The resting state functional MRI (rsfMRI), a relatively new imaging method, is able to make visible the brain´s active regions at rest. Therefore it is possible to investigate some aspects of diseases such as Alzheimer's or schizophrenia non-invasively.

The Animal Welfare Research Award for Berlin-Brandenburg 2013 will be conferred this Friday for the second time. InVitroJobs interviewed the recipient, Prof. Dr. Günther Weindl, in the run-up to the ceremony.

Timo Noll and Marvin Kaminski have developed a microchip with which cells can be sorted by size or properties, under the direction of Prof. Michael Schlüter, Chair of Microtechnology and Medical Engineering at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen.

The German company Innocyte Ltd. in Stuttgart, a spin-off of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, has developed a fully automated desktop device able to take over the automated production of cell cultures. Compared to costly and complex robotic technology, the newly developed device called “split.it” is inexpensive. It will be available from autumn of this year.