Materials' Days Rostock 2008

Functional Materials and Nanotechnology

June 26^th - 27^th 2008
Location: Aula, Main Building of the University of Rostock, Universitätsplatz 1

Flyer (A4 as pdf-file)

Poster of the program (A3 as pdf-file)

Poster of the public lecture (A3 as pdf-file)

Programme

Schedule:

Thursday, June 26^th 2008

Session: Introduction
Chair: Prof. Eberhard Burkel Institute of Physics, Rostock University Funktionale Materialien Rostock e.V. Prof. Wolfram Mittelmeier Dept. of Orthopedics Faculty of Medicine, Rostock University
9:00	Opening / Grußworte
9:15	New developments in FP7 - specific focus on regenerative medicine and bio-materials Prof. Arnd Hoeveler European Commission Brussels, Belgium
9:50	DNA-nanoparticles for local gene therapy in wound healing PD Dr. Heike Hall, ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, Cells and BioMaterials
10:40	Order is everything - nanostructures and functionalities in biomaterials and polymers Prof. Klaus D. Jandt, Institute of Materials Science and Technology (IMT), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
11:30	Nanopowders - production and applications Dr. Gerhard Gille Fa. H.C.Starck, Central Research and Development Division

12:00 Lunch Break

Session: New Materials and Technologies I
Chair: Prof. Christoph Schick, Institute of Physics, Rostock University
13:40	Polymer-matrix nanocomposites: from the in situ polymerization to biomedical Applications Prof. Miroslawa El Fray, Division of Biomaterials and Microbiological Technologies, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland

14:30 Coffee Break

Session: Öffentlicher Vortrag (auch für Schüler)
15:00	Chancen und Risiken der Nanotechnologie Prof. Wolfgang Heckl, Generaldirektor des Deutschen Museums München, Kompetenzzentrum Nanobiotechnologie München, Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften Universität München

Session: New Materials and Technologies II
Chair: Prof. Olaf Keßler, Materials Science, Faculty of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, Rostock University
16:20	Heat Treatment, quenching and simulation of steel Prof. Dr. Ing. Franz Hoffmann, Stiftung Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Bremen
17:10	Continuous cooling precipitation diagrams of aluminium alloys Dipl.- Ing. B. Milkereit, Material Science, University Rostock
17:40	Induced Structure Stability and Phase Transformation of Carbon Nanotubes Dr. Faming Zhang, New Materials, University Rostock and Ceramics Institute of Shanghai

Session: Interface Functionality I
Chair: Prof. Dieter Weiss, Institute of Biological Science, Rostock University
18:10	New Insights into the neuron-to-microelectrode array Dr. Heike Hall, ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, Cells and BioMaterials
18:40	Regeneration of endocrine cells from pancreatic stem cells Dr. Rainer Heuchel, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Stockholm, Sweden

20:00 Harbour Cruise with Buffet

Ship "Hansestadt Rostock", before the harbour cruise	The Gothik brick church "Petrikirche", (oldest church of Rostock, high=117m)
On deck at the "Hansestadt Rostock", in front of Warnemünde	Evening sky over the mole of Warnemünde
Cruise liner is passing	In front of the city port of Rostock

Friday, June 27^th 2008

Session: Nanotechnology and Biology
Chair: PD Dr. Barbara Nebe, Biomedical Research Center, Cell Biology, Rostock University
8:15	Tissue Engineering of bone - limitations of 3D culture in vitro PD Dr. Matthias Schieker, Head of Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery University of Munich
8:45	Mesenchymal stem cells for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine - challenges and limitations PD Dr. Kirsten Peters, Biomedical Research Center, University Rostock
9:15	3d-Printing of ceramic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Seitz, Microfluidics, Faculty of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, University of Rostock

9:45 Coffee Break

Session: Interface Functionality II
Chair: Prof. Heinrich Stolz Institute of Physics, Rostock University
10:15	Recording potential of magnetic thin films on self-assembled nano-spheres Dr. Alexander Goncharov, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, UK
10:45	Multiscale micromagnetic simulations PD Dr. Dieter Suess, University of Vienna and Suess Co KG, Herzogenburg, Austria
11:15	Magnetic Lab-on-a-Chip for Biomedical Diagnostics Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hubert Brückl Nano-System-Technologies, Austrian Research Centers GmbH ARC, Austria
11:45	Quantum Dots: Artificial Atoms for Everyday Life Prof. Manfred Bayer University of Dortmund, Department of Physics

12:15 Lunch Break

Session: New Frontiers in Materials Science
Chair: Prof. Eberhard Burkel Institute of Physics, Rostock University, Funktionale Materialien Rostock e.V. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Seitz, Microfluidics, Faculty of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, University of Rostock
13:30	In situ studies of catalyst surfaces Prof. Robert Schlögl, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin
14:15	Microwave Materials Processing: In situ analysis Dr.Sebastien Vaucher, EMPA , Werkstofftechnik, Switzerland
14:45	Tracking Nanoparticles in Cells and Tissues by Systemic Microscopy. Dr. H.-H. Hohenberg, Director, Heinrich-Pette-Institut for Virus Research (Leibniz Institute), Hamburg-Eppendorf
15:15	Organ Printing: promises and challenges Prof. Vladimir Mironov, Medical University of South Carolina
16:00	Closing Remarks

Friday, June 27^th, Afternoon