Overview: Human & Biotechnology

People are at the centre of research in the Field of Expertise Human & Biotechnology at TU Graz. Human technology researchers are developing devices and methods for medical applications and therapies, for example using innovative biosignals and image processing. Biotechnology focusses on using enzymes and living microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and yeast in technical applications.

Researchers in the Field of Expertise are developing diagnostic methods and processes that enable biological raw materials to be converted into chemical compounds such as medicines, chemicals and materials. Research results are channelled into medicine, environmental technology, industry and agriculture, benefitting society. 

Biomedical Engineering

• Biomechanics
• Medical imaging
• (Clinical) bioinformatics
• Brain-computer interfaces
• Neuroscience
• Health care engineering
• Biomedical model creation and simulation
• European Body for Testing and Certification of Medical Products
• Radiation protection tests and reports
• Biomedical sensor technology
• Biomaterials

Molecular Biomedicine

• Functional genomics
• Chemical biology
• Metabolism research

Industrial Biotechnology

• Cell engineering
• Protein engineering
• Bioprocess engineering
• Biocatalysis - green chemistry
• Glycoengineering
• Synthetic biology
• Computational biotechnology
• Sensors for process technology

Environmental Biotechnology

• Analysis of environmental and food microbiomes
• Microbiome and resistome management
• Microbiome biotechnology
• Understanding the microbial exposome

around 90 researchers from 5 faculties of TU Graz