Conference Chair
Registration Fees
The registration for the conference is only possible online (www.tmas2016.de) via the
corresponding registration form.
Deadline for Early Registration: 30 June 2016
Participant Type
Early Registration
( by 30 June 2016)
Late Registration
(from 1 July 2016)
Regular Participant
445.00 €
495.00 €
Undergraduate/
PhD Student
245.00 €
295.00 €
Day Ticket
Regular Participant
295.00 €
Day Ticket
Undergraduate/PhD Student
200.00 €
Accompanying Person
150.00 €
Conference Dinner Ticket
(22 September 2016)
50.00 €
Conference Venue
University of Potsdam - Campus Griebnitzsee
Hörsaalgebäude (House 6)
August-Bebel-Straße 89
14482 Potsdam, Germany
Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, provides a venue of international significance.
Located not far from Berlin, this highly differentiated science region is characterized by
a remarkably density of renowned universities and research organizations. Associations like LAUF e. V. promote the network activities, forming an important basis for
new collaborations and the realization of innovations. The settlement of future-oriented branches, high-tech centers and research-related companies enhances knowledge and technology transfer and has made the greater Potsdam region one of the
most important biotechnology sites in Europe. Embedded in this rich scientific landscape of the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the TMAS conference will stimulate scientists
from all over the world to discuss future trends in Technology and Medicine.
Involved Centers
Andreas Lendlein
Materials in Life Sciences, University of Potsdam and
Institute of Biomaterial Science
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)
Kantstr. 55
14513 Teltow, Germany
Scientific Committee
Matthias Ballauff, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB)
Friedrich Jung, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)
Mark E. Ladd, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Karl-Josef Langen, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)
Claus-Michael Lehr, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)
Andreas Lendlein, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)
Martin Müller, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)
Jens Pietzsch, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Jon N. Shah, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)
Christof Wöll, Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT)
Local Organizing Committee (HZG)
Konstanze Julich-Gruner
Sabine Benner
Patricia Ebel
International Advisory Board
Cameron Alexander, University of Nottingham, UK
Esther Amstad, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Giuseppe Battaglia, University College London, UK
Patrick Couvreur, University of Paris-Sud, France
Frederick J. Currell, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Stefaan C. De Smedt, Ghent University, Belgium
Philip Elsinga, University Medical Center and University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Elias Fattal, University of Paris-Sud, France
Zhongwei Gu, Sichuan University, China
Uwe Himmelreich, KU Leuven, Belgium
Fabian Kießling, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
Jindřich Kopeček, University of Utah, USA
Atsushi Momose, Tohoku University, Japan
Randy Mrsny, University of Bath, UK
Stuart R. Stock, Northwestern University, USA
Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, USA
Call for Abstracts
Conference Office
K.I.T. Group GmbH Dresden
Münzgasse 2
01067 Dresden, Germany
www.tmas2016.de
Phone: +49 351 4823733
Fax: +49 351 4956116
Email: info@tmas2016.de
www.tmas2016.de
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 April 2016
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 30 June 2016
www.tmas2016.de
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the scientific organizing committee, it is
my pleasure to invite you to join us for the international
conference “Technology and Medicine – Adaptive Systems
(TMAS)” which will be held from 21 to 23 September 2016
at the University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee,
Germany. The TMAS Conference is organized under the
scope of the Helmholtz Cross-Programme Initiative (CPI)
“Technology and Medicine – Adaptive Systems” which bundles the competences of
researchers from the fields of biomaterials and imaging technologies of eight research
centers of the Helmholtz Association, Germany’s largest scientific organization. The
central research of this CPI is aimed at investigating the next generation of technology
platforms for adaptive systems in diagnosis and medical treatment. With its main topics
Adaptive Biomaterials, Smart Tracer, and Adaptive Imaging Methods, this initiating
conference will be concentrated on the interconnection between the complementing
fields of biomaterial science and imaging technologies.
Modern therapeutic concepts focus at an efficient individually tailored treatment of each
patient. This can only be realized by innovative technologies adaptive to the specific
situation. Technologies such as biomaterials and imaging methods build the basis for
future progress in medicine. The next generation implants can actively communicate
with the surrounding tissue and can adapt to physiological changes. Such an
implementation of adaptivity into biomaterials requires an improved understanding of
the in vivo behavior of biomaterials. In this regard, novel multifunctional and smart
tracers are needed for the simultaneous allocation of anatomical/morphologic and
functional information by providing an optimized scale of spatial resolution and/or time
window for investigation. Adaptive imaging methods will allow a more sensitive and
specific characterization of pathological changes in tissues and organs, e.g., by
rendering imaging signals dependent on physiological changes such as the pH-value or
tissue oxygenation, by magnetic labeling of specific cells, and by imaging of drug
delivery by particular systems.
An exciting conference program is awaiting you with five plenary lectures from highly
distinguished guests, 32 invited speakers, and several short oral presentations spread
over specialized sessions for particular subject areas. Three parallel sessions will offer
a considerable variety of topics within the main subject areas, brought together in
specifically designed joint sessions on each conference day. The conference will be
rounded up by the awarding of best poster and best presentation prizes. Abstract
submissions are welcome for those wishing to contribute scientifically to our poster
session or oral presentations.
I very much look forward to welcoming you in Potsdam for this inspiring meeting in 2016.
Andreas Lendlein (conference chair)
www.tmas2016.de
Plenary Speakers
Jeff W. M. Bulte
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Director of the Division of Cellular Imaging at the Institute for
Cell Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA
Call for Abstracts
The abstract submission for the conference is only possible online via the corresponding submission platform. The link and detailed submission instructions are
available on the conference website: www.tmas2016.de
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 April 2016
The topics available for abstract submission are:
I. Biomaterials
Efstathios Karathanasis
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
Director of the Omega Laboratory for Cancer
Nanotechnology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, USA
Bert Müller
Professor of Material Science in Medicine
Director of the Biomaterials Science Center
University Hospital and University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Bradley J. Nelson
Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Head of the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab
ETH Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Nicholas A. Peppas
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacy
Director of the Institute of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and
Regenerative Medicine
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, USA
www.tmas2016.de
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Adaptive Biomaterials
Degradation of Biomaterials
Cell-Material Interaction
Adaptive Drug Delivery Systems
Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Application
(or other Biomedical Applications)
• In vivo Evaluation of Biomaterials
• Robotic Surgery
• Imaging of Biomaterials
II. Tracer/Particles
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Particular Systems/Nanoparticles
Fluorescence/Luminescence
Radionuclides
Magnetic Particles
Multimodal Labeling
Microbubbles
Hyperpolarized Gas Tracers
Other Tracers
Tracer Targeting
Inflammatory Pathways
Cell-Material-Interaction
Infection
Other
III. Imaging
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X-ray Computed Tomography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Particle Imaging
Ultrasound, Photoacoustic Imaging
Nuclear Medicine (PET-CT, PET-MRI, SPECT)
Optical Imaging
Multimodal Imaging
Microscopy
(X-ray, Dual Photon, STED, TEM, PALM)
• Micro- and Nano-Tomography
with Synchrotron Radiation
• Phase Contrast Imaging with X-rays
• Other
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