Scope of the Workshop

A half-day workshop on plasmas for biomedical applications will be organized on Friday, July 31. This emerging field is currently at a stage between exploring the fundamentals and developping first prototypes for industry. Guest speakers will present the current status of understanding of plasmas interacting with biological matter. Success stories regarding the implementation of plasma techology for biomedical applications will be highlighted. The workshop is chaired by P. Awakowicz (Ruhr-University Bochum) and Francois Rossi (Joint Research Center, ISPRA) .

Location

The workshop will take place in the Veranstaltungszentrum of Ruhr-University Bochum.

Biological effects of nitric oxide generated by an atmospheric pressure gas-plasma on human skin cells

Joerg Liebmann, Victoria Kolb-Bachofen, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Research Group Immunobiology, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany

Interaction of plasma with human skin cells and reduction of germs by using dielectric barrier discharges

D. Wandke, Cinogy GmbH/ Duderstadt, Germany,
B. Busse, Zellkontakt GmbH Nörten-Hardenberg, Germany

Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) Production for the Medical Treatment of Human Skin Using an Integrated Microwave Microplasma Source

Roland Gesche, FBH Berlin, Reinhold Kovacs, Joachim Scherer, Fa. Aurion/Seligenstadt, Germany

Treatment of microorganisms with UV-light sources

Helmut Halfmann, Osram/Radium Wipperfürth, Germany

Elementary Mechanisms of Plasma Sterilisation: Concepts towards an industrial implementation

Jan Benedikt, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany