Welcome to the research group Biomimetic Materials and Biomaterial Analytics (BMBA)
Head: Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Hanke
Max-Bergmann-Zentrum für Biomaterialien
Budapester Str. 27, R. 309
01069 Dresden
Tel.: +49 351 463-39387
Fax: +49 351 463-39401
Our group is working on the following topics:
- Imaging of biomaterials, tissues, and cells using confocal laser scanning microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, TIRF microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy
- Development of foam-like and textile scaffolds for the tissue engineering of soft tissue and hard tissue
- Application of collagen, gelatine, chitosan as extracellular matixes
- Investigation on natural or artificial biomineralisation processes
- Bioactivity of calcium phosphate phases
- Development and characterisation of biomimetically inspired composite materials based on organic and inorganic components
- Toxicity effects of nanoparticles on living tissue
Left: laser scanning microscopy image of human mesenchymal stem cells (ret) cultivated on chitosan fibers (blue). Center: atomic force microscopy image of collagen type I fibrils. Right: scanning electron microscopy image of a silica-collagen composite xerogel.