LiveMat: Engineered Living Materials for Biomedicine

Location:
Building D2 2, INM – Leibniz Institut für Neue Materialien,
Lecture Hall A, 2nd floor, on the left side

Time: Tuesday, 12:30 - 02:00 PM

Language: English

Registration: Martina Bonnard (martina.bonnard@leibniz-inm.de)

The following information is needed:

  • Your full name
  •  Student's registration number (Matrikelnummer)
  • Area of studies (Biotechnology, Biophysics, etc.)
  •  Your student's mail address (necessary for registration in Moodle)

Contents:

  • Living tissues and biofilms. Composition and structure. Cell-matrix interactions
  • Artificial extracellular matrices. Biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
  • Technologies for cell encapsulation in biomaterials
  • Programming material’s functions in cells (I)
  • Programming material’s functions in cells (II)
  • Analytical methods to assess functionality and interac-tions of materials and living components
  • Engineered living materials for health monitoring and cell-based biosensing
  • Engineered Living Therapeutic Materials
  • Biosafety and biocontainment aspects in living therapeutics

BioMed: Biomedizinische Polymere / Biomedical Polymers

Location:
Building D2 2, INM – Leibniz Institut für Neue Materialien,
Lecture Hall A, 2nd floor, on the left side

Time: Tuesday, 12:30 - 02:00 PM

Language: English

Registration: Martina Bonnard (martina.bonnard@leibniz-inm.de)

The following information is needed:

  • Your full name
  • Student's registration number (Matrikelnummer)
  • Area of studies (Biotechnology, Biophysics, etc.)
  • Your student's mail address (necessary for registration in Moodle)

Contents:

  • Fundamentals and classes of biomaterials. Introduction to biomedical polymers
  • Non degradable synthetic polymers for medical appli-cation (Polyolefins, silicones, fluorinated polymers, acry-lates)
  • Degradable synthetic polymers for medical applications (polyesters, polyurethanes)
  • Synthetic hydrogels (PEG, PVA, PHEMA, silicone hydrogels)
  • Natural polymers for medical applications (alginates, gelatine, chitosan)
  • Hydrogels, microgels, interpenetrated networks
  • Medical fibers and textiles
  • Protein adsorption on biomaterials. Biofouling. Non-biofouling materials
  • Host-material interactions, biocompatibility, immuno-genicity, thrombogenicity
  • Exercises: Design criteria for polymers for biomedical applications and case studies
  • Exercises: Presentation of biomedical devices containing biomedical polymers. Properties, design and alternative materials.

BioMatP: Praktikum Biomaterialien

Students who would like to participate in the BioMatP practical course are expected to have knowledge of macromolecular and polymer chemistry.

The BioMatP practical course will take place in April 2027 and consists of two weeks of practical laboratory work at INM. The exact dates will be coordinated with the participating students as far as possible.

Students who have not yet attended Prof. del Campo’s Biomedical Polymers (Biomed) lecture should take the course in the upcoming winter semester. 

If you have questions, please get in contact with Martina Bonnard: martina.bonnard@leibniz-inm.de
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