Retreat of Research Unit FOR 5657 “BIOAntiFatigue” in Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg
The first Retreat of the Research Unit “Bioinspired Anti-Fatigue” (FOR 5657, BIOAntiFatigue), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), took place on 4-6 September 2024 in Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg, organised by Prof. Claudia Fleck, from the Institute for Materials Science, TU Berlin. At the Retreat, the new members (early career scientists) working in the Research Unit were introduced and the plans for research collaborations were established. “BIOAntiFatigue” focuses on investigating structure-property strategies based on natural material systems with evolutionarily optimised fatigue resistance. The Research Unit onsists of four independent (but interrelated) projects led by researchers from TU Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, MPI of Colloids and interfaces Potsdam, University of Bayreuth, University of Haifa (Israel) and the FAU Institute of Biomaterials. Our Institute (Dr. Irem Unalan, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini) participates in the project focusing on fish bone and its fatigue resistance parameters for improved biomimetic design, in collaboration with Prof. Fleck.
