Abstract: Disclosed are Paenibacillus strains comprising a reduced activity of a flippase PepR aflippase PepH, a mannose-1-phosphate guanylyl transferase and/or a levansucrase SacB. These Paenibacillus strains show lower viscosity when grown in liquid culture and agricultural compositions comprising these strains and methods of making and using these strains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Paenibacillus species strains producing low amounts of com-pounds requiring L-2,4-diaminobutanoate as precursor and exopolysaccharides comprising low amounts of compounds requiring L-2,4-diaminobutanoate as precursor, as well as mixtures, compositions and methods comprising these Paenibacillus species strains and/or exopolysac-charides.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operator control unit for a measuring instrument for process or automation engineering, the operator control unit consisting of at least two adjacently arranged control panels (10a), the control panels (10a) being operated by pressing on a respective shape-variable or elastic housing region (2a) having a respective capacitive sensor element (11) disposed thereunder. The sensor elements (11) each have a first electrode (11a) as a lower plate capacitor and a counter-electrode (11b) arranged in parallel thereabove as an upper plate capacitor, and pressing on one of the housing regions (2a) causes the respective upper plate capacitor (11b) to approach the respective lower plate capacitor (11a), thus changing the capacitance. The first electrode (11a) is attached to a first carrier material (12) and the counter-electrode (11b) is attached to a second carrier material (13).

Abstract: The invention relates to an operator control unit for a measuring instrument for process or automation engineering, the operator control unit consisting of at least two adjacently arranged control panels (10a), the control panels (10a) being operated by pressing on a respective shape-variable or elastic housing region (2a) having a respective capacitive sensor element (11) disposed thereunder. The sensor elements (11) each have a first electrode (11a) as a lower plate capacitor and a counter-electrode (11b) arranged in parallel thereabove as an upper plate capacitor, and pressing on one of the housing regions (2a) causes the respective upper plate capacitor (11b) to approach the respective lower plate capacitor (11a), thus changing the capacitance. The first electrode (11a) is attached to a first carrier material (12) and the counter-electrode (11b) is attached to a second carrier material (13).

Abstract: The invention relates to a display unit for a measuring device for processing and automation technology, comprising a rectangular, but not square, graphic display (3), on which different measurement and/or parameter data of the measuring device (1) can be displayed, wherein the display (3) can be rotated in 90° steps relative to the display unit (2), such that the displayed measurement and/or parameter data can always be oriented horizontally regardless of a rotation of the display unit (2) in the vertical plane. The display (3) has at least two square sub-regions (4a, 4b) and these square sub-regions (4a, 4b) can be rotated independently of one another. The invention also relates to a measuring device for processing and automation technology comprising a display unit of this type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to vectors for the immortalisation of cells independent of their type. It further relates to a cell or a cell line produced with the method or the vectors of the invention. The invention also relates to the use of this cell or cell line in in vitro applications and in the treatment of disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to vectors for the immortalisation of cells independent of their type. It further relates to a cell or a cell line produced with the method or the vectors of the invention. The invention also relates to the use of this cell or cell line in in vitro applications and in the treatment of disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the generation of immortalized transduced cell lines susceptible to senescence whereby the senescence is exogenously inducible and said cells can switch severalfold between the senescent stage and the immortalized stage. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for the generation of immortalized transduced cell lines susceptible to senescence wherein two or more different immortalizing gene sequences have been incorporated whereby said immortalizing gene sequences are regulated by regulators controlled via exogenous means. In a further aspect, the present invention relates to immortalized transduced cell lines obtainable with said method. In addition, methods for screening molecules influencing senescence of cells are provided as well as kits for conducting the same.