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Fraunhofer IZI: "Day of Immune Research 2020" by Fraunhofer CIMD

On November 2, 2020, the second day of immune research of the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune-Mediated Diseases CIMD took place. 120 experts from 26 Fraunhofer institutes as well as from universities, university hospitals and industry took part in the virtual event. PD dr Thomas Grunwald, head of the Preclinical Validation working group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, presented the work on the development of a vaccination against asthma.

There are currently no approved vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). As part of the project, various vaccines are to be tested that are administered mucosally – i.e. via a nasal spray or inhalation. On the one hand, an inactivated vaccine is used in which the viruses are inactivated using low-energy electron beams. This vaccine is to be packaged in nanoparticles, among other things, to enable increased absorption through the mucous membranes. Another vaccine used is DNA that encodes RSV-F, the main RSV antigen. This DNA is packaged in non-human papilloma viruses and applied with the help of these gene shuttles. The aim is to develop a mucosal application of RSV antigens to prevent juvenile bronchial asthma.

In the Cluster of Excellence for Immune-Mediated Diseases CIMD established in 2018, Fraunhofer IZI works with the Fraunhofer Institutes for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME and for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM. Fraunhofer CIMD is dedicated to translational research. It thus transfers basic research into application in the four major subject areas of health research - drugs, diagnostics, devices and data.

 

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Prize of the Biotechnology Future Forum 2021

The Biotechnology Future Forum is once again awarding a prize to an outstanding interdisciplinary research contribution to biotechnology.

The student's thesis (diploma or master's thesis) should not have been completed more than 12 months before the end of the submission period. The award comes with a monetary amount of EUR 1500, which is topped up to EUR 3000 by Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, Goettingen.

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6th place in Germany: Leipzig University Hospital once again tops the list of TOP 100 hospitals published by "FOCUS Gesundheit"

The University Hospital Leipzig (UKL) is again one of the best hospitals in Germany this year. In the new "Clinic List 2021" of the news magazine "Focus", which was published on October 20th, the UKL again occupies an excellent sixth place among 100 clinics and was therefore able to maintain its position. Only the Berlin Charité as the overall winner and the university hospitals in Heidelberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Dresden and Munich (LMU) rank ahead of the UKL.