2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

Fraunhofer Group for Life Sciences The Group for Life Sciences is a key R&D partner to the phar- maceutical and medical engineering industries and to the biotech industry. By pooling complementary areas of exper- tise, the group is able to offer a broad spectrum of technolo- gies and services. The group has an international outlook that reﬂects the globalized nature of this scientiﬁc ﬁeld and the related commercial market. The Life Sciences Group is active in business areas such as medical translational research and biomedical technology, regenerative medicine, healthy foods, industrial biotechnology, and process, chemical, and herbicide safety, thus including numerous Fraunhofer IGB key compe- tences. Professor Hirth was appointed Group Chairman at the beginning of 2012. www.lifesciences.fraunhofer.de Fraunhofer Group for Materials and Components – MATERIALS Materials research covers the entire value chain, from the de- velopment of new materials and the enhancement of existing ones, to industrial-scale manufacturing technology, charac- terization of material properties and evaluation of service be- havior. The same research scope applies to the components made from these materials and the way they function in sys- tems. The Fraunhofer Group for Materials and Components addresses the entire range of materials and their composites, including metallic, inorganic/non-metallic, polymeric and re- newable materials. The Fraunhofer IGB’s strong competence in materials science qualiﬁed it to become a guest member of the Group in 2008. www.vwb.fraunhofer.de 18 FRAUNHOFER GROUPS AND ALLIANCES Fraunhofer Institutes working in related subject areas cooperate as groups, foster a joint presence on the R&D market and help define the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s business policy. Institutes or departments of institutes with complementary competences collaborate in the form of Fraunhofer “alliances” to develop business areas together and offer and market solutions along the entire value chain. The Fraunhofer IGB has recently joined the Food Chain Management Alliance. In addition, Fraunhofer Institutes carry out joint activities within Fraunhofer internal research programs. Examples of IGB involvement are systems research into cell-free biotechnology and the Beyond Tomorrow projects “Molecular sorting” and “SKIN HEAL”. PROFILE

2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

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