The class is dedicated to elucidate recent topics in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and molecular Medicine. The main topics are bone- cartilage and nerve- regeneration; in addition angiogenesis is a key issue. Different research strategies and techniques are discussed and evaluated during the class.

This class is dedicated to Masters- and PhD students and covers: intorduction to molecules used for biomaterials, molecular interactions between different materials and biological systems (molecules, cells, tissues). The concept of biocompatibility is dicussed and imprtant techniques from Biomaterials research and development are introduced.

Fundamentals in blood coagulation; thrombosis, blood rheology, immune system, inflammation, foreign body reaction on the molecular level and the entire body are discussed. Applications of biomaterials for tissue engineering in different tissues are introduced. Fundamentals in medical implantology, in situ drug release, cell transplantation and stem cell biology are discussed.

The course addresses undergraduate and graduate students interested in getting introduced into the basic aspects of surface properties, surface modification techniques and specific characterization methods that are relevant for the field of biomaterials, tissue engineering, biosensors and drug delivery carrier systems. Course covers also 3-times 2 h lab demonstrations.

The course is dedicated to introduce MAS students from Medical Physics with specialization in Biomaterials into recent topics and techniques used in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and molecular Medicine. The idea is to extend their theoretical knowledge with a `hands on' lab course to allow deeper insights into today's approaches in biomaterials design and characterization.

In this class we first review the unique properties of water and the physico-chemical processes which give rise to the formation of self-assembling structures of amphiphiles in water. We then describe the specificity of cell membranes (phospholipids bilayers) and review the processes by which cells interact with their environment, i.e. both with the extracellular matrix and with other cells.

On the one hand, P2-IV consists of an elaborate semester project, that is presented at a project presentation event at the end of the semester. On the other hand, there are short chemistry projects in parallel, which are among others closely coordinated with Materials Synthesis II, and physics experiments on e.g. metal physics and solid state physics. One is related to PSI (incl. visit).