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Fostering Networks

Workshops “Translational Medicine”
In collaboration with three institutes of the Leibniz Association (BNI, HPI, FZB), Ascenion has planned a series of educational workshops to help scientists integrate “translational thinking” into their work. First sessions held last year at the BNI, HPI and FZB focused on high-throughput screening. Experts from the European Screening Port introduced their approach and services while scientists presented projects for potential collaboration. As a result, selected projects were taken on for translational development. One of them targeting malaria has already delivered first hits.

A second workshop was held in the beginning of July this year. A representative of Aurigon Life Science talked about Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in preclinical development and discussed with scientists whether it makes sense to implement some of these guidelines in their work and how that could be done. Feedback from the 85 participants was very positive overall. In particular, scientists working on advanced projects said that it was of direct, practical value to their work.

3rd Biotech Networkshop: Learn from seasoned managers
Sixty-two participants joined this year’s Biotech Networkshop, held on 4th–6th of March at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing. About half were biotech entrepreneurs; the other half were experts in financing, business development, legal or communication and CEOs of Germany’s most established biotech companies. Special thanks – from participating founders as well as from the organizers – goes to these managers who offered exceptional support to younger entrepreneurs. “I am most impressed by their personal commitment and the value of their contribution,” a participant said following a one-on-one coaching session.

The workshop, which is jointly organized by Max-Planck-Innovation and Ascenion, is open to entrepreneurs of Max Planck Institutes and Ascenion’s partner institutions. Next year, it will take place at Schloss Ringberg on 24 th–26 th February. If you are interested, please contact Susanne Letzelter at letzelter(at)ascenion.de

Meet us at the forthcoming events:

STS Forum, October 4–6, 2009, Kyoto, Japan

ASTP Fall Seminar, October 29 & 30, 2009, Krakow, Poland

BioEurope, November 2–4, 2009, Vienna, Austria 

Biotech Networkshop, February 24–26, 2010, Schloss Ringberg (Tegernsee),  Germany

BioVaria, April 20, 2010, Munich, Germany

News in Brief:

Partnership with nine Leibniz Institutes continued
Following 3 years of collaboration, all the partner institutions of the Leibniz Association decided to continue their cooperation with Ascenion as exclusive marketing partner. more

 
New partner from the Leibniz Association: IfN
Ascenion has also closed a partnership contract with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (IfN) in Magdeburg.more

Alliance with TWINCORE 
Ascenion and TWINCORE - Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hanover, have signed an exclusive collaboration agreement for comprehensive IP asset management support.more

New assistant for Ascenion’s team
Since January this year, Christiane Schwarz has been assisting Ascenion’s management and co-ordinates travel for all her colleaguesmore

Rights to new ALL-test licensed to Medac
Ascenion has initiated and negotiated a licence agreement on behalf of Hanover Medical School (MHH) providing Medac with exclusive worldwide rights to a diagnostic test that can help guide the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).more

Fast diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases: Licence agreement with Roche Diagnostics
Researchers at the MHH Hospital for Cardiology and Angiology around Prof. Dr Kai C. Wollert have identified growth-differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) as a marker in the blood of cardiac patientsmore


Novel antibiotic against tuberculosis licensed to Inverness Medical
Ascenion has negotiated the agreement on behalf of an international consortium of patent owners including a Russian inventor, the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) and the Institut Pasteur.more

FZB closes four collaboration contracts 
The FZB - Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences has entered into four alliances with industry:more

DIfE becomes member of the Life Science Foundation
Ascenion’s parent holding, the Life Science Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research has a new member: the Institute of Human Nutrition (DifE).more

Contact us:

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T +49 89 318814-0
info(at)ascenion.de

Berlin:
T +49 30 9406 230 -1/-4
berlin(at)ascenion.de

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T +49 531 6181 2090
braunschweig(at)ascenion.de

Hamburg:
T +49 40 22611 278
habeck(at)ascenion.de

Hanover:
T +49 511 5328 921
cordes(at)ascenion.de

Neuherberg:
T +49 89 3187 2850
scheek(at)ascenion.de

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