New tools and methods are developed and implemented to analyze and control ionic charge, molecular transport, supramolecular structure and bioadhesion at solid/liquid interfaces.
ELECTROSURFACE ANALYSIS:
Ralf Zimmermann
ADHESION AT BIOINTERFACES:
Jens Friedrichs
Blood-material interactions are systematically explored through whole blood incubation studies that enable the development of anticoagulant coatings containing various types of natural and synthetic inhibitor molecules.
Decellularized or reconstituted biopolymer matrices and modular, bio-functional hydrogels are designed to create cell-instructive microenvironments and morphogenetic matrices for regenerative therapies.
BIOPOLYMER MATRICES:
Marina Prewitz
BIOHYBRID HYDROGELS:
Uwe Freudenberg
Research Grants within Collaborative Projects
- LASER4FUN: European ESRs Network on Short Pulsed Laser Micro/Nanostructuring of Surfaces
2015-2018 (EU) - Cell-instructive hydrogel gradient arrays
2015-2018 (DFG) - Tissue engineering of the human corneal endothelium: From primary cell culture to transplantation of highly functional cell sheets
2015-2017 (DFG) - Dresden initiative for bioactive interfaces & materials
2014-2017 (DFG) - Mechanically stable anti-adhesive polymer surfaces through biomimetic patterning
2013-2016 (DFG) - Glycosaminoglycan-poly(ethyleneglycol) hydrogels for improved dermal wound healing (within Collaborative Research Center Transregio (TRR) 67)
2012-2017 (DFG) - Interactive niches of hematopoietic stem cells (within Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 655)
2009-2017 (DFG) - HydroZONES: Bioactivated hierarchical hydrogels as zonal implants for articular cartilage regeneration
2013-2017 (EU) - NephroTools: The potential of human kidney stem/progenitor cells for use in drug discovery and regenerative therapy programmes
2011-2015 (EU) - Competence network virtual liver
2010-2015 (BMBF) - Zwanzig20-Partnership for innovation. RESPONSE: Partnership for innovation in implant technology
2013-2020 (BMBF) - Functional polymer films for new applications in modern sensoric
2012-2015 (SMWK) - Ex vivo cultivation of bipolar epithelial/endothelial cell layers as a first step towards an organ like alveolar barrier
2015-2018 (Leibniz Association)