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The WIR project Physics for Food, funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), has been successfully completed after eight years. At the closing event on 19 November 2025 in Neubrandenburg, scientists and project managers presented key findings and concrete transfer approaches.
The biogeniV innovation alliance, coordinated by the city of Anklam as part of the "WIR! – Change through Innovation in the Region" programme, is entering a second funding phase.
Researchers at the INP have collaborated with partners at Greifswald University Hospital and University Medical Centre Rostock to demonstrate that cold plasma can effectively combat tumour cells even in deeper tissue layers.
– Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is sending a strong signal for the transition to a climate-neutral energy future: State Secretary Jochen Schulte, representing Minister of Economic Affairs Dr. Wolfgang Blank, today officially opened the new PtX plasma development environment at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Greifswald.
The INP is developing an innovative method for the sustainable recycling of glass fibre reinforced plastics (GRP) as part of the PLAS4PLAS joint project.
The portable plasma device MobiPlas offers new possibilities for the treatment of skin diseases and wound healing.
Environmentally friendly and cost-effective electrolysers thanks to new MEA: up to 95 percent less iridium, no PFAS
Plasma in storage protection: How pests and mold are controlled in a real-life silo
Innovative deep-sea analysis protects the environment: double-pulse LIBS technology
Dr Wolfgang Blank, Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, today handed over a funding notification worth approximately €1.05 million to the Kompetenzzentrum Diabetes Karlsburg (KDK) in Karlsburg.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its first successful spin-off, the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) looks back on two decades of intensive transfer work.
Flying high with plasma: researchers focus on sustainable agriculture in urban areas
Dr Ramona Clemen, research group leader at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), has been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Her project, "PriME – Next-Generation Oxidative Protein Modifications Enhancing Antitumour Immunity", will receive approximately €1.5 million in funding over five years.
Dr Helga Andree becomes new Administrative Board Member and Chief Financial Officer at INP
State of MV funds innovative skin cancer research with five million euros: "Target-H" project uses new therapeutic approaches, smart diagnostics and AI









