Mimotype Technologies GmbH

Mission completed: Biology lighting up brighter than chemistry! Light from Proteins for Proteins. Mimotype Technologies GmbH is about to successfully conclude its SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen validation contract by demonstrating that the emission of fluorescent proteins in solid-state can surpass commercially available organic dyes. We optimized the overall composite thin film architecture across key dimensions for optical materials such as emission specificity, life time, resistance against photobleaching and quantum yield. Our films perform spectral conversion, giving sun light a deep red boost that increases photosynthetic rates of crop and drives growth and higher yields. Biomanufactured optical materials enable nanotechnologists to interface closer with biological matter and the built environment in non-toxic, tissue compatible and ecologically seamless ways. A huge achievement for the team: Danilo Flores, Paul Aspacher, Laura Bernáez Timón and our lab wizard Erfan Moradi. Shout out to our hard-working colleagues from DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials: Felix Jakob and Tina-Marie Thomas who supplied us with previously unfathomable quantities of GFP, the good stuff :). Our summer interns who helped in pushing this forward during the last leg as well: Victoria Clancy, Joshua Varela and Shalini Satish. Challenged by the brilliant team of SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen – Patrick P. Rose, Eileen Stahl and Nicolas Krink – we unearthed nature's glow.

✨ Excited to share that Mimotype Technologies GmbH will present at the Future Insight e.V. #Curious2024 conference's Ignite Session on July 10th. Join us on the AMA stage from 15:30 to 17:30 to hear Claudio Flores discuss our latest innovations. Future Insight e.V. #Curious2024 is a premier conference that brings together leading minds to explore the future of science and technology & we are excited to be selected and join a crowd of pioneering visionaries that have inspired us, like #StevenChu, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and #DavidBaker, trailblazer in computational protein engineering. 🗓 Our Talk: Natural Light for a Brighter Future: Ecologically Seamless Optical Materials for Green Photonics We will discuss our development of a sustainable lighting platform by merging biotechnology and organic electronics. Using fluorescent proteins inspired by marine bioluminescence, we've created high-performance, biodegradable, and flexible light-emitting and photo-converting materials. Key points: 📈 Scalable Bioproduction: Utilizing bioreactors for large-scale production of fluorescent proteins. 🔬 Smart Materials: Embedding fluorescent proteins in polymer matrices and bioplastics for advanced photonics. 🧬 Genetic Engineering and Photophysical Modeling: Computational de novo design of fluorescent proteins and materials. 🌱 Supported by HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION and SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen, and in cooperation with Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) and DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials (Felix Jakob, Tina-Marie Thomas) we're working on applications in AgTech. We've successfully developed a MVP and are conducting plant experiments to quantify the increase in crop yield induced by our photo-converting films. On our roadmap: OLEDs, photo-converters for solar cells, neurotechnology, flexible & biocompatible light emitters, soft robotics, and more. If you are around, reach out to Claudio Flores and Laura Bernáez Timón. Let's grab a coffee and talk about bio-inspired smart materials. See you there! #Curious2024 #SmartMaterials #FluorescentProteins #SustainableTech #MimotypeTechnologies #Innovation #StayCurious

Our colleague Prof. Dr. Stefan Schramm is pushing the frontier of organic electronics and we love it!

🚀 The Mimotype Technologies GmbH team is hard at work! Here's a snapshot of what’s happening behind the scenes: 🔬 Erfan Moradi is diving deep into the principles of photoluminescence spectroscopy, showcasing how this powerful technique helps us study the optical properties of materials. ⚗ The team is meticulously going over lab protocols as they begin working with chemicals. Safety is paramount in the laboratory, from wearing the appropriate protective gear to properly handling and disposing of chemicals. Understanding and respecting potential hazards is fundamental for everyone involved. 🧑🔬 Our interns have successfully completed their first independent tasks in the lab! They've explored the critical role of Indium Thin Oxide (ITO) substrates in modern technology, focusing on their conductive and transparent properties, and their application in touch screens and solar cells. A big thank you to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION, and the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) for providing the facilities and resources. #Research #Innovation #LabLife #SafetyFirst #MaterialsScience #TechInnovation #TeamWork #InternSuccess #HumboldtUniversity #CSMB

All hands on deck! Three interns have joined the Mimotype Technologies GmbH Team for the 2024 summer through various CIEE internship programs. Pictured from right to left, we have Joshua Varela, Shalini Satish, and Victoria Clancy. Joshua studies Biomedical Engineering at the UC Irvine. He hopes to work in the biomedical device industry after graduating, particularly interested in the R&D process. He joined Mimotype to learn more about the device development process and to refine his technical skills. Shalini studies Cognitive Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has a business background consisting of past work in startups and venture capital, and plans to pursue a masters in business (M.B.A) after undergrad. She joined Mimotype in order to further her knowledge on  sales strategy and financial planning. Victoria studies Biomedical Engineering at the Swinburne University of Technology, located in Melbourne, Australia. She aspires to have a career in medical research, specifically cancer research. She joined Mimotype to approach medical research from the photometric perspective. We are so excited to have them in this space and see what they can accomplish! Keep updated on our page to see them in action throughout the summer. Thanks to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION, and the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB), we are on the brink of unveiling our new cutting edge technology. And as always, thank you to all the other dedicated members of our team: Claudio Flores, Danilo Flores, Laura Bernáez Timón, Paul Aspacher, Erfan Moradi.

Let's rock the boat: "Wenn Ihr von Eurer Vision überzeugt seid und Technologie und Realisierbarkeit im Einklang stehen, verfolgt Eure Ideen, auch wenn wenige andere auf diesem Gebiet forschen und entwickeln. Diese Nischen brüten oft die wahren Durchbruchstechnologien aus. ... Studiert die großen wissenschaftlichen Unternehmer der Vergangenheit, die einen wahrhaftigen Wagemut an den Tag gelegt und damit die Welt verändert haben." Vielen Dank HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION für das Feature und an unser großartiges Team Paul Aspacher, Laura Bernáez Timón und Erfan Moradi. Unsere Supporter von der SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen: Patrick P. Rose, Eileen Stahl und Nicolas Krink. Shout-out auch an unsere grandiosen Angels: Tobias Wittich, Bernd Ruppert, Steffen Seifarth, Carlos Fernandez, Kornelia Berghof-Jäger, Lutz Müller-Kuhrt, Giorgio Frömmel, Harald Bos, Marie Bos, Thomas Knappworst, Kenan Tur, Matthias Helfrich, Bartosz Reinhold

My brother and I had a blast at the Green Photonics Workshop organised by Ruth Houbertz and hosted on the premises of the Fraunhofer IOF in Jena! Assembled was a top-tier cast of photonics, optics and manufacturing professionals, sharing the latest insights on how light can be used to carry information or shape matter. Some of the things I learned truly left me in awe. Like the advances in multi-photon lithography. It's an additive manufacturing technology where you shoot laser beams at a light-sensitive goo, flinging photons such that they arrive at pre-determined coordinates along a spatial x,y,z grid. Once in the target zone, the photons bake the goo ("photoresin") into solid matter, enabling 3D printing of hierarchical materials that have micropatterning as well as macrostructure. *Goosebumps* Another highlight was the city tour of Jena we attendants undertook together. Jena has been a remarkable hotbed for cultural and scientific accomplishments ever since the era of German Romanticism. Fast forward to the 19th century to witness three amazing human beings – Zeiß, Abbe and Schott – join forces to build a juggernaut of the optics industry, the Zeiss works. Hell of a founders team if there ever was one! Fun fact: Zeiß actually learned optics from Körner, a Master mechanic who repaired instruments for Goethe! Another highlight was visiting Abbe's mausoleum built by Jugendstil luminaries Henry van der Velde, with a sculpture inside crafted by none other than Max Klinger. These early tycoons had taste! And compassion – Abbe was a pioneer of humanizing employment conditions at the heyday of industrialization. We will surely come back to the second edition next year! Thanks, Simon Bretschneider, for keeping the show running!

Design–Build–Test–Learn cycles in prototyping new bio-hybrid materials á la Mimotype Technologies GmbH. First: Modelling relative change in photon flux due to photoluminescence for a given incident sun light intensity (great work Laura Bernáez Timón!) in ideal conditions. Second: Fabricate polymer-fluorescent protein composites (excellent job Erfan Moradi!). Third: Measure the emission and compare to predicted values. Fourth: Engineer novel fluorescent protein variants and tailor toward thin film fabrication strategy. et voilà ! Danilo Flores, Paul Aspacher

Global #food demand will rise about 56 % by 2050, and extreme #weather events are resulting in food supply insecurity. There are many solutions to tackle this challenge, which include #greenhouse cultivation to boost #foodproduction by 20 % or even more. Building a resilient and sustainable greenhouse industry starts with #lighting. Artificial #LED lighting promotes #cropgrowth, but comes with high energy costs, reliance on limited fossil fuels, excessive emissions, and volatile costs for growers. How to not only increase efficiency and energy security in greenhouse food production and also integrating sustainability aspects? An what has jellyfish to do with it? Meet our speaker Claudio Flores from Mimotype Technologies GmbH and learn about how to avoid artificial lighting and use #sunlight  energy which is made accessible to greenhouse growers without any net energy input. The secret? Engineered #fluorescent #proteins, derived from #jellyfish. Becoming curious? Then join us. #Share and #discuss with world class speakers about their #photonicsdriven #technologies and approaches to achieving more #sustainability in their #companies, their #products, and how their #technologies support a reduction of environmental #footprints. Not yet registered? #Online slots are still available. #register here to #makeadifference: https://lnkd.in/esGQRfRw 🔉 Fraunhofer IOF, Jena, Germany (hybrid meeting: presence and online) ⏰ May 27 - 29, 2024 What are the fees used for? Part of the fees are used for workshop costs (catering, event website, tech and service staff, administration). The rest is used for our #educational projects for #children, #adolescents and #adults to better prepare people for #future challenges and to #enable them to cope with them in the here and now. We want to start with #photonicsdriven #technologies, but we are completely tech-open, also holistically considering #economic, #ecologic, and #social aspects. This helps to generate #workforce (in Germany alone, according to the latest news, we have about 700,000 vacancies), but also to overcome existing gaps in our societies in order to counteract the polarization of #society and to prevent for hate, fake news, and harassment. We need more #knowledgedriven approaches. In addition, our companies can make a difference and creating more business in demonstrating a strong commitment for ecology, people and providing useful technologies to their customers. Fraunhofer IOF FLEET Events Optence e.V. OptoNet e.V. Optica SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics PhotonicsNL W3+ Fair Jabil Coherent Corp. ZEISS Group Google Cisco  The Aerospace Corporation FluIDect FabuLens GmbH Mimotype Technologies GmbH Akhetonics Friedrich Schiller University Jena KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen Pulsed Light Technologies GmbH Nanoscribe Photosynthetic Corning Incorporated Ruth Houbertz #ThinkMade Reiner Nikula Kilian S.

Shining a light on the origins of bioluminescence ✨✨ A new study led by MBARI collaborators at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History explores the evolution of bioluminescence, nature’s living light show. A team of researchers, including MBARI Senior Scientist Steven Haddock, has learned bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in soft corals: https://lnkd.in/gS3Tv_EY. Scientists have long been curious about the evolution of bioluminescence. To tackle the larger question of why bioluminescence evolved, we needed to know when this ability first appeared in animals. In search of the trait’s earliest origins, the team decided to peer back into the evolutionary history of octocorals, an ancient and frequently bioluminescent group of animals that includes soft corals, sea fans, and sea pens. Mapping out the branches of the evolutionary tree from fossil records, genetics, and bioluminescent behaviors revealed that some 540 million years ago, the common ancestor of all octocorals was very likely bioluminescent. That is 273 million years earlier than the glowing ostracod crustaceans that previously held the title of earliest evolution of bioluminescence in animals. MBARI’s Biodiversity and Biooptics Team is working to understand how and why animals produce their stunning luminescence. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gQu7K72Q