ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden

Turning today’s research into tomorrow’s applications – together.

Radical and disruptive innovation is rarely found by listening to your current customers or by trying to improve your existing products. Rather, it is inspired and enabled by big technological changes, which let you approach a problem in a totally new way.

At the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden we have embedded us into a thriving and world-renowned ecosystem of academic excellence, innovative start-up culture, and a visionary industry, pushing the boundaries of biotech and biomedicine, semiconductor manufacturing and other fields.

Together with our partners we want to explore how technological breakthroughs may shape the world of tomorrow and what needs to be done to translate such deep tech into viable transformative solutions benefiting society.

  
      The ZEISS Innovation Hub introduces itself
      
    The proximity to a large number of research locations in the Dresden innovation ecosystem and the flexibility to work on explorative topics beyond the business areas enables the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden to break new ground in the field of health and life sciences.

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The research fields

Engineering biology

Biotech has come a long way. Today, we are not just using biological systems, we are engineering biology itself to meet our needs. Examples are genetic engineering to cure diseases, tissue engineering to replace donor transplants, and living sensors.

At the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden, we are exploring how these developments will transform healthcare, and how we as ZEISS can help to make their benefits available to society.

Our initial focus is on organoids, promising model systems which may revolutionize drug development as well as personalized and regenerative medicine.

We are also looking into other innovation fields and are open to discuss your ideas!

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08.05.2024

ZEISS expands its Innovation Hub in Dresden

ZEISS moves into new premises in Dresden with the Innovation Hub to further expand research activities in the life sciences and health sector.

Robert Lohse

Envisioning Tomorrow: TU Dresden Researchers Address the Future of Their Fields in the Foresight Challenge

What will the future look like, and how could research contribute to revolutionizing it? These questions were at the center of the Foresight Challenge organized by the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden in collaboration with the Graduate Academy of the Technische Universität Dresden. This initiative invited PhD students and Postdocs from our partner TU Dresden to collaborate in teams and develop visions for their research topics in 2040, considering the impact of technology on society. The competition featured awards in two categories: "Best Futurists" for the most innovative vision and "Best Foresighters" for the best application of the Foresight methodology.
Robert Lohse

The competition kicked off in October with a matching event, where five out of ten selected STEM topics were presented, leading to the formation of interdisciplinary teams among 24 participants. In November, a workshop on Foresight methods was conducted, covering PESTLE analysis, Driver Mapping, Scenario Building, and Backcasting, followed by a pitch training in January to prepare for the Grand Finale on February 12th, 2025.

During the final event, teams pitched their visions for 2040 and outlined the steps needed to implement their technologies. The jury consisted of representatives from TU Dresden, ZEISS and the startup scene.
Robert Lohse

Two teams won the audience prize, showcasing their popularity. Team CeLacta received the "Best Futurists" award for their vision of bioengineered infant milk and shared the "Best Foresighters" award with Team BiOClean which addressed the future's need of home-made BPA-free drinking water. The vice-rector's presence at the award ceremony underscored the team's achievements. The event was a success, attracting an enthusiastic crowd and strengthening collaboration with TU Dresden.