Retreat of Research Unit FOR 5657 “BIOAntiFatigue” in Eisenach
The second Retreat of the Research Unit “Bioinspired Anti-Fatigue” (FOR 5657, BIOAntiFatigue), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), took place on 25-27 August 2025 in Eisenach, organised by Prof. Claudia Fleck, from the Institute for Materials Science, TU Berlin. At the Retreat, all members (early career scientists and principal investigators) working in the Research Unit presented the latest results obtained in the different projects and collaborations among different participating laboratories were discussed. “BIOAntiFatigue” focuses on investigating structure-property strategies based on natural material systems with evolutionarily optimised fatigue resistance. The Research Unit consists of four independent (but interrelated) projects led by researchers from TU Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, MPI of Colloids and interfaces Potsdam, University of Bayreuth, University of Haifa (Israel) and the FAU Institute of Biomaterials. Our Institute was represented by Andrada Damian-Buda (PhD student), Dr. Irem Unalan and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. We are part of the project focusing on fish bone and its fatigue resistance parameters for improved biomimetic design, in collaboration with Prof. Fleck’s research team at TU Berlin.
