Fraunhofer Research Institution for Marine Biotechnology and Cell TechnologyUse on the Norwegian coast
The mobile stem cell laboratory was first prepared for use abroad in December 2012. The expedition took place from January 5 to 11, 2013. The operational fitness of the stem cell truck was tested in Bergen (Norway) in collaboration with Eppendorf Co., under extreme conditions. To that end, the truck was driven all the way to Bergen via land and ferry and then used in a small fishing village on the coast, where fresh cod was taken from the cutter. Various organs were extracted from the cod and used to prepare the cells. After two days, the return trip began. This exotic location was selected, among other things, because a team filming polar researcher Arved Fuchs was on its way to the Lofoten islands along the coast at the same time. The explorer followed in the footsteps of the historic Lofoten fishermen all the way to their modern cod fishing counterparts, who even today travel from all over the country to the fishing area in front of the northern Norwegian islands, leaving shortly before Christmas. On his journey, Arved Fuchs visited the stem cell lab of the Fraunhofer EMB to document the isolation of cod cells as pioneering technology.
