Christoph Lang

Part of Universität des Saarlandes, Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien gGmbH is a research institute based in Saarbruecken, Germany. The German company's junior research group, Bioprogrammable Materials, explores the multidisciplinary field of synthetic biology and biomaterials. The company focuses on developing materials with genetically programmed functionalities suitable for biosensor technology and capable of releasing drugs over the long term in response to stimuli. The company was founded in 1987 by Herbert Gleiter and the CEO is Eduard Arzt.