The ink has dried and the next tenant for LAB 1, the first building on the new biotechnology and life sciences site at the entrance to the city of Mainz is now known: \u2018Professor Frederik Wurm from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) and his start-up LigniLabs is renting a space covering around 470 m\u00b2,\u2019 announced Molitor Managing Director F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil. Together with G. L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH and IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbH, Molitor is developing the InnovationLabz laboratory space close to the city\u2019s universities and well-known research institutes. The news also sends a major signal for Mainz as an up-and-coming biotechnology location. For polymer researcher Wurm, the location marks the end of a desperate search for suitable laboratory space. \u2018LigniLabs is delighted to be given the opportunity to move into LAB 1. Laboratory space for chemical research is hard to find, and the proximity to our MPIP institute is ideal,\u2019 says Wurm. <\/p>\n
The activities of the successful spin-off in the field of sustainable crop protection are set to gain further momentum in the new premises. Together with his team, Wurm has developed a biotechnological fungicide that is of real importance to viticulture: its active ingredient fights the insidious fungal grapevine disease esca. If esca infests a grapevine trunk, it is destroyed from the inside within a short space of time. The fungal disease is difficult to control with conventional fungicides. Wurm\u2019s biotechnological fungicide ESCApe breaks new ground in grapevine protection: encapsulated in microspheres, the active ingredient is injected into the grapevine stem through a small borehole. The fungus dies as a result of absorbing the active ingredient. <\/p>\n
LAB 1 is due for completion in summer 2025. At the new LigniLabs site, Wurm will continue to develop his biologically based crop protection products and embark on the approval process for the biological fungicide. The first batches of the initial ESCApe product are also set to be produced in LAB 1. It is quite possible that more space will very quickly be needed as LigniLabs continues to grow successfully. Molitor Managing Director F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil is prepared for this eventuality: \u2018LAB 1 is just the start. We are now working flat out to develop further laboratory buildings in order to meet the high demand as quickly as possible,\u2019 says von Pfeil, while Edmund Schmitz, Managing Director of G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH, adds: \u2018The planning application for LAB 2 \u2013 a site occupying around 8,000 m\u00b2 \u2013 has already been submitted.\u2019 <\/p>\n
Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG is a joint venture between J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH and IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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