Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses IZI-BB

The Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses Branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology focusses on the development of platform technologies and biotechnological applications in agriculture, food safety and environmental testing as well as drug development and diagnostics. To provide flexible and easy-to use devices or solutions the key aspects of activities encompass complex sample preparations, data collection, miniaturization and automation. Moreover, the institute addresses functional protein production using innovative cell-free biosynthesis techniques and develops methods for the handling and manipulation of (single) cell populations and biomolecules like aptamers.