In this course, students learn selected ex vivo models, which are important tools for biomedical research. There is a growing need for ex vivo systems, lab-on-a-chip technologies, and disease models for biomedical problems to overcome the shortcomings and drawbacks of traditional in vitro systems and animal models. A key advantage is the ability to perform tests or measurements that would not be possible or ethical in living subjects. This includes, for example, the study of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve tissue regeneration or the measurement of physical, thermal, electrical, mechanical, optical and other tissue properties.

The ex vivo models mentioned in this course offer students an insight into important biomedical (future) technologies. (future) technologies that they may encounter in their further professional or research life as bioengineers. will encounter. Today, organoids or organ-on-chip systems are already being used in medical research, to study how a bone heals, how tumour cells grow or what they react to.