Green biotechnology

Building on its strong traditions, Saxony-Anhalt has developed into a centre for plant research, with the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben and the Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle. With the Chemical-Biotechnological Process Centre (CBP) in Leuna, a new research centre at the interface between biotechnology and chemistry is being built.

• The heart of green biotechnology in Saxony-Anhalt beats in Gatersleben:
  • Accessible area: 300,000qm2
  • Greenhouse area: 4,500qm2
  • Laboratory space: 10,000qm2
  • Fields: 70ha
  • Investment in research: approx. € 35 million in 150 projects
  • Staff: approx. 600 employees in companies and research facilities
• In the Üplingen show garden (Saxony-Anhalt), conventional and genetically modified wheat, corn, sugar beet and potato varieties are tested in the open air and various cultivation methods are compared.
• At the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, an Interdisciplinary Centre for Crop Research (IZN) is to be founded.