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MPICI | Synergies at top level: On February 3, the virtual inauguration of the first Max Planck Center on the Australian continent will take place. At the Max Planck Queensland Center (MPQC), project teams will explore biological materials known as extracellular matrices. “With this, we are putting a new field on the research map, focusing…

MPICI – International distinction: Potsdam and Washington, D.C. — The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Prof. Peter H. Seeberger from Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most…

With the PSP Conference 2021 on November 23-24, the Potsdam Science Park will again present research innovation, new products and patents. Look forward to panel discussions on innovation ecosystems, best practice from research and industry as well as pioneering start-ups from the capital region at our annual Startup Pitch Award! New this year: In addition…

Press Release | Corona Drugs, Antiviral Respiratory Masks, and Novel Testing Methods — At the Potsdam Science Park, institutes and companies are working on therapeutic options and solutions to further curb the spread of the corona virus or to accelerate the healing of patients. In the next few years, the research findings could already bring…

Dr. Frank Sellrie and Jörg Schenk from the Immunotechnology group of UP Transfer GmbH at the University of Potsdam are working on improved testing methods using high-quality antibodies at the Potsdam Science Park. Based on many years of research by the two scientists, an improved CE-certified rapid test was launched by the company ImmoGnost in…

Fraunhofer Research News | In general, plastics are processed at way over a hundred degrees Celsius. Enzymes, by contrast, cannot usually withstand these high temperatures. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have managed to reconcile these contradictions: They are able to embed enzymes in plastics without the enzymes losing their activity…