Fraunhofer IZI and BioNTech to collaborate in the future

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Fraunhofer IZI and BioNTech to collaborate in the future

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13. May 2022  •  Knowledge intensive service

The Mainz-based company BioNTech and the Fraunhofer IZI’s Molecular Drug Biochemistry and Therapy Development department, based in Halle (Saale), will collaborate in the field of biological assays in the future.

The Fraunhofer researchers will contribute their many years of expertise in establishing cellular and molecular biological analysis and model systems to the collaboration. In addition to cell-based assays, they will perform gene expression analyses as well as immunological and protein chemical methods for in vitro characterization.

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