With RIPAC-LABOR GmbH, Dagmar Köhler-Repp has written start-up history in the capital region. Now her company is set to grow further in the Potsdam Science Park. We get closer to perhaps the most exciting founder personality in Brandenburg.

After the topping out ceremony of the GO:IN 2 Building on June 9th, Potsdam Science Park continues to grow. A good opportunity for companies and startups to settle in Potsdam-Golm – in a liveable environment and in direct proximity to top international research and university education.

Carbon fibers are considered to be extremely strong and light, which is why they’ve become indispensable for lightweight construction. They‘re used in the aerospace industry, among others. Dr. Jens Erdmann at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm is researching how carbon fibers can be obtained from renewable raw materials.

Dr. Christoph Rademacher and his team at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Potsdam Science Park are working to develop an innovative vaccination method for SARS-CoV2. Now he has been invited to take up a professorship on Molecular Drug Targeting at the University of Vienna.

The SARS-CoV2-pandemic has raised our awareness of the specific needs of groups that face greater risks from the virus. Autoimmune diseases affect 5-8 percent of the population. At Potsdam Science Park, Rodos Biotarget GmbH is getting closer to an innovative new treatment approach for pinpoint healing of infected cells.