Faculty of Engineering News
On the way to the optical cochlear implant
Interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University Medical Center Göttingen and the Department of Microsystems Engineering of the University of Freiburg generate for the first time light-controlled behaviour in deaf rodents using optical cochlear implants based on light-emitting diodes. Published in Science Translational Medicine.
Lighting matrix in the ear: First use of multi-channel cochlear implants with microscale light-emitting diodes
A milestone in hearing research: Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen and the University of Freiburg combine for the first time gene therapy in the cochlea with optical cochlear implants to optogenetically activate the auditory pathway in gerbils. Published in EMBO Molecular Medicine
Prizes for outstanding teaching ideas
Freiburg-Penn State Virtual Classroom Award for Anke Weidlich; Frank Hutter receives Instructional Development Award (IDA)
COVID-19 spurs wave of innovative diagnostics
Recent News article in Nature Biotechnology highlights two different research activities of Dr. Can Dincer.
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