SURFACtoBioTechAltona into the tecHHub Hamburg in Innovationspark Altona Innovationspark
The tecHHub in Science City Hamburg is currently developing into a new hotspot for deep tech startups. One example of this is SURFACtoBioTech, whose solution makes biotechnological experiments faster, cheaper, and more precise.
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SURFACtoBioTech has its roots in New Mexico and Heidelberg
Jacqueline De Lora has been fascinated by science since childhood, so it was only logical that she made it her profession. She grew up in New Mexico. In Albuquerque, the largest city in the state, she studied biology and chemistry and completed her studies with a PhD, the equivalent of a German doctorate. In 2020, her research activities took her to the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg.
Chemist Martin Schröter has had a similar career, with the difference that he already completed his studies in Heidelberg. His dissertation dealt with synthetic cells and the construction of artificial tissue from them. Surfactants play an important role in this synthesis. These are substances that enable two normally immiscible liquids, such as water and oil, to be mixed together. The best-known surfactant is soap. Modern surfactants are used, among other things, in drop-based microfluidics, a field of science in which both Jacqueline and Martin are active and which brought them together at the Max Planck Institute.
Interested? Further information is available in English on the website startupcity.hamburg.
