The 6th Galenusworkshop was organized from the 6th to 7th of November in the beautiful Neubaukirche in Würzburg. With more than 70 participants, the meeting intended to foster and truly sparked the education of young scientists with 15 lectures in the field of bioresponsive drug delivery systems.

Congratulations to Marcus Gutmann! As of October 25, 2018 Marcus defended his thesis in a vibrant and vivid spirit and exemplified excellence on all fronts! Congratulations again, Marcus!

Congratulations to Alexandra! She defended her thesis entitled “Bioresponsive delivery of anticatabolic and anabolic agents for muscle regeneration using bioinspired strategies” demonstrating strong background knowledge and in depth excellence regarding her research work and adjacent research fields!

Congratulations to Christoph who published another article on CO efficacy together with our partners in Ghent!

Maude Reggane published an article in the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics entitled "Bioinspired co-crystals of Imatinib providing enhanced kinetic solubility". It is an excellent contribution starting off a bioinspired strategy to improve the pharmaceutical properties of Imatinib. Congratulations to Maude & team!

Congratulations to Cecilia Amstalden! As of June 25, 2018 she successfully defended her thesis entitled „Development of a bacterial responsive antibiotic release system“.

As of May 18, 2018 Nina Schüßler completed her PhD with the defense of her thesis entitled „Novel formulation principles for bioavailability enhancement of poorly water-soluble and poorly permeable drugs “. Congratulations!!!

For the second year in a row, the company Dr. Pfleger Pharmaceuticals offered pharmacy students from Würzburg the opportunity to visit their production site in Bamberg.

As part of a student’s day under the motto "Experience practice – meet people working in the pharmaceutical industry", the students were invited to take a closer look to state-of-the-art pharma production in Bamberg.

Congratulations to Eva for successfully defending her PhD thesis!

From April 10th - 13th 2018 delegations from the Universities of Soochow and Zhejiang (China) visited us.

Our University, and in particular the Chair for Drug Formulation and Delivery, has been conducting joint research projects with them for several years.

Alexandra Braun & team published an article in the Journal of Controlled Release entitled ‘Bioresponsive release of insulin-like growth factor-I from its PEGylated conjugate’. “PEGylation of protein-ligands, the attachment of polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers to a therapeutic protein, increases therapeutics’ half-life but frequently comes at the cost of reduced bioactivity. We are now presenting a bioinspired strategy leading out of this dilemma” (copied from article abstract). Congratulations to Alexandra & team!

The research group led by Professor Meinel enjoyed two wonderful days in the impressive, snowcapped mountains of the “Allgäu”.

Marcus Gutmann published an article in in ACS Biomaterials & Engineering entitled “Bioorthogonal modification of cell derived matrices by metabolic glycoengineering.” It provides insights into the modification of the glycan structures of extracellular matrix components with implication in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Congratulations to Marcus and Team!

Staatsministerin Ilse Aigner überreicht Dr. Christoph Steiger, Cornelius Hermann, Chris Hopper und Prof. Meinel den Medical Valley Award in Erlangen. Der Preis dient Vorgründungsvorhaben in der Gesundheitswirtschaft und wird vom Bayerische Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Medien, Energie und Technologie vergeben.

Fang Wu published an article in ACS Biomaterials & Engineering entitled "Site-Specific Conjugated Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) for Anabolic Therapy". It provides fascinating insights on the potential of multivalent presentation of this growth factor on particle surfaces and resulting potency! Congratulations to Fang & team!