Profile
Dr.-Ing. Andrea Friedmann, research associate in group »Biofunctional Materials for Medical and Environmental Applications« Department »Biological and Macromolecular Materials«
Areas of research
- Material development for medical applications, implant materials, cell-based material systems for regenerative medicine
- Development of protein-based substrate materials for biological and medical applications (nonwovens, foams, gels)
- Biocompatibility and antimicrobiological material properties: tissue engineering and microbiological investigations
- Micromorphological investigations of biological samples using scanning electron microscopy and focused ion beam technology
Academic/professional resume
Since 2007
research associate in group »Biofunctional Materials for Medical and Environmental Applications«, Department »Biological and Macromolecular Materials«, Fraunhofer IMWS
2010 - 2015
Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; thesis topic: »Micromorphological investigations of human disc tissue using scanning electron microscopy to evaluate disc degeneration« in cooperation with Fraunhofer IMWS and BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost, Halle (Saale), Doctoral degree 2015
2007 - 2010
Research associate at the Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Leipzig in the field of Tissue Engineering and Materials Science (TEMAT)
2005 - 2007
Studies in Biomedical Engineering (M. Eng.) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen; Master thesis: »Investigations into co-cultivated cells on nanoporous surfaces« in cooperation with Fraunhofer IMWS, Masters degree 2007
2004 - 2005
Freelance engineer, Scientific Project Manager at the Institute for Applied Cell Culture, Dr. Toni Lindl, Munich
1999 - 2004
Studies in Biotechnology (Dipl. Ing (FH)) at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen; thesis topic: »Production, cultivation, and immobilization of human autologous hepatocytes from liver excision data for reimplantation as a "new liver" based on tissue engineering into the human body« in cooperation with the Institute for Applied Cell Culture, Dr. Toni Lindl, Munich, 2004
Publications
Schwan, S.; Ludtka, C.; Friedmann, A.; Mendel, T.; Meisel, H.-J.; Heilmann, A.; Kaden, I.; Goehre, F.
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2017, 14, 8, 803-814
Schwan, S.; Ludtka, C.; Friedmann, A.; Cismak, A.; Berthold, L.; Goehre, F.; Kiesow, A.; Heilmann, A.
Advanced Biosystems, 2017, doi: 10.1002/adbi.201700113
Micro-compute tomography, scanning electron microscopy ans energy X-ray spectroscopy studies of facet joint degeneration: A comparison to clinical imaging
Goehre, F.; Ludtka, C.; Hamperl, M.; Friedmann A.; Straube, A.; Mendel, T.; Heilmann, A.; Meisel, H.-J.; Schwan, S.
Micron 100: 50-59, 2017
Micro-CT evaluation of asymmetrical ovine intervertebral disc height loss from surgical approach
Ludkta, C.; Schwan, S.; Friedmann, A.; Brehm, W.; Wiesner, I.; Goehre, F.
European Spine Journal 26 (8): 2031-2037, 2017
Microstructure analysis method for evaluating degenerated intervertebral disc tissue
Friedmann, A.; Goehre, F.; Ludka, C.; Mendel, T.; Meisel, H.-J.; Heilmann, A.; Schwan, S.
Micron 92: 51-62, 2017
Friedmann, A.; Cismak, A.; Tautorat, C.; Koester, P. J.; Baumann, W.; Held, J.; Gaspar, J.; Ruther, P.; Paul, O.; Heilmann, A.
Scanning 34(4):221–229, 2012
Self-supporting nanoporous alumina membranes as substrates for hepatic cell cultures
Hoess, A.; Thormann, A.; Friedmann, A.; Heilmann, A.
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 100A(9):2230–2238, 2012
Investigation of cell-substrate interactions by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) preparation and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Friedmann, A.; Hoess, A.; Cismak, A.; Heilmann, A.
Acta Biomaterialia 7:2499–2507, 2011
Co-cultures of primary cells on self-supporting nanoporous alumina membranes
Hoess, A.; Thormann, A.; Friedmann, A.; Aurich, H.; Heilmann, A.
Advanced Engineering Materials, 12(7):269–275, 2010