectors of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, as well... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Granted 20 CRISPR Patents Total Worldwide

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany today announced that the European, Israeli, South Korean and U.K. intellectual property offices have issued formal notices allowing its Life Science business’ patent… 19 AUG 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Patent offices in Europe, Israel, South Korea and U.K. issue seven additional grants for company’s CRISPR genome-editing technology Company has 20 allowed CRISPR patents... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Opens Application Phase for Next Accelerator

05 JUN 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Start-ups can apply for programs at company headquarters in Darmstadt or in China Focus is on four fields: biosensing & interfaces, liquid biopsy technologies, clean meat, and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled health solutions Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today announced that that it has opened the next... Read more

Miltenyi Biotec acquires promising non-harmful imaging process

BERGISCH GLADBACH,  Jan 17, 2019 – Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, a global provider of products and services for biomedical research and cellular therapy, announced that it has signed a purchase contract for a non-harmful, fluorescence-preserving, optical clearing process from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The acquired invention involves an easy-to-use protocol that allows a safe optical clearing... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Welcomes Ten New Startups to its Innovation Center

From January 2019, startups from nine different countries will collaborate with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany Selected teams will have the opportunity to extend their stay in the company’s China Innovation Hub in Shanghai For the first time, the program includes a startup specializing in the fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria Darmstadt, Germany, January 16, 2019... Read more

Sartorius sets up Life Science Factory for startup entrepreneurs

27.08.2018 Life Science Factory gGmbH offers labs, co-working spaces and consulting services for life science entrepreneurs Business to start in early 2019 and move in 2021 to new building in Sartorius Quarter Göttingen to go beyond its reputation as a city of science and become established as a life sciences hotspot for startups Göttingen, August... Read more

ZEISS Invests over EUR 300 Million in Jena High-Tech Site

ZEISS continues its strategic, global investment and growth trajectory New integrated high-tech site, which will benefit the entire region and bring together all local ZEISS units by 2023 Founding site of Jena to remain one of the top innovation hubs for ZEISS Plans to forge closer links to science, teaching and local industry The state... Read more

Ground-breaking Ceremony for Sartorius Stedim Cellca

Biopharma equipment supplier builds laboratory and office facility at Science Park III in Ulm, Germany Cell Culture Technology Center will cost around 30 million euros   Goettingen/Ulm, Germany, September 28, 2017 – Sartorius Stedim Cellca is building a new 30-million-euro Cell Culture Technology Center at Science Park III in Eselsberg situated at the northwestern scientific... Read more