As the Fraunhofer Institute for Microtechnology and Microsystems IMM, we conduct research and development in the fields of energy, chemistry and diagnostics. The DIAGNOSTICS division deals is mainly dealing with analytical and diagnostic systems for personalized healthcare, patient monitoring and with environmental analysis, particularly in form of pathogen detection, water analysis and nanotoxicology. Our main target is the miniaturization and automation of complex laboratory procedures and equipment to give access to a wide range of biological data of a specimen very fast and directly on-site.