Biointerfaces Lab

Welcome to Biointerfaces Lab

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact us: contact-biointerfaces@fau.de

Prof. Dr. Danijela Gregurec

WISNA Professor for Sensory Sciences

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Biointerfaces Lab

Room: Room 00.042
Henkestr. 91
91052 Erlangen

Section

 

Research areas

Molecular materials: Energy

Magnetic nanomaterials for conversion of magnetic field energy to thermal, electrical and mechanical energies

Molecular materials: Information

Wireless communication with cellular signalling activities through magnetic nanoantennas

Molecular materials: Life science

Functional biomaterials with translational potential in therapeutic applications

Bioactive compounds: Mechanisms and targets

Mechanistic studies of cell and protein-targeted stimulation of cellular signaling in vitro

In vivo wireless neuromodulation in rodent models

Member of:

FAU Competence Center Engineering of Advanced Materials (FAU EAM)

FAU Optical Imaging Competence Center (FAU OICE)

FAU Profile Center New Materials and Processes (FAU NMP)

FAU Research Center New Bioactive Compounds (FAU NeW)

 

Group Activities

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Last week, Danijela Gregurec and Franziska Wasner participated in the SAHMN 2026 congress (Self-Assembled Hybrid Materials in Nanomedicine: From Non-Viral Vectors to Cancer Therapy and Neurostimulation) held at CIC biomaGUNE in San Sebastian, Spain. The meeting brought together international expert…
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We successfully kicked off our Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project SUSNAMU with a great online event, bringing together our partners from all over the world to align on goals, exchange ideas, and start our collaboration.

Concurrently, the project website was launched and the first exchanges a…

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Last week, the BRAINSTORM project successfully passed its second review meeting with the EIC – European Innovation Council.This milestone marks the end of the second reporting period, during which the consortium showcased significant progress across all areas of the BRAINSTORM technology developmen…
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We are delighted to announce our latest publication: Ali, U., Wasner, F., Fan, J., Wabitsch, M., & Gregurec, D. (2025). Capsaicin camphor and caffeic acid reduce adipogenesis and promote lipolysis with TRPV1 involvement. Scientific Reports. 10.1038/s41598-025-31073-3

Our team found that caps…

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We are happy to welcome our new colleague Hamed Shabani. He will work with us as an electrical engineer, supporting us in the in the BRAINMASTER ERC Project. Welcome Hamed! #FAU #newcolleague #electronics #engineering
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What an amazing event! We were really happy to welcome so many curious visitors at the ZMPT in Erlangen druing the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025!

Our team prepared some great experiments and exhibits from gelatinous brains to audiovisual material like our Calcium-imaging film and our comic…

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For the past two days we escaped the busy offices and labs and took some time to discuss our latest scientific discoveries, shape new ideas and connect as a team during our second group retreat in Veilbronn.

This time we enjoyed scientific and personal interaction not only during talks and disc…