Summer School: Shaping the future of bioengineering SFBE
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Bioengineering is a field that finds itself now right at the cutting edge of science. Emerging methods of research, increasing computational powers, and enhanced transport logistics have allowed bioengineering to become the branch of science that unites the competences of specialists from very diverse fields. It exists right at the junction of diverse branches of science, from biochemistry to mechanical engineering and computer science. Hence, bioengineering brings together the brightest minds from all backgrounds with the aim to tackle problems with both fundamental and applied focus: from the biophysics of intermolecular interactions to cancer treatment, neuroprosthetics, and tissue engineering.
We have selected a number of topics that we believe are trending in the field of bioengineering and will shape the future of the whole field from the medium-term perspective. We aim at covering the following 3 major subtopics within the broad bioengineering context.
Technologies for biomedical application
As research at the crossroads of engineered nano- and micro-sized systems and biological environments is progressing at an enormous speed, we would like to cover this topic extensively during the summer school.
Synthetic and Systems Biology
The idea that we can engineer certain biological functions if not the whole organism de novo from already existing parts has attracted a lot of attention and we deem it to be a great topic for our school.
Tissue Bioengineering
Tissue engineering is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of bioengineering that uses biomaterials and cells to produce new tissues. Here we want to cover the broad range of topics starting from fundamental studies of cellular response to its environment and to applied technologies, including microfabrication, biomaterial synthesis, 3D bioprinting and high-throughput drug screening.