TRR 298: Safety Integrated and Infection Reactive Implants

Subject Area Materials Science and Engineering
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Medicine
Social and Behavioural Sciences

Term since 2021

Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426335750

Project Description

No abstract available

DFG Programme CRC/Transregios

Current projects

A01 - Implant safety through individualisation of revision and regeneration of primary prosthetic components (Project Heads Denkena, Berend ; Dittrich, Marc-André ; Ettinger, Max ; Tücking, Lars-René ; Wichmann, Marcel )
A02 - Mechanisms of implant failure during aseptic loosening of hip endoprostheses (Project Heads Hoffmann, Andrea ; Melk, Ph.D., Anette ; Stukenborg-Colsman, Christina )
A03 - New diagnostic methods to detect loosened hip arthroplasties (Project Heads Behrens, Bernd-Arno ; Jakubowitz, Eike ; Zimmermann, Stefan )
A04 - Demand-oriented design and manufacture of damage-tolerant implant junctions (Project Heads Bergmann, Benjamin ; Denkena, Berend ; Hurschler, Christof ; Krödel-Worbes, Alexander )
A05 - Sensory cochlea electrode: Sensory safety through detection of critical processes at the electrode-nerve interface (Project Heads Lenarz, Thomas ; Maier, Hans Jürgen )
A06 - Detection of cell occupation on cochlear implants and implant position for atraumatic insertion and long-term monitoring of stimulation efficiency (Project Heads Maier, Ph.D., Hannes ; Zimmermann, Stefan )
A07 - Surrogate-modelling for monitoring of implants (Project Heads Budde, Stefan ; Nackenhorst, Udo ; Nogueira, Waldo )
A08 - Tissue-conserving hip and knee arthroplasty removal (Project Heads Nürnberger, Florian ; Windhagen, Henning )
B01 - Autonomous chemical and cell-based sensor-actuator systems for the detection and combat of implant-associated infections (Project Heads Menzel, Henning ; Stiesch, Meike ; Wirth, Dagmar )
B02 - Uncovering of molecular mechanisms involved in biofilm-associated peri-implant infections (Project Heads Häußler, Susanne ; Stiesch, Meike )
B03 - Optical sensors for responsive implants (Project Heads Heisterkamp, Alexander ; Nikutta, Katharina ; Scheper, Thomas )
B04 - Active stimulus-responsive implants (Project Heads Klose, Christian ; Maier, Hans Jürgen ; Pott, Philipp-Cornelius )
B05 - Autonomous sequential drug release systems (Project Heads Behrens, Peter ; Gellrich, Nils-Claudius ; Polarz, Sebastian )
B06 - Tracking and localised therapy of inflammation and infections on surfaces of established implants (Project Head Wirth, Dagmar )
B07 - Simulation of biofilm growth and drug-induced degradation (Project Heads Szafranski, Szymon Piotr ; Wriggers, Peter )
B08 - Implant coating facilitating an intentional implant removal (Project Heads Behrens, Peter ; Menzel, Henning ; Polarz, Sebastian )
Z01 - Trust and patient-centred communication as determinants of implant acceptance and compliance with advanced implant treatment (Project Heads Baumann, Eva ; Klimmt, Christoph ; Link, Ph.D., Elena )
Z02 - Integrated research training group (IRTG) “Implant Technologies” (Project Heads Behrens, Peter ; Melk, Ph.D., Anette ; Wurz, Marc Christopher )
Z03 - Central Task (Project Head Stiesch, Meike )

Applicant Institution Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Co-Applicant Institution Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

Spokesperson Professorin Dr. Meike Stiesch