Bioengineering

The Bioengineering Center combines interdisciplinary skills from natural sciences, engineering, and medicine to invent, innovate, and advance technological solutions that enable individualized precision measurements and processing of biological information for the promotion of healthcare.

The Bioengineering Center combines interdisciplinary skills from natural sciences, engineering, and medicine to invent, innovate, and advance technological solutions that enable individualized precision measurements and processing of biological information for the promotion of healthcare.

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We enable novel biomedical readouts by reshaping next-generation hardware and theoretical and algorithmic developments for sensors, imaging and microscopy and by engineering biological contrast using genetically expressed chromo proteins and genetic labels.

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We accelerate discovery and validation by employing advanced observation tools for in vivo sensing, imaging, omics and single-cell processing, with a focus on combining dynamic observations in living systems with functional genomics.

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We advance prevention of disease, early detection, advanced diagnostics, improved intervention, and precise therapy monitoring by efficiently translating advanced sensors and imaging systems technology toward clinical use.

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Helmholtz Biomedical Engineering Initiative

The Helmholtz Association is launching a nationwide biomedical engineering initiative to accelerate technology development and transfer activities. Led by its established Health Centers, “Helmholtz Biomedical Engineering” brings together cutting-edge…

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Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed “fast-RSOM”, a new imaging technology that can capture detailed images of the smallest blood vessels directly through the skin – without the need for…

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Helmholtz Munich is partnering with Deep Science Ventures (DSV) and SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, to support the Venture Science Doctorate (VSD) – a novel doctoral program designed to train scientists to build…

Esophageal Cancer

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the Medical University of Vienna have developed an advanced imaging technique called "O2E" that allows clinics to detect cancerous lesions in the esophagus with…

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Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have secured three prestigious Proof of Concept Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). This funding will enable them to advance innovative projects across diverse areas of biomedical research. With a total of…

Multiple Myeloma

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich have developed a novel method to track cancer treatment responses in individual cells – without the need for dyes or labels. Their mid-infrared optoacoustic microscopy (MiROM)…

Fasoula, N.-A. ; Katsouli, N. ; Kallmayer, M. ; Ntziachristos, V. ; Karlas, A.

Mapping glucose-induced hemodynamics in white fat depots with label-free optoacoustics.

Duelmer, F. ; Azampour, M.F. ; Wysocki, M. ; Navab, N.

UltraRay: Introducing Full-Path Ray Tracing in Physics-Based Ultrasound Simulation.

Ricciardi, L. ; Rauschendorfer, P. ; Gorpas, D. ; Ntziachristos, V.

Importance of Distance Correction in Near-Infrared and Intravascular Ultrasound imaging for Reliable Assessment of the Cardiovascular Tissue Pathobiological State.

Tenditnaya, A. ; Kriukova, E. ; Gabriëls, R.Y. ; Nagengast, W.B. ; Ntziachristos, V. ; Gorpas, D.

Influence of Sensitivity Metrics Definition on Fluorescence Molecular Endoscopy (FME) Systems Performance Assessment and Quality Control.

Puttfarcken, B. ; Berger, C. ; Qiu, J. ; Pleitez, M.A.

Intravital Mid-Infrared Pump and Probe Detection of Metabolites.