Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Franz E. Weber

Area of Research

Description of Research Interest

The main topic of our research is bone regeneration by bone substitutes, osteoinduction, osteoconduction and epigenetically active substances. Moreover, we also work on the regeneration of the pulp tissue to maintain living teeth.
At present we apply additive manufacturing to test and design osteoconductive bone substitutes from calcium phosphates and bioglasses. In combination with imaging data from the clinic, the final goal is to provide personalized bone substitutes to patients from dentisty, craniomaxillofacial surgery, and orthopaedy.

Special Expertise

Bone regeneration
Epigenetic
Osteoinduction by bone morphogenetic proteins
Hydrogels
Bone substitutes

Shareable Platforms, Services, Equipment & Infrastructure

Lithography based additive manufacturing
Hard tissue histology