PELONews April/May 2019

PELONews PELO Academy You like to learn from the best but missed one of our LIVE lectures? No worries. Sign up for PELOAcademy and we send you regular invitations to our events. Plus if you sign in for our past webinars you can watch the recording immediatley. You are very welcome. PELONews: Refer a friend We are convinced that we convince you with our expertise and our outstanding service. So if you are already a PELO-Fan, please recommend us to a colleague and friend – you will get a coupon and nice thank-you reward. More details? Call us now. Want to stay tuned in and informed? Then sign up for our regular Webinar Invitation Reminder. Just check the box with the infos you like to receive and sign up here. Paper Alert from our partner Noviocell New hydrogel stiffens and softens like a natural muscle „A new synthetic hydrogel that becomes up to 50 times stiffer upon heating just a few degrees has been developed by researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands. The stiffening process is reversible, and the team believes that the hydrogel could be used in a range of new applications including tissue engineering. The controlled stiffening or softening of materials is very common in biology, playing roles in processes such as muscle contraction, tissue fibrosis, the enzymatic degradation of tissues and tumour formation. It involves a biological cell converting chemical energy into mechanical stresses, which cause the cell’s cytoskeleton to stiffen with stress. However, mimicking this ability to stiffen and soften in a synthetic material such as a hydrogel has proven very tricky to achieve. Read more here. We like your feedback – tell us what you love, don’t like so much and what you would like to get, please. Just reply Please update your subscription anytime, as we like to comply to the new GDPR guidelines. How to reach us If you need any further assistance or if you like what you see, tell us: PELOBiotech GmbH Klopferspitz 19 82152 Planegg | Germany Tel.: +49 89 517286 59 0 info@pelobiotech.com | www.pelobiotech.com Managing Directors: Dr. Peter Frost, Dr Lothar Steeb