Our research group at the Institute of Plant Genetics, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany,.focuses on the production of pharmaceutically relevant proteins, preferably in diatoms, Mostly we produce antibodies of different formats in diatoms with production rates far above those of higher plants and already approaching the range of CHO cells. In view of the high production rates as well as the very high quality of our antibodies, we have founded the company PHAEOSYNT GmbH in 2023. The first product will be the first vegan pregnancy test. I teach courses in biology, life sciences and plant biotechnology, mainly in molecular biology and bioinformatics. My textbook Molecular Biology Methods 2. 0 is already in its 3rd edition in 2021.