With their novel Parkinson-on-a-Chip model, the group of Cluster member Peter Ertl from TU Vienna is nominated for the Houska Award. The chip allows scientists to develop personalized treatment options for each patient.
Associated Cluster member UpNano is once more standing in the spotlight. A report on PM Wissen, which aired on the Austrian TV channel ServusTV, focused on the start-up from TU Vienna and its revolutionary technology.
The Springer Reference book series “Biomedical Engineering - Tissue Engineering and Regeneration” covers everything from the basic principles of tissue regeneration to current state-of-the-art tissue engineering of specific tissues and organs.
Francesco Moscato from Medical University of Vienna and Cubicure, a spin-off company from TU Vienna joined the Cluster this year.
By now the Winterschool has become an internationally acclaimed event, which presented itself for the third time as a Joint Meeting with Interreg from January 12 to 15, 2020. Therefore, numerous lectures featured a focus on mechanobiology.
"Welcome to the Cluster.
Our objective is to better understand musculo-skeletal tissue regeneration to improve diagnostics and therapeutic measures in an entirely interdisciplinary and translational approach."
Heinz Redl,
Cluster Coordinator
Christian Hellmich
Head of Board
from trauma to tissue regeneration...
from molecules to clinics...
Regeneration after trauma or injury is a fascinating and complex process. Some species are more capable of regenerating different body parts, tissues or organs while others possess only very limited regenerative abilities. Hydra for example, a freshwater polyp, can regenerate its entire body. Polyps are the early stage of what is commonly known as a jellyfish. After injuries, Hydra can rearrange its existing tissue which leads to a full regeneration of the lost parts.
We humans in contrast can only dream about regenerating whole body parts. Tissues or organs can to a certain extend be regenerated, but mammals and thus humans have bad regenerative capabilities compared to other animal groups. What is biologically possible and what can be supported by engineered materials is part of many research projects all over the world.
