Workshops
Bioprinting and Biofabrication
Mon, 15:00-16:00
Bioprinting performed using a great variety of cells or supplementing additive manufacturing-based techniques. Biofabrication is an innovative and promising strategy that is increasingly gains recognition in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. The ability of producing tissues and organs has paved the way to create artificial multi-cellular tissues/organs for better understanding cellular interactions and physiology, for identification of drug targets, for testing drug toxicity or even create custom made skin grafts or bones. This new technology is evolving constantly and even reached industries we wouldn’t have thought possible including agriculture as well as fashion.
Instructors: Judit Pongrácz, Anna Sebestyén, Zoltán Veréb, András Dinnyés
Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) in biomedical and STEM/STEM education
Mon, 15:00-16:00 and 17:00-18:00
On this workshop, the participants get insight into the latest achievements of novel, innovative visualization technologies used for educational purposes. Experts from the field give a short summary about the most frequently used devices, displays and platforms, also, they highlight interesting use-cases from the field of bio-medicine and the disciplines of STEM/STEM. At the end of the lectures, it will be possible to explore the immersive and amazing world of AR and VR in a practical demo session!
The workshop is co-organised with the contribution of our respected partners within the V.I.B.E. Erasmus+ project: Politechnika Slaska, Dex Innovation Centre, University of Porto
Functional Electrical Stimulation for Sports of Spinal Cord Injured Individuals
Mon, 15:00-16:00 and 17:00-18:00
This workshop will explore functional electrical stimulation (FES) techniques and protocols for basic and clinical research. Furthermore this workshop will discuss the applications of these techniques in rehabilitation of spinal cord injured patients. Especially FES assisted cycling movements of paraplegic persons will be discussed. With the FES technology, paralyzed muscles can exert active muscle forces to perform cyclic limb movements. It will be presented, that how stimulation patterns are defined and how the muscles’ activity can be artificially controlled and coordinated. The effect of the FES assisted cycling trainings on the physical performance, e.g. power output, cycling speed, and physiological parameters e.g. heart rate, blood pressure will be presented. FES cycling (tricycling) is used not only for therapy but also there are cycling competitions for spinal cord injured persons, whose lower limbs are paralyzed. FES cycling is an important event at the Cybathlon competition that will also be discussed at the workshop.
Instructors: József Laczkó, Mariann Percze-Mravcsik, Róbert Zentai
Surgical guides for dental implant insertion
Tue, 15:00-16:30 and 16:50-18:00
Dental restorations made with the help of various dental implants are becoming more and more popular and accessible in dentistry as well. However, the insertion of implants can have many difficulties, such as the lack of quantity and quality of the bone, or the various anatomic conditions. In these cases, the use of different surgical templatesor surgical guides can help, and by the using of these guides possible difficulties can be successfully overcome.
The aim of the workshop is to present a digital system that plans the exact spatial position of the dental implant to be inserted using the most modern 3D diagnostic methods (Cone Beam Computer Tomography). The surgical template prepared accordingly guarantees that the implant will be inserted exactly in the planned position. During the workshop, with the help of real CBCT recordings, the entire workflow is presented, from design to 3D printing of the surgical guide.
Instructors: Straumann coDiagnostix & DentUpgrade, Gyula Marada
Simulation-based medical and healthcare education - a hands-on workshop
Tue, 15:00-16:30 and 16:50-18:00
The workshop gives a general overview about the broad methodology and
newest technologies related to medical simulation education. Clinical
experts present their "best practices" using low- and high-fidelity
mannequins, models and computer-based simulators, demonstrating the
benefits of using them in everyday teaching. The workshop strongly aims
to provide practical knowledge - the participants will have the
possibility to try out several medical simulators in real-life
situations!
Bioimpedance
Tue, 15:00-16:30 and 16:50-18:00
Bioimpedance spectroscopy is an extremely fast and cost-effective non-invasive material testing technique, which may therefore be one of the most promising medical technologies, a system of interrelated procedures of our present times and that of the near future. Our research group aims to spread this method as widely as possible, including the introduction of special biological measurements in medical diagnostics.
With respect to the expected fast and efficient measurement procedures on a large number and in many cases seriously pathogenic human biological samples, the introduction of robotics with highly automatized procedures can significantly increase the diagnostic role and significance of this technique, even in daily routine examinations.
In connection with all of this, our Research Group carried out original inventions and technical developments in a wide spectrum of bioimpedance measurements, from cell culture measurements for patients participating in our robotic developments towards the standardization of the measurement process and its high degree clinical practice in hospitals. When inventing the automated measurement protocols, we also paid attention at ensuring the reproducibility in our research activities.
During this workshop, we would like to present some of the results achieved during the short existence of the Research Group.
Instructors: Attila Tóth, TBA
