News from the BioRegion STERN

Here you'll find all press releases and news from companies and institutes in the STERN BioRegion.

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EEGs for anyone, anywhere

(Stuttgart/Tübingen) – Neurologists Prof. Justus Marquetand and Dr. Johannes Lang set up Cerebri GmbH in Tübingen, with the aim of making specialist electroencephalograms (EEGs) available to all patients. An EEG is an important test that is used...
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Reducing waste and emissions on a practical, long-term basis

(Stuttgart) – SustainMed is being extended. Work is now starting on SustainMed 2.0 – the follow-up funding project designed to work out preciseproposals for solutions to increase sustainability in the...
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Rethinking Health Innovation at BioFIT 2025: STEP4NAMs Workshop & Partner Meeting in Strasbourg

This year’s BioFIT in Strasbourg provided an ideal backdrop for two intensive and inspiring days for the STEP4NAMs consortium. On 1 December, our partners gathered for th...

Immatics Announces $125 Million Underwritten Offering

Houston, Texas and Tuebingen, Germany, December 05, 2025 – Immatics N.V. (NASDAQ: IMTX, “Immatics” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and the global leader in precision targ...
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Setting the Course for SustainMed 2.0 – Project Partners Deepen Their Collaboration

Work in the SustainMed 2.0 project is continuing with full momentum. At the first joint working meeting, the focus was not only on getting to know the project partners in...
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Call for Proposals for Research Projects at the TF R-T BioMedTech Research Campus

Technologieförderung Reutlingen-Tübingen GmbH is currently advertising laboratory and office space for research projects at the TF R-T BioMedTech Research Campus in Reutl...
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SYMPATHJA – sensor-based diagnostics system for young people with psychological disorders

(Stuttgart/Tübingen) – A new sensor-based diagnostics system is set to help improve treatment for conditions such as psychosis in young people. The SYMPATHJA project was ...
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Immatics Achieves Clinical Proof-of-Concept of its Next-Generation TCR Bispecific (TCER®) Pipeline with Data on IMA402 (PRAME) and IMA401 (MAGEA4/8) and Announces Next Development Steps

Houston, Texas and Tuebingen, Germany, November 12, 2025 – Immatics N.V. (NASDAQ: IMTX, “Immatics” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and the g...
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11/05/2025 | LICIT Solutions GmbH

LICIT Solution raises Series A to accelerate sustainable antimicrobial innovation

Tübingen, Germany – 05.11.2025 – LICIT Solutions completes Series A financing to accelerate the development and commercialization of next-generation sustainable active in...

Immatics Appoints Venkat Ramanan as Chief Financial Officer

Houston, Texas and Tuebingen, Germany, October 1, 2025 – Immatics N.V. (NASDAQ: IMTX, “Immatics” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and the global leader in precision target...
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NGS-based diagnostics for identifying sepsis pathogens wins EARTO Innovation Award

A method developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB enables bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic pathogens in sepsis patien...
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10/10/2025 | BioRegio STERN Management GmbH Vicinity Bio GmbH, dxOmics GmbH

Two strong companies from our network at the HealthTech Innovation Days #7 in Paris

From October 7–8, 2025, the 7th edition of the HealthTech Innovation Days (HTID) took place in Paris – an event organized by HealthTech For Care, a European endowment fun...
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Better, Faster, Bio-Based: Functional New Plastic Alternatives

How can new bio-based and biohybrid materials with improved features be developed faster? Six Fraunhofer institutes are jointly exploring this question in the SUBI²MA flagship project, using an innova...
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Shared Professor: NMI scientist Dr. Xin Xiong takes up teaching position at Reutlingen University

The NMI and Reutlingen University are further strengthening their cooperation. On October 1, 2025, Dr. Xin Xiong, group leader of Biopolymers & Interfaces at the NMI,...
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STEP4NAMs Partner Meeting in ’s-Hertogenbosch – Exchange, Strategy, and Joint Advancement of Innovative Testing Methods

On September 9 and 10, 2025, the project partner meeting of the Interreg NWE project STEP4NAMs took place at the Golden Tulip Hotel Central in ’s-Hertogenbosch. Represent...
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Fraunhofer researchers develop innovative diagnostics for detecting antibiotic resistance in bacterial infections

The rapid increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria is one of the most pressing challenges facing global health. A new transatlantic Fraunhofer research project aims to c...
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09/02/2025 | Fysor GmbH USE-Ing. GmbH

Innovation in Action – Digital Solutions in the RehAllianCE Regional Living Lab Baden-Württemberg

In the Regional Living Lab Baden-Württemberg, BioRegio STERN tested the use of an innovative digital solution for rehabilitation within the European project RehAllianCE: ...
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08/13/2025 | [DE Copy] Fraunhofer-Zentrum für Chemisch-Biotechnologische Prozesse CBP

Rapeseed protein for vegan burger patties and nutritious chicken feed

Food products containing proteins from plants, fungi or algae are becoming increasingly popular. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna, Germany, hav...
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08/11/2025 | Pathora

Pathology with a future: How the Pathora Institute is setting new standards

From leading-edge university research to entrepreneurial innovation – an experience shared by Prof. Dr. med. Perner.