Mechanobiology in Epithelial
3D Tissue Constructs
OM 6 - Excursions (1 ECTS/excursion)

Academia meets private enterprise (combined presentations and lab tours; list is not exhaustive)

TA Waters (www.waters.com): Testing of mechanical properties

Matricel (www.matricel.net): Production of membranes and scaffolds for tissue engineering in regenerative medicine

LifeTec Group (www.lifetecgroup.com): Development of ex vivo tissue models for testing

Miltenyi Biotec (www.miltenyibiotec.com): Pioneering applications in stem cell research and biomedical Instrumentation

Boehringer Ingelheim (Biberach): Precision cut lung slices and skin models (Marco Schlepütz)

B. Braun (Tuttlingen), TETEC and NMI (both Reutlingen): Tissue engineering and implant development