Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 05. Dezember 2025

🔍 Are you curious, ambitious, and excited about advancing scientific research? We are hiring a Research Associate / PhD Candidate (m/f/d)! Join our team and contribute to cutting-edge work in biomarker analytics and metabolomics – with a clear path toward earning your PhD. You will develop modern, partially automated high-throughput analytical methods and shape research projects from initial concept to third-party funding proposals.

27. November 2025

We are pleased to share that our journal article “UWB-Based Real-Time Indoor Positioning Systems: A Comprehensive Review”, published on 26 November 2024 in Applied Sciences, has received 28 citations to date. This places the paper among the Top 10 most cited articles published in the journal within the last 12 months, currently ranked #9.

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 18. November 2025

celisca expands its teaching portfolio with two new OpenTrons systems! Supported by the Opentrons Education Program, the new platforms offer students hands-on experience in programming, system integration, and application development for laboratory automation — strengthening celisca’s long-standing commitment to innovation and education in automated laboratory processes.

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 13. November 2025

Mit Datum vom 10.11.2025 wurde Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kerstin Thurow (Lehrstuhl für Automatisierungstechnik der Fakultät für Informatik und Elektrotechnik der Universität Rostock) vom Präsidenten der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung (BAM) im Benehmen mit dem Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) in den Wissenschaftlichen Beirat "Material" der BAM berufen. Die Berufung gilt für einen Zeitraum von 3 Jahren.

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 03. November 2025

What once started as a research project has now become an integral part of daily laboratory operations: our mobile robots have matured and are now full-fledged research members of the celisca team.

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 27. Oktober 2025

SLAS Technology is pleased to announce the new Life Sciences and Society series, authored by SLAS Technology Associate Editor Kerstin Thurow, PhD (University of Rostock Center for Life Science Automation). The series explores the critical intersection where rapid scientific advancement meets societal impact. By exploring the social and ethical dimensions of life sciences, the series invites readers to critically reflect on how scientific discoveries shape our world and how society, in turn ...

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 21. Oktober 2025

Analytical laboratories are undergoing a fundamental transformation. In the face of increasing sample volumes, growing regulatory requirements, and the rising demand for faster, more precise, and cost-efficient analysis, optimizing laboratory processes is becoming a central focus. Automation technologies offer promising solutions in this regard. Recently, they have evolved from isolated solutions to comprehensive systems that permeate nearly all areas of laboratory practice...

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 02. Oktober 2025

Exited to share our new viewpoint paper in Science Robotics: Accelerating discovery in natural science laboratories with AI and robotic perspectives and challenges". The paper discusses how automation and AI can transform scientific discovery by taking over repetitive tasks, enabling flexible and robust experimentation, improving reproducibility , and unlocking new ways to manage and interpret complex data, while highlighting the challenges of integration, standardization, and ethics. The paper...

02. Oktober 2025

We are pleased to announce that our review paper "UWB-Based Real-Time Indoor Positioning Systems: A Comprehensive Review" has been selected as Editor's Choice in Applied Sciences (MDPI). This work provides an in-depth analysis of current Ultra-Wideband (UWB) positioning technologies, system architectures, challenges, and future directions — serving as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of real-time indoor localization. Read the full paper here

Kerstin Thurow's Blog 2021- ..... · 03. September 2025

Our automated capping and decapping unit is designed for flexible use with various lab containers. With adaptive gripping and precise torque control, it ensures reliable, reproducible results—ideal for automated, high-throughput workflows.