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What do cancer research, quantum physics, and food innovation have in common? They’re all reshaping how we understand and engineer life.
This evening explores how scientists build realistic mini-tumors on chips to improve therapies, use the strange properties of light to see the invisible, and develop lab-grown meat as a sustainable alternative for the future.
Three talks that reveal how cutting-edge science is transforming medicine, technology, and the way we live.
This evening explores how scientists build realistic mini-tumors on chips to improve therapies, use the strange properties of light to see the invisible, and develop lab-grown meat as a sustainable alternative for the future.
Three talks that reveal how cutting-edge science is transforming medicine, technology, and the way we live.
Building Mini-Tumors to Fight Real Cancer
Fatemeh Mirzapour
(Assistant professor at TU Darmstadt)
Using about 10 slides, I will explain why traditional cancer models — such as 2D cell cultures and animal models — often fail to predict how drugs perform in patients. I’ll then show how we create miniature 3D tumors and blood vessels on microchips to better mimic human disease. These realistic models help us understand tumor behavior and support the development of more effective, personalized treatments.
Images from “Invisible Light” – When Two Photons Tell a Story
Markus Gräfe
(Professor an der TU Darmstadt)
I will present "a magic trick that’s actually physics". By exploiting the quantum physical properties of light, it is actually possible to see with undetcted light. This has a tremendous impact in applications like biomedical diagnostics.
From Cells to Steaks: Engineering Meat at Scale
Philipp Karnop
(Doktorand an der TU Darmstadt)
Current landscape and perspectives on sustainable lab meat production. Large scale production technologies and sustainable cultivation methods.
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