Biotech Network Saxony

Biotech associations from Brazil and the Free State of Saxony establish co-operation

Agreement signed during State Visit of German Federal President Christian Wulff in Brasilia

Brasília and Dresden, 5th of May 2011 – The Brazilian biotechnology association, BrBIOTEC, and the biotechnology/life sciences association of the Free State of Saxony, biosaxony, have initiated a close cooperation. During the State Visit of German Federal President Christian Wulff, Professor Fernando Kreutz, President of BrBIOTEC and Roland Göhde, Chairman of the Board at biosaxony, signed a corresponding „Letter of Intent“ in Brasilia, today.

Transinsight and antibodies-online develop Software for semantic Gene and Protein Identification

MoreSemantically fitting research antibodies will be automatically suggested within GoPubMed’s search results for abstracts from biomedical publications

Aachen/Dresden, Germany, May, 25 2010. Since July 2009 Transinsight GmbH and antibodies-online GmbH partner together with TU Dresden and RESprotect GmbH to develop and deploy new semantic search technologies for the Life-Science industry. Their joint efforts are funded by the THESEUS research program from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). With only a few months into the project, the partnering companies are now able to demonstrate a first outcome of their research to the public: Research antibodies that semantically fit to genes and proteins discussed within a certain biomedical publication are automatically suggested to the reader on Transinsight’s search engine www.GoPubMed.com.

New Biotech Alliance in Saxony to Secure Growth and Jobs

Regional Biotech Sector to Combine Activities throughout Saxony within biosaxony e.V.

Leipzig/Dresden, June 10, 2010: “Today marks the start of a new era for Saxony as a stronghold of biotechnology,” declared Roland Göhde, the President of registered association biosaxony e.V. and CEO of Partec GmbH from Görlitz, speaking on the successful merger of the two organizations biodresden e.V. and biosaxony e.V.. Players in the biotech and life sciences sector throughout Saxony will now be uniting their activities within the new joint association. After the members of biodresden e.V. had unanimously backed the merger on June 4, the decision was finally approved by the membership of biosaxony e.V. on June 10 in Leipzig.

Wood decay fungi now faster detectable

Biotype Diagnostic GmbH develops innovative chip technology for analysing dry rot fungi

Dresden, 15 February 2010

A new process for analysing wood decay fungi in buildings has been launched now. The German company Biotype Diagnostic GmbH has developed a biochip testing system for determining the 27 main types of dry rot fungi. This system can even analyse mixed samples consisting of multiple fungi within just a few hours in one single approach.

"This DNA chip technology gives homeowners, surveyors and monument conservators an even more accurate picture of whether their buildings are affected by dry rot or not," says Dr. Wilhelm Zörgiebel, Executive Director of Biotype Diagnostic GmbH. "In the past, building surveyors had to wait several days or even weeks for the results of an analysis." If traces of fungal DNA are found in the sample, the Mycotype^® Basidio^QS reduces this waiting time to just a few hours.

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Transinsight press release 03/09

GoOn Research and Development Project Wins Theseus-Mittelstand

Proposed by Transinsight, RESprotect, Antikörper-Online, and TU Dresden, the GoOn project will focus on developing semantic technologies for the biomedical domain.