Blog – Potsdam Science Park

10.6.22

Instructive Babble of Voices – Inside the Potsdam Babylab – Lab Visit (instead of) Self-Experimentation

Little Mathilde is the star of the day: Laboratory coordinator Tom Fritzsche welcomes her and her mother. Afterwards, Dr. Alan Langus, a member of the research group, takes them to the children’s waiting room where they have some time to rest. The photographer prepares his camera and takes some test shots. A flash lights up…

3.6.22

3 questions to Molzym: “Our goal is to minimise the time needed for DNA analysis in sepsis diagnostics from 24 down to four hours”

Molecular diagnostics are dedicated to analysing genetic material. Just as DNA is highly complex in itself and must be isolated from other molecules, the methods and procedures in this field are highly complicated. Bremen-based company Molzym offers molecular diagnostics solutions for a wide range of pathogens that cause infectious diseases. At Potsdam Science Park, the…

18.5.22

RIPAC-LABOR – a successful business preparing for a new phase

One of the biggest business success stories at the Potsdam Science Park has been RIPAC-LABOR. After more than 18 years at the helm, successful founder and entrepreneur Dagmar Köhler-Repp has passed the mantle to Heiko Rüdiger, a veteran executive who has plans to give the company a stronger international presence, especially now that it’s part…

5.5.22

»The most important thing is: talk about your ideas, don’t keep quiet« – A Conversation with Johannes Zier from the International Start-up Service at the University of Potsdam

With over 25 years of experience supporting startups, 300 of them nurtured over the last 10 years alone, and ranked 3rd in Startup Radar 2021, Potsdam Transfer’s Start-up Service is one of Germany’s most successful. In this interview we hear from its head of, Johannes Zier, on how he and the team got to this…

14.4.22

»Science does not make policy. It sets out the options« – Interview with Hubert Wiggering

We talk to Hubert Wiggering, who is not just in demand among the scientific community as an environmental expert but also recognized as an advisor by Germany’s politicians. An environmental scientist at the University of Potsdam, Professor Wiggering was formerly Secretary-General of the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) as well as Director of…

24.2.22

3 Questions to Biotx.ai: “With our AI platform, we have achieved something in three months that previously took the industry several years to do”

Artificial intelligence is one of the big trending topics of our time. But what exactly can it do? Biotx.ai, a company based in the Potsdam Science Park, manages to recognize complex patterns in genomic data with its AI platform, enabling it to make precise predictions about the efficacy of new therapies. Their approach could radically…