Professor Dr. Ben Fabry

Address Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Zentrum für Medizinische Physik und Technik
Lehrstuhl für Physikalisch-Medizinische Technik
Henkestraße 91
91052 Erlangen

ORCID-ID 0000-0003-1737-0465

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Regulation of contractile forces in self- assembling microtissues (Research Grants)
  - The role of focal adhesions for immune cell migration in 3-dimensional environments (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Contractile forces during cancer cell migration in a 3-D connective tissue matrix (Research Grants)
  - Biodegredable Mg and Mg alloys: Tailoring the degradation rate and biocompatibility by surface modifications (Research Grants)
  - Coordinated movements in a penguin huddle (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Biochmechanics of MFM: a multi-scale approach (Research Units)
  - Mechanisms of p130Cas-mediated mechano-sensing in cells (Research Grants)
  - Biomechanical characterization of striated muscle cells from R155C VCP knock-in and W2710X filamin C knock-in mice: a novel approach to understand the pathogenesis of myofibrillar myopathies (Research Grants)
  - Biophysical Benchmarks of Malignancy in Primary Breast Tumor Cells (Research Grants)
  - Adding Dimension: Mechanotransduction in mammalian endothelial Cells and Cardiomyocytes exposed to passive Stretch using a novel multidirectional isotropic Cell-Stretch Technology (Research Grants)
  - A novel multistage strategy for non-toxic anti-biofouling coatings by combining antifouling photocatalytic doped TiO2 nanostructured films with fouling release slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) approaches. (Research Grants)
As Leader
- Completed projects
  - Konfokales Laserscanning-Mikroskop mit UV-Modul und Inkubationskammer (Major Research Instrumentation)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GRK 1962: Dynamic Interactions at Biological Membranes - From Single Molecules to Tissue (Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Alginate-based bioinks with tailored microstructural properties for controlled cell behavior (CRC/Transregios)
  - Biofabrication of a 3D model for the functional investigation of stromal parameters influencing the behavior of breast cancer cells (CRC/Transregios)
  - Molecular mechanisms of neuronal mechanotransduction (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Co-Applicant
- Completed projects
  - Zelluläre Interaktionen mit Matrix-beschichteten biomimetischen Materialien (Research Grants)
As Co-Investigator
- Completed projects
  - Induced asymmetries in an excised larynx model: Impact of mucus characteristics on dynamics and acoustics (Research Grants)
  - Remote sensing of emperor penguin colony health and foraging success (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)