The city of Halle located in the south of Saxony-Anhalt has a rich tradition as a centre for science and research, and is an important driver of scientific and intellectual advancement throughout the region and beyond. The centrepiece of this science and research hub is Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the largest university in Saxony-Anhalt. Founded as a union of the Halle and Wittenberg universities, MLU’s history goes back over 500 years, making it one of the oldest universities in the German-speaking world. It is an efficient, modern full-university, which maintains the highest requirements for teaching and research. At present, more than 21.000 students are enrolled in MLU, which encompasses over 190 courses of study in 18 faculties and departments. There are also approx. 1500 international students from more than 110 countries. Famous alumni of MLU are the reformer Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, a leader in the field of hermeneutics, the physician Emil Adolf von Behring and the physicist Gustav Hertz. Since the German reunion in 1989/90, many of the university buildings have been rebuilt and the academic faculties and institutes have been refitted with state-of-the-art technology and equipment. The university library, which also serves as the state library, contains over 5.5 million media items and is the largest general library for science and research in Saxony-Anhalt. MLU’s research profile includes four core research areas in the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.
The education of pharmacists has a long tradition in Halle. Already in May 1829, Franz-Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel founded the first Institute of Pharmacy. Since 1968, it is located at the science Weinberg Campus and since 2006 the Faculty of Natural Science I comprises the Institute of Pharmacy together with the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology as well as Institute of Biology. As one of the biggest pharmaceutical facilities in Germany, the Institute of Pharmacy consists of three departments, namely the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology, the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacy. Each year, approximately 185 students enrol to MLU to study pharmacy. The Institute of Pharmacy also provides also a non-consecutive master course in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, which enables national and international students to learn all relevant aspects for the development of new, biotechnology-based drugs, starting from drug target identification over up- and downstream processing to formulation of biopharmaceutical drugs. Further, it provides a base for understanding the mechanisms and processes involved in diseases, basics in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The master course is highly interdisciplinary, providing a base for an application-oriented carrier.
The working groups participating in BEAM project belong to the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics and contain the Biomedical Materials Group (http://bmm.pharmazie.uni-halle.de) headed by Prof. Thomas Groth working on biomimetic surface modifications of implants and scaffolds for tissue engineering applications to direct growth and differentiation of cells, the Downstream Processing Group headed by Prof. Markus Pietzsch (http://downstream.pharmazie.uni-halle.de) dealing with development of enzymes for the directed modification of macromolecules and downstream processing of therapeutic proteins and enzymes and Pharmaceutical Technology Group (http://pharmtech.pharmazie.uni-halle.de) headed by Prof. Karsten Maeder working on development of micro and nano-scaled systems for controlled drug release, in situ forming implants and development and application of methods to track release and activity of drugs in vitro and in vivo with MRI, EPR and NIR imaging and other methods.
Courses offered
- Biopharmaceutical
- Technological and clinic aspects of Biopharmaceuticals
- Biopharmaceuticals in regenerative medicine
- Modul: Project work
The education of pharmacists has a long tradition in Halle. Already in May 1829, Franz-Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel founded the first Institute of Pharmacy. Since 1968, it is located at the science Weinberg Campus and since 2006 the Faculty of Natural Science I comprises the Institute of Pharmacy together with the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology as well as Institute of Biology. As one of the biggest pharmaceutical facilities in Germany, the Institute of Pharmacy consists of three departments, namely the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology, the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacy. Each year, approximately 185 students enrol to MLU to study pharmacy. The Institute of Pharmacy also provides also a non-consecutive master course in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, which enables national and international students to learn all relevant aspects for the development of new, biotechnology-based drugs, starting from drug target identification over up- and downstream processing to formulation of biopharmaceutical drugs. Further, it provides a base for understanding the mechanisms and processes involved in diseases, basics in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The master course is highly interdisciplinary, providing a base for an application-oriented carrier.
The working groups participating in BEAM project belong to the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics and contain the Biomedical Materials Group (http://bmm.pharmazie.uni-halle.de) headed by Prof. Thomas Groth working on biomimetic surface modifications of implants and scaffolds for tissue engineering applications to direct growth and differentiation of cells, the Downstream Processing Group headed by Prof. Markus Pietzsch (http://downstream.pharmazie.uni-halle.de) dealing with development of enzymes for the directed modification of macromolecules and downstream processing of therapeutic proteins and enzymes and Pharmaceutical Technology Group (http://pharmtech.pharmazie.uni-halle.de) headed by Prof. Karsten Maeder working on development of micro and nano-scaled systems for controlled drug release, in situ forming implants and development and application of methods to track release and activity of drugs in vitro and in vivo with MRI, EPR and NIR imaging and other methods.
Courses offered
- Biopharmaceutical
- Technological and clinic aspects of Biopharmaceuticals
- Biopharmaceuticals in regenerative medicine
- Modul: Project work
