MEMS Applications

45 million euros in BMBF funding for research on nanopores for personalized medicine 45 million euros in BMBF funding for research on nanopores for personalized medicine

The nanodiag BW future cluster coordinated by Hahn-Schickard is one of seven nationwide winners of the Clusters4Future initiative, the excellence competition for applied research in Germany. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is making it possible to transfer research results in nanopore technology from the University of Freiburg into innovative products and services for personalized medicine within the next nine years.

Actome GmbH and QIAGEN announce commercial partnership Actome GmbH and QIAGEN announce commercial partnership

The young start-up, which emerged from the Laboratory for MEMS Applications (IMTEK, University of Freiburg) and Hahn-Schickard, is now marketing its protein interaction coupling technology (PICO technology) together with the life science company Qiagen GmbH Hilden.

New Dean: Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle New Dean: Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle

Since October 1, 2021, Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle, Department of Microsystems Engineering is become Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He takes over the office from his precursor Prof. Dr. Rolf Backofen, Department of Computer Science.

Green Hydrogen Green Hydrogen

Severin Vierrath and his team develop a new process of electrolysis as well as new materials for fuel cells

Proof of Corona in 35 Minutes Proof of Corona in 35 Minutes

As early as late summer, Spindiag, a spin-off of the University of Freiburg, plans to launch a rapid test for coronavirus onto the market

State funds the development of a rapid test for the coronavirus State funds the development of a rapid test for the coronavirus

The Hahn-Schickard Institute for Microanalytical Systems in Freiburg and Spindiag GmbH, founded together with the Department of Microsystems Engineering – IMTEK, will receive 6 million euros in order to develop a PCR-based rapid test for the coronavirus on its diagnostics platform. It is the crowning achievement of a process that was started 20 years ago in basic research at the University of Freiburg.

Actome is a "TOP 50 Start-up 2019" Actome is a "TOP 50 Start-up 2019"

Out of 741 start-ups, the spin-off from the University of Freiburg and Hahn-Schickard was ranked 29th in the top 50 ranking of the "For Founders" initiative.

EUR 3 million for Cytena GmbH EUR 3 million for Cytena GmbH

Two private investors and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are convinced of single-cell isolation technology developed by the IMTEK-Spin-off.

Saving lives and money Saving lives and money

SpinDiag’s technology detects antibiotic resistance in just 30 minutes - and gives germs less time to spread

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