With the Life Science Factory initiated by Sartorius, we aim to promote scientific progress in the life sciences and strengthen research and development of innovative technologies with a clear focus on applications. This is why we provide open-space offices, a prototyping dry lab and a wide offer of events revolving around life science entrepreneurship for scientists and research teams who aim to take their initial steps outside of academic institutions.
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Establish Göttingen as the “location of choice” for life science startups.
Spark homegrown entrepreneurial spirit amongst researchers, identify future technologies and support life science startups.
Designed to provide a results-driven infrastructure conducive to research, collaborative work and prototype building, all embedded in a closely interlinked program of events
By 2022, approx. 3,200 m² of newly built facilities will offer state-of-the-art laboratory, multi-purpose office & event shared spaces.
Rooms with an inspiring and innovative atmosphere for events in the inner city of Göttingen: This event and workshop location offers open spaces, flexible areas and quiet zones for retreat that can be fully rearranged to meet your specific requirements.
Event SpacesFlexible coworking in the heart of Göttingen for your project or startup: Fully equipped coworking spaces conveniently located in the center of the city will let you get started right away thanks to all the furnishings and amenities provided. Everything can be adapted to your specific needs from “mini membership” all the way to a full-fledged work area reserved for you personally.
Coworking SpacesThe dry lab is our prototyping workshop equipped with a laser cutter, different 3D printing technologies and high-quality multi-tools. Our basic workshops will teach you the fundamentals you need to know about our equipment, and our membership options offer the perfect arrangements to accommodate the widest variety of projects.
Prototyping Dry LabDecember 03, 2020 / 3:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Online keynote lecture with Dr. Philipp Baaske followed by Q&A
In our event series "Life Science Entrepreneurs Talk", start-ups from the life sciences present themselves at regular intervals to talk about their product or process. Interested people and founders get an insight into the development of the start-up and receive helpful tips and tricks in the Life Science Entrepreneurs environment. We are happy to gain insights into the development of NanoTemper on December 3rd and invite all interested participants to register for the event!
The journey for NanoTemper began in the late 2000s, when Philipp and Stefan were working as PhD students at Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich. They were working in the Department of Physics and Center for NanoScience. Stefan originally came from a biochemistry background, while Philipp had been working in the world of physics for some time. Even within their lab, their paths didn’t collide until they worked together on a project that aimed to do super-fast measurements on dsDNA unfolding. This project required a fluorophore on the DNA and a laser that heated their samples up to 110°C very rapidly. (Anyone familiar with NanoTemper technology might see where this is going…)
Philipp and Stefan were successful with their research project, but this success prompted them to think further—how could they apply this cool technology to bench research? They found their technology was good for rapidly analyzing nucleic acid unfolding. However, though their process saved time, researchers working with nucleic acids often had to wait for time-consuming PCR protocols to amplify their product, and shaving a few minutes off the end of their process wasn’t of much practical use. Saving time on the unfolding characterization simply was not all that helpful, even if using a fluorophore to do it was novel and interesting.
Fortunately, Philipp and Stefan applied the principles of heat changes and fluorophores to a new realm: protein biophysics. With Stefan’s biochemical background and Philipp’s physics and engineering understanding, plus a little help from Charles Soret’s 1879 theory of thermodiffusion, they found a way to measure the strength of interactions in solution.
There was an obvious and immediate need for this technology. Researchers in the world of protein biophysics had long been using SPR, ITC, and fluorescence polarization to measure interactions between biological molecules, but there were drawbacks to these methods—sample consumption, immobilization, buffer limitations, etc. Philipp and Stefan’s new technology was not limited in this way, and they had developed a system that was incredibly precise at raising temperatures of small sample volumes only a few degrees.
Anyone who would like to know how the story continues and what tips the founder Phillip Baaske has in store for start-ups is cordially invited to find out in our Leading Life Science Entrepreneurs Talk. Of course, there will be the opportunity to ask individual questions to our speaker.
December 09, 2020 / 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm
Online Pitch Event for the final of the AHEAD Life Science Track
The Life Science Factory, initiated by Sartorius, is organizing the Life Science Pitch Bowl on December 9, 2020, starting at 6:00 p.m., together with the 'Gründungsförderung' from Georg-August University of Goettingen.
The Life Science Pitch Bowl is the closing event of the Life Science Track from the Fraunhofer AHEAD program: A six-month accelerator program for the need-based support of life science start-ups from research institutes. Founders from the life sciences who want to do first steps from institutes into the economy were supported by experienced life science entrepreneurs and coaches through expert lectures, workshops and 1-on-1 sessions.
At the Life Science Pitch Bowl the founders will have the opportunity to present their start-up idea to a broad audience.
The range of participating teams at this year's AHEAD Life Science Track demonstrates the versatility of the life sciences. The teams covered projects from the fields of industrial biotechnology, clinical medicine, medical technology and life science tools & software.
What awaits the guests on this evening:
Innovative start-ups will present themselves and their founding idea in pitches - and receive feedback from an expert jury consisting of experienced founders and investors.
The Life Science Factory cordially invites people interested in setting up their own business, scientists, supporters, students, innovators and entrepreneurs to get to know start-ups on this evening and get in touch with the inspiring founders and foundresses!
A registration is required to receive the dial-in link via e-mail.
