This class serves as an introduction into the design of materials for biomedical applications. Its focus lies on controlling interactions at the interface between biomolecules, bacteria or living cells and synthetic materials.Knowing some basic concepts allows us to define requirements for material surfaces and to utilize molecular engineering principles for their realization.

Basic training on and around patients with practical confrontation. The path of acute patients from patient presentation, through triage and diagnostics to therapy.

Current topics in translational medicine presented by speakers from academia and industry.

Current topics in translational medicine presented by speakers from academia and industry.

Many disciplines are meeting at the nanoscale, from physics, chemistry to engineering, from the life sciences to medicine. The course will prepare students to communicate more effectively across disciplinary boundaries, and will provide them with deep insights into the various frontiers.

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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.

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