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The preparation of skincell biopsy material for use in the tissue factory is examined jointly by Frank Pretzsch and Ulrike Koropp at the Fraunhofer IPT.

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Current issues

  • Technical Oscar for ARRI and Fraunhofer

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    The Munich-based producer of professional motion picture equipment ARRI and the Freiburg Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques have been awarded the “Academy Award of Merit” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their jointly developed ARRILASER film recorder. The Oscar statuettes will be presented on February 11 in Beverly Hills.

  • Electronics made of plastic

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    The "Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011" was won by a team comprising existing and former Fraunhofer researchers. Professor Karl Leo, Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth and Dr. Martin Pfeiffer were honored for their pioneering achievements in the field of organic electronics. The German Federal President Christian Wulff honored the scientists with the award on December 14.

  • Fraunhofer magazine 1.2012 – Lead article: 3D movie thrill

    Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Three Musketeers, and Pina – these are just some of the more than 50 films that have debuted in movie theaters in 3D so far this year. The technology involved in delivering high quality in 3D is extremely complex, and this is where Fraunhofer researchers are at work on cornerstone developments and technologies.

  • Mobile assistance for AIDS patients in South Africa

    The first mobile safety laboratory to operate under Biosafety Level 3 has been in use in South Africa since May 2011. As development of the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering in St. Ingbert, this special truck is used for testing and advising patients with AIDS and tuberculosis. The mobile laboratory can save patients' lives in remote areas because it cuts the waiting time between diagnosis and the start of treatment to just one day.

  • Karl Heinz Beckurts Award 2011 for high-efficiency video coding solution

    Karl Heinz Beckurts Award

    For scientific research and contributions in the field of video coding, and for their participation in developing and establishing the video-codec H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, Prof. Dr. Thomas Wiegand, Dr. Detlev Marpe and Dr. Heiko Schwarz of the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut HHI and the Technical University Berlin have received the Karl Heinz Beckurts Award 2011. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday December 9.

  • EU-funded project manufactures plant-derived anti-HIV antibody safe for humans

    The EU-funded project Pharma-Planta has succeeded in producing an anti-HIV antibody in plants and has tested it in humans, with a positive result. This antibody could one day become an inexpensive component used to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

  • North Rhine-Westphalia Innovation Award 2011

    The 2011 Innovation Award in the ‘Innovation’ category goes to Professor Reinhart Poprawe, the head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen and holder of a chair at RWTH technical university. With his team he has developed what is called Selective Laser Melting, a technique used to manufacture components – from dental implants and prosthetics to aircraft turbines - in small batch sizes but still at low cost. The award carries a € 100,000 prize.

  • Immunotherapy – Fight the cancer with your own cells

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    At the Fraunhofer-Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI) in Leipzig, the scientists do some research together with the biotechnological industry about a personalized immunotherapy, to prevent a recurrence of the tumor for as long as possible and to do so without toxic side effects for the patient.

  • Research for Electromobility

    The future belongs to electric vehicles – that’s what most experts think. Fraunhofer institutes are cooperating closely to promote the development of electric vehicles, focusing not just on the drive concepts, but also on the specification for charging stations, and the kind of challenges that lie ahead in terms of power supply and urban planning.

  • Cooperation on lightweight materials with The University of Western Ontario

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    The Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT began a long-term collaboration with The University of Western Ontario (Western) in London, Ontario. German and Canadian researchers will work together in the joint "Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research @ Western", carrying out research and development in the field of lightweight construction.

  • Fraunhofer opens Center for Systems Biotechnology in Chile

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    On September 1, 2011 the Chilean Minister of the Economy, Mr Pablo Longueira and Professor Bullinger officially opened Fraunhofer´s first research center in South America. The new ´Fraunhofer Center for Systems Biotechnology´ has been established in Santiago de Chile to develop and optimize new technologies in key areas of importance for the Chilean economy. The research projects are collaborations between Chilean and German scientists and focus at present on aquaculture, renewable energy, agriculture, and bio-computing.

  • Fraunhofer Prize Award 2011

    Fraunhofer Prize Award 2011

    During the annual conference of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft on May 26 2011 in Nuremberg the following prizes were awarded: The Technology Prize for Human-Centered Technology, three Joseph von Fraunhofer prizes and three Hugo Geiger prizes.