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Chalcid wasps are parasites that inject their eggs in to fly larvae. An international team of researchers has now discovered that their own genetic material has been altered by parasites. 19.01.2010 | Science
 

Gene transfer: Bacterium propagates in the wasp genome

In global cooperation, researchers have decoded the genome of the Chalcid wasp. In the genome of the parasitic insect, they found traces of an altogether different kind of freeloader.

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13.01.2010 | Science
Comprehensive encyclopaedia of microbe genomes
11.01.2010 | Science
Tremendous pace of evolution surprises plant researchers
 
 
 
 
 

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Studies and Statistics

Biotechnologie-Firmenumfrage 2009

Biotechnology Company Survey 2009

The economic crisis hasn't yet reached the German biotechnology sector. These are the results of the biotechnology company survey 2009, which was conducted by biotechnologie.de on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

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Factfiles

Flu vaccines: A revolution behind the blinds

Viruses are veritable artists of adaptation, and experts no longer consider an avian flu pandemic to be an unlikely scenario. With this thought in mind, pharmaceutical companies are working feverishly on possible vaccines.

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Biobanks: a treasure for scientists

 
 
 
 
 

Funded Projects

If the EuroTransBio partners have anything to do with it, the vaccines of the future will not contain any amplifier substances.

Vaccine technology: Cross-betas do away with adjuvants

In a EuroTransBio network, the Regensburg-based company Geneart is researching the next generation of additive-free vaccines.

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Malarial drugs are increasingly failing to have an effect on the disease. The picture shows a female Anopheles albimanus mosquito in the act.

Using RNA molecules to combat six diseases

A research network within the National Genome Research Network is investigating the RNA characteristics of six different pathogens. The aim is to develop improved weapons against such serious diseases as malaria, AIDS, or typhus.

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Databases

Ordnerrücken

You are looking for companies, research institutions or clusters and nets in Germany? Our Databases section provides an searchable overview of the German biotech landscape. 

Databases

 

Background

Reagenzgläser

What is biotechnology? Everyone’s talking about biotechnology, but it can mean many different things. Biotechnology has its hand in drugs, detergents, as well as in bread and beer.

Basics

 

Funding

1-Euro-Münze

Are you looking for opportunities to finance your research project? The Funding section provides an overview of German, European and International sources of funding relating to research projects in biotechnology.

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