Start-up receives funding for animal-free methods for drug testing

Ethically safe, fast, cost-effective and reliable

09-Oct-2024 - InnoZell, a spin-off of the University of Konstanz, receives "Go-Bio Initial" funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The spin-off of Clovis Hugues Seumen Tiogang focuses on innovations in the field of cell research. The idea behind InnoZell is to offer animal-free ...

Researchers Discover Novel Cell Type that Controls the Formation and Growth of New Blood Vessels

Molecular Code Stimulates Pioneer Cells to Build Blood Vessels in the Body

19-Apr-2024 - Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and myocardial infarction, are the world's leading causes of mortality, accounting for over 18 million deaths a year. A team of KIT researchers has now identified a new cell type in blood vessels responsible for vascular growth. This discovery may allow ...

AI-driven breakthroughs in cells study: advancements in super-resolution microscopy

By integrating AI with super-resolution microscopy, cellular biology is advancing in new and exciting ways

12-Dec-2023 - In 2014, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry celebrated the breakthroughs in super-resolution microscopy, a technology that allows us to capture highly detailed images of small parts of cells using fluorescent microscopy. Despite its success, the resolution of super-resolution microscopy still can’t ...

Bruker Completes Acquisition of PhenomeX

05-Oct-2023 - Bruker Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of PhenomeX, a leading provider of single-cell biology research tools, for $108 million in cash. Bruker announced the agreement to acquire PhenomeX on August 17, 2023. PhenomeX is a functional cell biology company that provides ...

Takara Bio and Eppendorf cooperate

Automation of Takara Bio’s Chemistries on Eppendorf’s Automated Pipetting Systems for Significantly Higher Efficiency

29-Aug-2023 - Takara Bio Inc. (Takara Bio) and Eppendorf SE, two renowned leaders in the life science industry, are pleased to announce their collaboration through a strategic co-marketing agreement. This partnership aims at jointly developing cutting-edge solutions to automate Takara Bio’s chemistries on ...

Researchers from Poland, France and Italy are honored for their work in cell biology, biomineralization and photonics

WITec Paper Award 2023 Recognizes Outstanding Publications

31-Jul-2023 - The WITec Paper Awards 2023 have been presented to scientists from Poland, France and Italy for their work in cell biology, biomineralization and the development of photonic devices, respectively. The competition recognizes three scientific publications per year that contain results acquired with ...

Research team shows how a cell’s form can be reversed

Light-switchable molecules in membranes enable different forms of living cells to be studied

28-Jun-2023 - A research team led by Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo (University of Münster) and Prof. Timo Betz (University of Göttingen) describes for the first time how living cells can be reversibly deformed by specifically influencing the cell membrane using light. Membranes fulfil a variety of tasks in living ...

Seeing inside cells with an integrated nanowire probe

Real-time, in-situ sensing and tracking of cell development and maturation is achieved using a label-free nano-optical device

20-Jan-2022 - The biological intracellular microenvironment is complex, made up of various cell compartments and intracellular substances. To fully characterize the physiological function of living cells, one of the key factors is the development of micro/nanoprobes for subcellular measurement. Current ...

How Cells Feel Curvature

Scientists find mechanism that allows cells to sense the curvature of tissue around them

22-Nov-2021 - Cells in your body cannot see, but they can feel their surroundings and their own shape. Scientists at the University of Mons and the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria now showed via both - experiments and theory - how cells can sense the curvature of tissue around them and how ...

World record broken for thinnest X-ray detector ever created

Highly sensitive and with a rapid response time, the new X-ray detector is less than 10 nanometres thick and could one day lead to real-time imaging of cellular biology

10-Nov-2021 - Scientists in Australia have used tin mono-sulfide (SnS) nanosheets to create the thinnest X-ray detector ever made, potentially enabling real-time imaging of cellular biology. X-ray detectors are tools that allow energy transported by radiation to be recognised visually or electronically, like ...