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When I first came to Germany in 2017 for an internship at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) in Berlin, I was immediately fascinated with the world of research and materials science. That one experience propelled my interest so much that, while choosing a master's programme, ...

MAP lecturer Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering and PD Dr. Philipp Spitzer from the Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy have received the Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Bavarian Ministry of Science in recognition of their outstanding teaching. What...

We, Lara Đelević and Akshat Sharma, are two MAP students in our third semester of study. We both have always been passionate about human health and the enabling role new materials and processes can play in making a difference in this field. Therefore, we were thrilled when we got the opportunity to ...

As a traditional MAP event, the annual MAP Alumni Round Table offers MAP students a valuable opportunity to network with MAP alumni. Despite the Corona pandemic, we were pleased to hold the alumni round table offline again on 12 July 2022. During this event, several MAP alumni shared their current c...

The Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, organizes a scientific symposium to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Head of Institute, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, and his contributions to materials science and biomaterials. The symposium will take place in-p...

Palm trees, sun, and beach - this describes my stay abroad at UCSB best. The university has a beautiful campus right on the Pacific Ocean, which evokes beach and surfing vibes in every student. UCSB is one of the few universities where you can go surfing in the morning and attend a lecture in the af...

Crystals are not necessarily hard and resistant but also occur in soft matter when weakly bound molecules arrange in a regular order. Such organic crystals are widespread in pharmaceuticals products, but also occur as tiny nanocrystals in the active layer of organic solar cells. Here, the organic na...

Board of European Students of Technology (BEST) is a Europe-wide association of engineering students, with 88 Local BEST Groups in 31 countries. Every year, BEST organizes the European BEST Engineering Competition (EBEC) with the aim of giving students the opportunity to apply both their theoretical...

Several MAP first semester students attended a four-day intensive lab course hosted by the Chair of Process Biotechnology at one of MAP's partner universities, the University of Bayreuth. Travel and accommodations at a youth hostel within a 10-minute walk from the lab were funded by MAP Office. ...

Aldo R. Boccaccini, Professor, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and MAP Focal Subject Head of Biomaterials and Bioprocesses, has been conferred the degree of Honorary Doctor of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Turku, Finland. The Honorary Doctor d...