Anna Dachs wins University Prize 2025 for sustainable LED research!

Anna Dachs wins University Prize 2025 for sustainable LED research!

What a reason for joy! The Straubinger University Prize winner 2025 is certain: Anna Dachs is honored for her master's thesis with the topic of "Engineering Living Materials for Bio-Hleds". With a smooth grade of 1.0, she prevailed in competition. The Straubinger Hochschul Prize , which has been lost annually by Sparkasse Niederbayern-Mitte, the city of Straubing and Straubing-Bogen, this year 29.

Anna Dachs was born in Straubing and attended the Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium before continuing her academic career at TUM Campus Straubing for biotechnology and sustainability. Her master's thesis is particularly promising because it is devoted to the development of sustainable LEDs. It is about replacing rare earths with special proteins. What is special about your investigation is the production of these proteins using living e.coli bacteria, which could possibly significantly reduce the costs of the production of organic. The aim of this innovation is to replace the conventional, fossil technologies with environmentally friendly alternatives.

ceremonial award ceremony

The official handover of the price, endowed with 5,000 euros, will take place on July 16 in the Max-Frank-Saal in Lelfing. The university award has established itself as an important instrument to appreciate extraordinary achievements by students and to promote dealing with the city of Straubing and the Straubing-Bogen district. Over 5,000 euros that the award winner turns out to be a small reward for her hard work make the whole thing appear even more attractive.

Not only our region, but also the entire biotechnology industry has recently developed lively. An example of this is the Innovation Award , which was awarded on April 9, 2025 as part of German Biotech in Heidelberg. Application -oriented ideas are honored with high implementation potential and great market opportunities. This year, six finalists were able to look forward to the specialist jury, while three of them were considered 2,000 euros each.

award winners and innovations

• lumatix biotech : light-controlled antibody cleaning with Solaris® technology.
• Sweethoven Biotech : Development of biotechnological processes for converting sugar into health -promoting alternatives.
• ymolution : efficient and inexpensive antibody production in vitro.

Such prices contribute to the visibility of innovative solutions in biotechnology and illustrate the importance of cooperation between bioregions and organic Germany. It is nice to see how creative minds are at the top of progress and prove that great ideas are also being developed in our region.

We are excited to see how Anna Dachs' innovative approaches are implemented in practice and what the future has for biotechnology in Bavaria.