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