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The interdisciplinary joint project CuliFo combines field and laboratory research on mosquitoes, Latin Culicidae, in Germany. Climatic changes increase the risk that exotic mosquitoes occur in our latitudes.

The GLP test facility of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology has been certified for testing category 9 "Safety testing of ATMPs - immunotoxicity / immunogenicity, biodistribution and tumorigenicity in vitro / in vivo" since 2009. Since January 2023, the testing category 2 "Toxicity studies" is now also part of the portfolio.

Audit confirms RIBOLUTION Biomarker Center at Fraunhofer IZI the successful implementation of software development processes for medical devices software (according to IEC 62304 and ISO 14971).

For the development and behavior of cells, their biomechanical environment is as important as biochemical signaling molecules. In the body, biomechanical stimuli are exerted in particular by the extracellular matrix, which provides shape to tissues and surrounds many cell types.