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The Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) was awarded today for its project “Record Player for DNA” as part of the federal competition “365 Selected Landmarks in the Land of Ideas.” [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Optical technologies play a crucial role in solving the medical and social problems of our aging society. Today, many light-based methods are used in everyday clinical life. More than 200 experts from around the world will be discussing the goals achieved in biophotonics as well as the prerequisites for future advances in Jena from June 18-22, 2012. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Nature serves as the best example: Plants use sunlight to produce energy with precise perfection. Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dietzek from the Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena combines the competencies of European research centers to examine the light-induced splitting of water and to create specific structures that imitate this in the laboratory. The goal here is to create an energy source that never diminishes. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

How do you tell harmful, innocuous, and useful organisms apart? With the help of so-called dielectrophoresis, Sebastian Jäger and Bonnie Stanek from Pforta State School found out the answer to this question during an internship at the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT). The method used by the two young researchers could also be used in the targeted search for pathogens and in soil analysis. The jury thought the research so unique that it received the president’s award in the “Young Researchers” competition. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Over 150 partners, around 220 million euros in investments and funding, several prototypes and products – this is the proud result of ten years of biophotonics funding in Germany. This success extends beyond its German borders into the European and international realm. The international community is invited to witness the extent of this success from June 19-21, 2012, at the 3rd International Congress on Biophotonics (ICOB) – for the first time on European soil. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and certain types of cancer can be traced back to the deficient folding and aggregation of proteins in the body. Research scientists at the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena have detected and spectroscopically analyzed protein structures at the submolecular level successfully for the first time. This is an important step in understanding the cause of such diseases. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Pathogens in drinking water are often a big problem in developing countries, but it is also an issue in Germany, for example in construction projects. This topic played an important role at the “DNA Nanosensors” symposium at IPHT from May 10-12, 2012. [The PDF below contains the full German press release] 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ecke, who has worked at the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena for many years, received special recognition by the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh: he was named an honorary professor. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Once a year at the Beutenberg Campus in Jena the best young researchers are awarded the Life Sciences and Physics Award by Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V. Again this year one award went to IPHT.  [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

IPHT received almost one million euros from the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Technology for a research project on the possible uses of fiber-optic components in environmental and medical technology.