Welcome!

This is the private website of Bergita Ganse, the professor for Innovative Implant Development (Fracture Healing) at Saarland University in Germany and visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK, an Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Physiologist. Her main fields of research are the musculoskeletal system in spaceflight, immobilization and ageing, as well as bone fractures and biomechanics.

Recent highlights:

We have got research projects running on the ISS and in Antarctica. Find details Here!

New research article published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology [IF 6.064]

New review paper published with Elke Warmerdam in Bioengineering [IF 5.046]


Incorrect reporting by the media

Several news articles, interviews and mentions have recently been published in the media that contained wrong or misleading details. The media often publishes news items without checking back with us if what they have written is correct.


Contact: bergita.ganse (at) uks.eu

Find the website of the chair of Innovative Implant Development (Fracture Healing) at Saarland University HERE.