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FoE Human & Biotechnology

Planet Research

Researchers in the Field of Expertise Human & Biotechnology are developing apparatus and methods for medical applications and use enzymes and living microorganisms in technical applications. Research results are channelled into medicine, environmental technology, industry and agriculture, thus benefitting society.

Eine Zeichnung von Karin Stana Kleinschek. Im Hintergrund ist ein schematisches Labor zu sehen.

“Nature can do easily what our researchers cannot do.”

Karin Stana Kleinschek has dedicated her professional life to the question of how materials can be produced from renewable resources and made degradable or recyclable.   Read more 29. May 2020
Mann in Labormantel mit Glaskolben

Breaking down stubborn cellulose in time lapse

Researchers at TU Graz in Austria have for the first time ever succeeded in visualizing at the single-molecule level the processes involved in a biological nanomachine, known as the cellulosome, as it degrades crystalline cellulose. The fundamental insights thus obtained could support sustainable...   Read more 20. May 2020

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Birgit BAUSTÄDTER
Science Communications
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz, Austria
Phone: +43 316 873 6064
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Anita Emmerstorfer-Augustin arbeitet mit Dissertanten Lukas Bernauer im Labor.

How a rejection gave rise to a career

Aged 18, Anita Emmerstorfer-Augustin had to say goodbye to her original career aspiration – and then found her vocation in biotechnology.

24. April 2020
Gabriele Berg. Sie trägt braune Haare und eine Brille und steht in einem Labor.

The microbiome: Our planet’s tiny engine

We carry through life around two kilograms of microorganisms on and inside ourselves. TU Graz researcher Gabriele Berg explains why this is more vital than frightening.

5. November 2019
Drei Personen blicken in die Kamera. Links eine Frau mit braunen Haaren, weißem T-Shirt und einer Brille. In der MItte ein Mann mit braunen Haaren, einem grauen Pullover und einer Brille. Rechts eine Frau mit braunen Haaren, einem Haarband und einer bunten Bluse.

Young Skin Thanks to Sugar

Since the EU sugar quota was liberalised, the market price is low, and sugar stocks are full. An international team has been conducting research on how sucrose can be valorized on an industrial scale.

16. April 2019
Researcher Gustav Oberdorfer is standing in a long corridor with yellow walls. In front of him stands a row of glass vessels on a metal shelf.

How do you make proteins?

NAWI Graz graduate Gustav Oberdorfer produces artificial proteins and has received an ERC Starting Grant for his work.

10. January 2019
Ein blonder Mann, der eine Plastikabbildung eines Schädels in der Hand hält.

Rerouting the Function of the Hand

The MoreGrasp project is coming to an end and has provided substantial results. The mental control of neuroprostheses can be considerably simplified in the future with the help of reprocessed brain signals.

17. September 2018
Ein Mann im weißen Hemd lehnt an einem Bücherregal mit vielen bunten Büchern.

The world of gas bubbles and liquid drops

Günter Brenn investigates the behaviour of gas bubbles and liquid drops. His work is especially important in process engineering.

24. August 2018
Eine junge Frau steht in einem weißen Mantel in einem Labor. Um sie herum stehen mehrere, komplizierte Geräte.

The mathematics of the human body

Biomechanical engineer Justyna Niestrawska investigates the mechanical behaviour of the aorta at TU Graz and represents it using mathematical formulas. And wins the German Aorta Prize while doing so.

27. March 2018
Ein Mann in dunklem Anzug und rot kariertem Hemd lehnt an einem Geländer. Die Wände um ihn sind gläsern und bunt.

Breast cancer: small signals – big effect

Long before the first symptoms appear, biomarkers can provide important information about developing diseases. Research is currently planned in the field of breast cancer at TU Graz.

12. December 2017