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2013|14 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

INSTITUTE OF INTERFACIAL PROCESS ENGI- NEERING AND PLASMA TECHNOLOGY IGVP The Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP is headed by Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth and is part of the University of Stuttgart’s Faculty of Energy Technol- ogy, Process Engineering and Biological Engineering. At the end of 2013, the institute had a research budget of around 3.4 million euros. It had a staff of 31 scientific, technical and administrative employees along with 43 doctorate students and 23 other student researchers and student assistants in- vestigating various research topics at the three IGVP facilities (Pfaffenwaldring 31, Allmandring 5b and Nobelstrasse 12) on the Stuttgart-Vaihingen campus (see page 13). Close cooperation with the various Fraunhofer IGB depart- ments makes it possible to pursue projects from basic research to application. This integrated approach is also reflected in the variety of sources of research funding received by the IGVP, including the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Federal Foundation for the En- vironment (DBU), the German Research Foundation (DFG), the European Union, the Land of Baden-Württemberg, various foundations, and industry. The institute is organized in the two departments “Interfacial Process Engineering” and “Plasma and Interfacial-physical Processes”, with research carried out by nine working groups. The IGVP focuses on the design, functionalization and char- acterization of surfaces and materials of inorganic or organic origin and their interactions with biological systems, as well as on the simulation and development of interfacially driven pro- cesses. The institute is also active across the entire spectrum of plasma-physical basic research, combining this with plasma chemistry and plasma process engineering. Teaching activities at the institute are centered on the subject areas biomaterials, interfacial process engineering, industrial biotechnology and nanotechnology, as well as plasma physics and plasma technology. Biological Interfacial Engineering Screening for enzymes and microorganisms Process development for industrial biotechnology Microarray technologies for diagnostics and biomedical research Interactions between microorganisms and surfaces Host-pathogen interactions Chemical Interfacial Engineering Composite materials, hybrid materials, ionic liquids Biomaterials and nanobiomaterials Nano- and microstructured (bio)functional surfaces Biomimetic functional layers for medical and biotechno- logical applications Core-shell nano- and microparticles, particularly with biomimetic shells Surfaces for molecular recognition Medical Interfacial Engineering 3D tissue engineering Generation of vascularized tissue Cells and biomaterials Development of tissue-specific bioreactors Organoid human test systems as a substitute for animal experiments Toxicity studies using organoid tissue models COMPETENCES 6 4

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