Researchers from the Laboratory of Process Technology (NeptunLab), Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg (Germany) developed a new way to produce bioactive glass microscaffolds for tissue engineering using advanced 3D printing technology. During in vitro mineralization studies, samples were incubated in the INFORS HT Minitron incubator shaker, where the material demonstrated strong bioactivity. The scaffolds were also shown to be compatible with human mesenchymal stromal cells and supported osteogenic differentiation, providing a new platform for studying scaffold design in tissue engineering.

Researchers from the Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, and the Data Science in Systems Biology group at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) investigated how diet influences the development of the infant gut microbiome during the first year of life. While age was found to be the primary driver of microbiota assembly, formula composition influenced metabolite profiles and the development of bacterial circadian rhythms. Using the INFORS HT Multifors 2 bioreactor as an ex vivo gut chemostat model, the team confirmed that rhythmic behavior in dominant gut bacteria can be maintained under controlled laboratory conditions, providing new insights into the relationship between nutrition, microbiome development, and circadian biology.