Research projects funded by the EU

Implantable Ecosystems of Genetically Modified Bacteria for the Personalized Treatment of Patients with Chronic Diseases

Coordination: SILK BIOMED, S.L.

Project management at Fraunhofer IZI: Prof. Dr. Stephan Kalkhof

Restoring cardiac conductivity in atrial fibrillation and left bundle branch blocks with noble metal-based nano-biomaterials

Coordination: Heidelberg University Hospital

Project management at Fraunhofer IZI: Dr. Jörg Lehmann

Validation of manufacturing and quality controls for a novel cell therapeutic to be used in the treatment of focal cartilage defects (MSC CartiCure)

• Project partner: BioPlanta GmbH
• Project manager: Dr. Gerno Schmiedeknecht

Identification and biotechnological production of anti-infectives in human breast milk

• Project partner: Primogene GmbH
• Project manager: PD Dr. Thomas Grunwald

Bio Mat – Replication technologies for the use of biocompatible and sustainable materials in point-of-care diagnostics

• Project partners: University od Applied Sciences Dresden (coordination); Otto Injection Molding GmbH & Co. KG; Roboscreen GmbH; Bergi-Plast GmbH; Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU
• Project manager: Alina Menge

MIRA – Development of a sustainable molecular-diagnostic test platform for cervical cancer screening

• Project partners: INTU Diagnostics GmbH (coordination); VOXDALE GmbH; Leipzig University Hospital Leipzig AöR; Institut für Molekulare Diagnostik und Bioanalytik (IMDB) gGmbH
• Project manager: Elisabeth Wenzel

MesemCart2clinic – An allogenic cell treatment product for treating focal condral defects in the knee – Production of clinical test products for a phase I/IIa clinical study

• Project partners: BIONCaRT GmbH (formerly BioPlanta GmbH); Dresden Technical University | University Centre of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery; Dresden Coordination Centre for Clinical Studies
• Project manager: Dr. Gerno Schmiedeknecht

Establishment of a GMP-compliant cell line for the production of viral vectors

• Project manager: Thomas Schmid

AI-CARs

• Project partners: Leipzig University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; Leipzig University, Drug Development Department; Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Radio-Immunology Department
• Project manager: Dr. Conny Blumert

Inactivation of therapeutic immune cells by low-energy electron irradiation

• Project manager: Dr. Ulrich Blache

Micro-clots as predictive parameters of vascular and neurodegenerative brain changes in old age

• Project partners: Leipzig Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig Research Centre for Lifestyle Diseases (LIFE); Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig
• Project manager: Dr. David M. Smith

Infrastructure measure: Establishment of a device unit for automated and AI-supported active ingredient characterization in the field of infection pathology

• Project manager: Prof. Dr. Stephan Schilling

AlchemCare – Investigations into the effectiveness of plant extracts on skin aging, inflammation, and cancer prevention

• Project partner: Medicos Science Center GmbH in Bernburg
• Project manager: Dr. Anja Schulze

ASSESS-MED – Service Center for the Assessment of Medical Devices

• Project manager: Horst Krüsemann 

Researching novel approaches to provide improved tissue replacement materials based on hydrostatic high-pressure treatment

• Project partner: University of Rostock, Greifswald University Hospital, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, University Medicine Rostock
• Project manager: Dr. Reinhold Wasserkort

• Project manager: Dr. David M. Smith