Upcoming Lectures - Summer term 2026
Small Scale, Big Impact: The World of Bio-Nano Interactions
The bio-nano interface constitutes the physical boundary where biological components meet a man-made or natural nanomaterial. While the physics and chemistry of those surfaces and interfaces determine bio-nano interactions, the biological machinery allows cells to actively react to nanostructures. Wet-lab experiments, in particular imaging, can help us to study bio-nano interactions. The lecture series encompasses the basics on fabrication and characterization of nanostructures, a characterization of how cells can interact with nanostructures, various applications in medicine, e.g., as sensors or in prosthetics, and a discussion of ethics and regulatory aspects.
01 Overview lecture
Smaller and More Crowded Than You Think
Speaker: Vanessa Maybeck (Forschungzentrum Jülich, IBI-3)
Interaction of nanoparticles with cells in vitro and in vivo
Speaker: Wolfgang Parak (University of Hamburg)
Date: 16.05.2026, 02:00 pm
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02 Micro- and nanofabrication in the advancement of implantable electrode arrays and neurotechnology
Speaker: Maria Asplund (Chalmers University of Technology)
Date: 23.04.2026, 02:00 pm
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03 Imaging the ultrastructure of interfaces between cells and nanofabricated surface structures
Speaker: Elmar Neumann (Forschungzentrum Jülich)
Date: 07.05.2026, 02:00 pm
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04 The axonal cytoskeleton down to the nanoscale
Speaker: Christophe Leterrier, NeuroCytolab
Date: 21.05.2026, 02:00 pm
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05 Optical Manipulation, Characterization and Robotics
Speaker: Moritz Kreysing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Date: 21.05.2026, 02:45 pm
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06 Design principles of vertical nanoprobe biointerfaces
Speaker: Francesca Santoro (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Date: 28.05.2026, 02:00 pm
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07 From Macromolecular Design to Functional Architectures using 3D (Bio)Printing
Speaker: Eva Blasco (Heidelberg University)
Date: 18.06.2026, 02:00 pm
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08 Synthetic Immunology and mRNA Approaches to Target Cancer and Aging
Speaker: Mirco Julian Friedrich (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
Date: 25.06.2026, 02:00 pm
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09 Biosensor: concept, design, and optimization for a highly sensitive detection
Speaker: Gabriela Figueroa Miranda (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Date: 02.07.2026, 02:00 pm
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10 Bottom-up design on synthetic cells
Speaker: Joachim Spatz (Max-Planck-Institute for medical research)
Date: 09.07.2026, 02:00 pm
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11 Bioelectronic Medicine
Speaker: George Malliaras (University of Cambridge)
Date: 16.07.2026, 02:00 pm
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12 Exploring cells with nanoneedles
Speaker: Ciro Chiappini (King's College London)
Date: 23.07.2026, 02:00 pm
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13 Risk, Ethics, regulatory aspects
Speaker: Agnieszka Gajewicz-Skretna (Gdansk University of Technology)
Date: 30.07.2026, 02:00 pm
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14 Biological responses to micro and nanostructures
Speaker: Elena Martínez Fraíz (Fraunhofer Spain Research Foundation - Fraunhofer Center for Applied Theragnostics (Fraunhofer CAT) and Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia))
Date: 06.08.2026, 02:00 pm
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Sharing AI research. Sharing knowledge.
Researchers are cordially invited to present their work and perspectives in a free online lecture.
If you are interested, please submit a short abstract of your proposed talk to Viktoria Schwarze.
Past Lectures
For several years BioSoft, BIF-IGS and HIDSS4Health have been hosting lectures on Life Science and Data Science topics. Last year we recorded those and they are available on the HIDA YouTube channel.
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