This is the private website of Bergita Ganse, the professor for Innovative Implant Development (Fracture Healing) at Saarland University in Germany, an Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Physiologist. My main fields of research are the musculoskeletal system in spaceflight, immobilization and ageing, as well as smart implants and wearables, bone fractures and biomechanics. I am also a book author.
Recent highlights:
Our new EU Horizon research project with 25 partners from 12 countries and a volume of 20.7 million Euros has been launched. Find details HERE.
We have found a way of monitoring bone fracture healing without radiation. Find this original article HERE.
Video published by ESA on our ISS experiment ‘Muscle Stimulation’
Find details on the ISS experiment HERE.
Contact: bergita.ganse (at) uks.eu
Find the website of the chair of Innovative Implant Development (Fracture Healing) at Saarland University HERE.