Forschung und Entwicklung

PI Innovation Award 2024: Nanobodies for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications

At the Faculty of Science of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, the PI Innovation Award, which is endowed with 2,500 euros, was presented for the first time. The award recognizes scientific research in the form of doctoral theses as the driving force behind innovative solutions and products. The work of award winner Dr. Teresa Wagner deals with new diagnostics for the early detection of therapy resistance in cancer.

The PI Innovation Award was created by Physik Instrumente (PI), a high-tech company based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. “For more than fifty years, PI stands for innovations that make the seemingly impossible possible. This was our motivation and inspiration to create such an award,” explains Markus Spanner, CEO of the PI Group. The award recognizes outstanding doctoral theses with exceptional innovation potential, placing a special emphasis on the best possible knowledge transfer—from research to successful application in practice. “The practical application goes hand in hand with the high medical relevance of the work.  This is exactly what convinced us,” says the jury, consisting of a panel of professors from the faculty and Dr. Steffen Schreiber, Director Global Innovation & Scouting at PI, in its statement.

“We see the PI Innovation Award as additional motivation for our students, for which we are very grateful. This year, the award recognizes a thesis whose practical relevance has already led to the founding of a publicly funded start-up company. We warmly congratulate the winner, Dr. Teresa Wagner,” said a delighted Prof. Dr. Thilo Stehle, Dean of the Faculty of Science.

In the thesis entitled “Two Birds with One Stone: Theranostic Applications of Nanobodies”, Dr. Wagner describes the manufacturing, characterization, and application of nanobodies as theranostic tools that can be used for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications in the context of precision medicine. A total of fourteen doctoral theses were submitted for the award.

Über die Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG

PI with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, is the market and technology leader for high-precision positioning technology and piezo applications in the market segments of Industrial Automation, Photonics, Semiconductor, and Microscopy & Life Sciences. Working closely with customers around the world, PI’s more than 1,700 specialists have been continuously pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible for more than fifty years. Various drive technologies, internally developed sensor technology, electronics, and control technology provide the basis for this. PI’s portfolio ranges from components to subsystems, to tailor-made complete solutions. More than 560 granted and pending patents underline the company’s claim to leadership in the fields of precision positioning and piezo technology. PI operates on a global scale, with nine production sites in Europe, North America, and Asia, as well as sixteen sales and service subsidiaries.

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