mo:re launches lab platform to set a new standard in animal-free drug development

Life Science startup introduces a laboratory platform to automate the planning, culture, and analysis of complex 3D cell culture models

27-Mar-2025 - mo:re, a German Life Science startup, has raised €2.3 million in seed funding to accelerate the commercialization of its lab platform for complex cell culture workflows. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) led the round, with participation from Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH), Gilson Inc., ...

A method to purify proteins with light

Gentler and more efficient than previous procedures

06-Mar-2025 - Proteins play a key role in the life sciences — from basic research and biotechnological applications to the development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method that relies on physics rather than conventional chemistry ...

KNAUER invests and strengthens itself for international competition

The management of the Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory instruments reports on current plans to ensure sustainable business success

21-Feb-2025 - KNAUER is investing millions in the expansion and conversion of the production building on Hegauer Weg in Berlin-Zehlendorf in 2025. A new logistics center is being built on the first floor to meet the increased production figures and requirements for speed and automation. Routes will be ...

Not humans or robots, but humans and robots

A perspective for AI-driven self-controlled laboratories of the future

12-Feb-2025 - The urgent need for a transition to sustainable energy sources demands a significant acceleration of traditional research and development cycles. Self-driving labs (SDLs), powered by artificial intelligence (AI), could play a pivotal role in this transformation. In a perspective paper in the ...

Labomatic and KNAUER enter into strategic cooperation

Customers in the field of liquid chromatography in particular are likely to benefit from the complementary expertise

04-Feb-2025 - Labomatic Instruments AG and KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH are pleased to announce a strategic cooperation aimed at combining their complementary strengths to offer a larger portfolio to their respective customer bases. KNAUER manufactures high-tech laboratory instruments for research, ...

Advanced Automation Technologies (AAT) acquires TE Instruments

Expansion of combustion elemental analyser portfolio

03-Feb-2025 - Advanced Automation Technologies, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, announced the acquisition of TE Instruments (“TEI”). Headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands, and with a sales subsidiary in Houston, TX, TE Instruments specializes in ...

Merck Partners with Opentrons Labworks supporting Lab of the Future

Custom robotic workstation automates company’s broad portfolio of biology assays for academia, biotech, and pharma

27-Jan-2025 - Merck and Opentrons Labworks, Inc., a leader in lab automation and accessible robotics, announced a multi-year agreement to automate assay kits on a custom Opentrons Flex® workstation. Scientists and engineers will collaborate to develop and verify platform workflows utilizing Merck’s broad ...

Advanced Automation Technologies agrees to acquire GERSTEL

Expanding automated sample preparation capabilities

26-Nov-2024 - Advanced Automation Technologies, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, announced an agreement to acquire GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG and its international subsidiaries. GERSTEL, headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and with sales ...

KNAUER now officially a place of the future

20-Nov-2024 - The Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory instruments has now been awarded the “Zukunftsort Berlin Südwest” seal. Juri Effenberg, project manager of the “Regional Incubator Berlin Southwest”, presented Managing Director Alexandra Knauer with the glass sign at the company's ...

“The integration of robotics and AI is poised to revolutionize science labs”

By automating routine tasks, scientists can focus on higher-level research questions, paving the way for faster breakthroughs

28-Oct-2024 - Science laboratories across disciplines—chemistry, biochemistry and materials science—are on the verge of a sweeping transformation as robotic automation and AI lead to faster and more precise experiments that unlock breakthroughs in fields like health, energy and electronics, according to ...