2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

EDITORIAL NOTES EDITORIAL TEAM Ina Andrees M.A., Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Bangert, Dipl.-Geoökol. Birgit Haller, Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Antje Hetebrüg, Dipl.-Agr.-Biol. Sabine Krieg, Manuela Mezger, Katja Rösslein M.A., Dipl.-Des. Thaya Schroeder (picture), Dipl.-Kfm. Brigitte Steinmetz, Dr.-Ing. Werner Sternad, Dr. Iris Trick, Dr. Uwe Vohrer, Dr. Claudia Vorbeck, Dr.-Ing. Tosca Zech and the scientists referred to as authors or contact persons. LAYOUT AND PRODUCTION Dipl.-Des. Thaya Schroeder PRINTING Fraunhofer Verlag, Mediendienstleistungen, Stuttgart TRANSLATIONS, PROOFREADING Dr. Stuart Amor, Stuttgart Dorothy Gordon, Ottobrunn Shannon L. Layland, Stuttgart Paterson Languages, Osnabrück Textwork Translations, Manchester, UK EDITORIAL ADDRESS Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB Dr. Claudia Vorbeck Nobelstrasse 12 | 70569 Stuttgart | Germany PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ad lumina: Page 114 BMBF/BioEconomy: Page 25 Ernsting, Thomas: Page 49 Fotolia: Pages 21, 29, 38, 54/55, 92 Heyde, Matthias: Pages 6, 14/15 Kleinbach, Frank: Pages 14/15, 26 Kloess, Marina: Page 67 Kroetz, Rafael: Pages 10, 14, 15, 82 Mahler, Dirk: Page 25 mpg ErlebnisRaumDesign GmbH: Page 37 Müller, Bernd: Pages 60, 72, 110 Shutterstock: Page 122 VDI: Page 35 Wiesmüller, Thomas: Pages 27, 55 All other photographs and ﬁgures © Fraunhofer IGB/Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Morgenstadt® , NANOCYTES® and POLO® are registered trademarks of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., München, in Germany. Reproduction of any material requires the editors’ consent. © Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart 2013 157