Projects - SFB TRR 225 biofab

A01 | Alginate-based bioinks with tailored microstructural properties for controlled cell behavior

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Aldo R. Boccaccini
Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry

A02 | Hyaluronic acid-based bioink platform with multi-functional crosslinkers for the controlled differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Prof. Dr. Torsten Blunk
Dr. habil. Jörg Teßmar

A06 | Cell-loaded microgels as mechanical protection and controlled microenvironment for cells in bioinks

Prof. Dr. Stephan Förster
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll

A07 | Influence of anisotropic fiber-reinforcement on cell behavior and printability of bioinks

Dr. Gregor Lang
Prof. Dr. Dirk Schubert
PD Dr. Natascha Schäfer

A08 | Vascular supply for 3D tissue based on shape-changing polymers and recombinant spider silk

Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel
Prof. Dr. Leonid Ionov

B02 | Endothelialized perfusable microvascular networks for biofabrication of standardized in vitro tissue models

Prof. Dr. Iwona Cicha
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll

B03 | Printing of biofabricate and customized bioreactors for skeletal muscle tissue

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Aldo R. Boccaccini
PD Dr. Sahar Salehi-Müller
Prof. Dr. Frank Döpper

B04 | 3D printing of vascular structures from vascular wall-resident stem cells

Prof. Dr. Süleyman Ergün
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll

B05 | Membrane-engineering as a tool to control the behavior of mesenchymal stem cells in biofabrication processes

Prof. Dr. Regina Ebert
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Seibel
Prof. Dr. Lutz Nuhn

B06 | Reporter-conjugated bioinks for the investigation of cellular interactions in biofabrication

Prof. Dr. Tessa Lühmann
Dr. Rainer Detsch

B07 | Development of sensor particles and computer simulations for the determination of mechanical cell stress during biofabrication

Dr. Krystyna Albrecht
Prof. Dr. Stephan Gekle
Prof. Dr. Georg Papastavrou

B09 | Biofabricated gradients for functional tissue models

Prof. Dr. Tomasz Jüngst
Dr.-Ing. Silvia Budday

C01 | Biofabrication of heart substitute tissue based on bioink from spider silk proteins

Prof. Dr. Felix Engel
Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel

C02 | Biofabrication of a 3D model for the functional investigation of stromal parameters influencing the behavior of breast cancer cells

Prof. Dr. Torsten Blunk
Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry

C03 | Analysis of tumor dormancy and progression in biofabricated vascularized 3D models

Prof. Dr. Andreas Arkudas
Prof. Dr. Anja Boßerhoff
PD Dr. Annika Kengelbach-Weigand

C04 | Biofabrication of cellularized and by the AV loop vascularized tissue container for the transplantation of cells producing therapeutic proteins

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Raymund Horch
Prof. Dr. Harald Wajant

C05 | Ultraweak hydrogels for molecular and biological functional analyses of cell-matrix and cell-cell 3D networks in neuronal cell culture systems

Prof. Dr. Reiner Strick
Prof. Dr. Carmen Villmann

C06 | Biofabrication of a glomerular ex vivo model by stepwise mimicking functional core components

Prof. Dr. Janina Müller-Deile
Dr. Taufiq Ahmad

Z01 | Central Tasks

Dr. Alice Rein
Eva Hilpert
Jacqueline Lebens

Z02 | Quantitative imaging and analysis of biofabricate quality and maturation

Prof. Dr. Katrin Heinze
Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Friedrich
Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiss

Z03 | Fluorescent reporter cells for live-cell imaging in biofabrication

Prof. Dr. Anja Bosserhoff

A03 | Thermo-gelling poly(2-oxazolin) based hydrogels with temporal mechanical control

PD Dr. Tessa Lühmann
Prof. Dr. Robert Luxenhofer

A04 | Expansion of the biofabrication window using 2.5D scaffolds made from (AB)n-segmented copolymers

Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Paul Dalton

B08 | Time-resolved biophotonics approach cellular signaling, cell-matrix interactions and matrix remodeling mechanisms in biofabricated constructs

Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Beilhack
Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Friedrich