The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Prof. Matthias Jarke ACM Fellow, specifically recognizing his contributions to conceptual modeling, requirements engineering and metadata management as well as his leading role in advancing computer science in Germany. In the 20 years of the ACM Fellows program, ten German computer scientists were named ACM Fellow, among them three researchers from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Prof. Jarke is the director of the Fraunhofer Institute for App
Protagen announced today that a collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc. has been signed. Under the collaboration, Protagen will use its proprietary SeroTag® process to attempt to discover prediction or patient stratification markers for a novel drug being developed by Pfizer. Protagen CEO Stefan Müllner comments, "The current agreement shows that the SeroTag® process of Protagen is relevant technology to explore novel biomarkers in support of clinical development in i
Centralized testing services for toys, furniture, household, kitchen and mechanical products
Highly automated vehicles require highly precise and redundant positioning and navigation systems in order to stay on track. With an innovative approach designed to meet this need through landmark-based navigation, Hartmut Runge from the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has just been named the overall winner of this year-s Copernicus Masters, as well as of the competition-s BMW ConnectedDrive Challenge. DLR-s navigation method incorporates street lights, crash
Pulsar-18 highly favorable in patency and clinical effectiveness / Vascular Intervention
The market penetration of bulk GaN crystals is continuing: This is the conclusion of an international expert meeting organized by Fraunhofer IISB
IC.IDO allows them to predict usability issues early in the development process
ITKE (Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design) -Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Penzberg, Germany, 22.10.2013 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that The Centre for Genomic Research (CGR) at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, has officially joined the Roche NimbleGen Certified Service Provider (CSP) Program. The CGR achieved certification to conduct next-generation sequencing target enrichment services with customer samples using the NimbleGen SeqCap EZ workflow. The CGR facility is the first CSP authorized in the UK to provide SeqCap EZ ta
A consortium consisting of nine partners has secured ?3,519,5766 of EU funding to develop next generation External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS) for new build and retrofitting applications. The four-year project, called FoAM-BUILD is part-funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme. Research undertaken during the project will comprise innovations in: – Insulation material: development of new, lightweight and highly insulating nano-cellular foam
