Research topics
Biomedical Engineering
- Biomechanics
- Medical imaging
- (Clinical) bioinformatics
- Brain-computer interfaces
- Neuroscience
- Health care engineering
- Biomedical model creation and simulation
- European Body for Testing and Certification of Medical Products
- Radiation protection tests and reports
- Biomedical sensor technology
- Biomaterials
Molecular Biomedicine
- Functional genomics
- Chemical biology
- Metabolism research
Industrial Biotechnology
- Cell engineering
- Protein engineering
- Bioprocess engineering
- Biocatalysis - green chemistry
- Glycoengineering
- Synthetic biology
- Computational biotechnology
- Sensors for process technology
Environmental Biotechnology
- Analysis of environmental and food microbiomes
- Microbiome and resistome management
- Microbiome biotechnology
- Understanding the microbial exposome
Participating researchers
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Reduced fatty acid levels: Graz research leads the way for medicines
Atglistatin can reduce the fatty acid level in the blood, which is causal for type II diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver or cardiac insufficiency. Researchers from the University of Graz and TU Graz are going one step further and make the active substance fit for use in the human organism. Read more
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Nerve Stimulation with the Help of Implantable Mini Solar Cells
An international research team has successfully developed and tested a concept in which nerves are stimulated with light pulses. The method provides considerable advantages for medicine and opens up a wide range of possible applications. Read more
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Why Some Bubbles Move Faster
Why do large gas bubbles in viscoelastic liquids (such as polymer and protein solutions) rise so much faster than expected? An open question with great relevance for industrial production processes. Researchers at TU Graz and TU Darmstadt have now found an explanation. Read more
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Biotechnology Prize for Enzyme Researcher Bernd Nidetzky
Biotechnologist Bernd Nidetzky of TU Graz is one of only a few European researchers to receive the Elmer L. Gaden Award. The top international biotechnology research prize is awarded by the US journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Read more
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The Study of the Microbiome Enables New Strategies for Healthy and Climate-Resilient Crops
Study led by TU Graz shows that apple trees inherit their microbiome to the same extent as their genes. The results lay the foundation for new breeding strategies for healthy and climate-robust fruit and vegetables. Read more
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BCI Research: Computer Decodes Continuous Movement from Brain Signals
For the first time ever, the intention of a continuous movement was able to be read out from non-invasive brain signals at TU Graz. This success enables more natural and non-invasive control of neuroprostheses to be carried out in real time. Read more
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Research at the interface between medicine and technology
Graz was instrumental in the birth of biomedical engineering in Austria 50 years ago – a step that laid the foundations for a long record of research successes. Today, numerous institutes work at the intersection between medicine and technology. Read more
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The World's First Digital Model of a Cancer Cell
The computer model, developed under the lead management of researchers at TU Graz, simulates the cyclical changes in the membrane potential of a cancer cell using the example of human lung adenocarcinoma and opens up completely new avenues in cancer research. Read more
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Of Apples and Oil Pumpkins: News from Microbiome Research
The extent to which the composition of the microbiome of apples and oil pumpkins depends on the geographical location and what insights can be derived from this for breeding, health and shelf life of the fruits is shown in two recent publications by researchers at TU Graz. Read more
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New Approach Found for Energy-Efficient AI Applications
Researchers at TU Graz demonstrate a new design method for particularly energy-saving artificial neural networks that get by with extremely few signals and – similar to Morse code – also assign meaning to the pauses between the signals. Read more
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Resistant rice plants: TU Graz identifies bacterium that protects rice plants against diseases
With their expertise in microbiome research, the researchers at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology were able to demonstrate how a specific bacterium inside the seeds of rice plants effectively and in an eco-friendly way inhibits destructive plant pathogens. Read more
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TU Graz develops screening system for lung sound analysis
A multi-channel recording device developed at TU Graz for pathological lung sounds and associated automatic lung sound analysis could support existing screening methods for early detection of, for example, Covid-19 infections. This now requires clinical data and interdisciplinary collaboration. Read more
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Graz researchers identify biomarker for cardiovascular diseases
The role of the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase 3 in the blood pressure-regulating renin-angiotensin system was investigated in the inter-university cooperation project BioTechMed-Graz. The results could pave the way for new therapies for cardio-renal diseases. Read more
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Cyanobacteria as "green" catalysts in biotechnology
Researchers from TU Graz and Ruhr University Bochum show in the journal ACS Catalysis how the catalytic activity of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can be significantly increased. This brings biotechnological and thus eco-friendly application a big step closer. Read more
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Milestone for the early detection of sepsis
Researchers from Graz, Austria, are developing a ground-breaking method that uses biomarkers to detect sepsis 2 to 3 days before the first clinical symptoms appear. This can significantly increase the chances of survival in cases of blood poisoning by bacteria or fungi. Read more
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New Horizons for Arterial Spin Labeling
Over the last two decades researchers have been working on a contrast-agent free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method called Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) for detecting blood flow changes within the brain and other organs. Recent improvements in imaging hardware, new strategies for efficient data... Read more
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The power of thought – the key to success: CYBATHLON BCI Series 2019
Spectators will experience the fascinating power of thought-controlled systems on 17 September, as teams from all over the world go head to head in the CYBATHLON BCI Series 2019 at TU Graz. ‘Pilots’ who are paralysed from the neck down control avatars using brain-computer interfaces in a specially... Read more
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Manipulated enzymes: TU Graz researchers set milestone in biocatalysis research
TU Graz researchers managed for the first time ever to ‘retrain’ an enzyme to build ring-shaped molecular structures instead of performing its natural task of reducing double bonds. The work was published in Angewandte Chemie, and is relevant for the production of pharmaceuticals and plant... Read more
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Boost for lipid research: Graz researchers facilitate lipid data analysis
Illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis may also be associated with lipids. Disorders are difficult to assess due to the diversity of lipids. Graz scientists present a new tool for the analysis of lipids in Nature Methods. Read more
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Metabolic disorders: University of Graz and TU Graz “research studio”
The agent Atglistatin can reduce the level of fatty acid in the blood. Funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, researchers at the University of Graz and TU Graz want to further develop the agent into a medicine to treat metabolic disorders. Read more
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Biological system with light switch: new findings from Graz
For the first time ever, researchers at TU Graz and the Medical University of Graz have managed to functionally characterise the three-dimensional interaction between red-light receptors and enzymatic effectors. The results, with implications for optogenetics, have been published in Science... Read more
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ERC Grants
Researchers with ERC Grants within the Field of Expertise:
- Gustav OBERDORFER, Project: HelixMold – Computational design of novel functions in helical proteins by deviating from ideal geometries
- Gernot MÜLLER-PUTZ, Project: Feel Your Reach – Non-invasive decoding of cortical patterns induced by goal directed movement intentions and artificial sensory feedback in humans
TU Graz events
Christian Doppler (CD) Laboratories
CD lab within the Field of Expertise:
Lead Projects
The Field of Expertise is involved in the following lead projects at TU Graz:
Shares in Companies and Cooperations
Cooperation Partners
Competence Centres and Projects (COMET)
Heads of the Field of Expertise
from left to right:
Gernot MÜLLER-PUTZ
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Institute of Neural Engineering
Gabriele BERG
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr.rer.nat.
Institute of Environmental Biotechnology
Bernd NIDETZKY
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Contact: FoE-Human-Biotechnology@tugraz.at
For researchers at TU Graz
Register for/deregister from the Field of Expertise: foe@tugraz.at
New Projects with TU Graz
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY HOUSE
Mandellstraße 9/II
8010 Graz, Austria
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Christoph ADAMETZ
Dipl.-Ing.
Phone: +43 316 873 6033
christoph.adametz@tugraz.at
Degree Programmes
Bachelor's Degree Programmes
- Chemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Environmental Systems Sciences / Natural Sciences-Technology
Master's Degree Programmes
- Biomedical Engineering
- Information and Computer Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine
- Molecular Microbiology
- Chemistry
- Technical Chemistry
- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering
Doctoral Programmes
- Research training networtk: Molecular Enzymology
