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The Jena scientists Prof. Ute Neugebauer and Prof. Juergen Popp were awarded the 3rd prize of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2018 for their light-based method for the rapid determination of antibiotic resistance.

The “CarbDetect AS-2” molecular resistance test is the first product developed through collaboration at the InfectoGnostics research campus. A clinical study in Pakistan now shows that this cost-effective test meets the requirements for use in clinical laboratories: With a reliability of 98.8%, the…

The InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena is an important driver of the Smart Specialization Platform (S3) "European Photonics Alliance". As a result, the network has become a member of the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) in March, increasing its visibility in Europe. The two platforms…

Multi-resistant germs are a growing health threat. The frequent and often unnecessary use of antibiotics means that more and more pathogens are insensitive to drugs. Infections that can be treated well so far, can be life-threatening in the future. A novel rapid test provides information within 3…

The two BMBF-funded research campuses InfectoGnostics and M²OLIE (Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment) met in early February for a joint workshop in Jena. The focus was on research approaches of the campi, which could complement each other. Discussions included the combination of different…

The Thuringian CiS Forschungsinstitut für Mikrosensorik GmbH will support the development of diagnostic point-of-care systems at the InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena even more intensively in the future. After CiS had already contributed its expertise as an associated partner to projects on the…

The German Council of Science and Humanities ("Wissenschaftsrat", WR) gave Jena’s Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI) a very positive evaluation. The corresponding “Report on the Science-Led Evaluation of Comprehensive Research Infrastructure Projects for the National Roadmap”…

From 26 to 28 April the partners of the international MYCO-NET² project meet in Lima, Peru, to discuss future research collaborations for new diagnostics of drug resistant tuberculosis. The MYCO-NET² project is bringing together scientists from Peru, Argentina, Spain and Germany. In this year’s…

The kick-off meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center (EVBC) will take place in Jena from 6 to 8 March. The EVBC will bring together bioinformatics and virologists from all over Europe, thereby advancing the discovery and research of previously unknown viruses using modern bioinformatics…

Many hospital and environmental germs carry so far unknown resistance genes which potentially might be transferred to other types of bacteria. InfectoGnostics researchers of University Hospital Jena (UKJ) and of Alere Technologies GmbH were now able to prove this statement with a publication in the…