The LBG Meeting for Health Sciences 2018 took place in Vienna on the 29^th and 30^th of November. The focus was on the translation of research results from theory into practice.

Therefore, researchers were asked to submit abstracts for presentation on preclinical, clinical or implementation research with emphasis on

• Cardiovascular research,
• Haematology and cancer research,
• Regenerative medicine research
• and artificial organs and Mental health, psychology, psychiatry.

On top, there was an interesting key-note lecture by Viola Vogel, Chair of the Department of Health Science and Technology heading the Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, ETH Zurich (CH) about „Mechanobiology: A forceful player in health and disease“.

Also, scientists of the LBI Applied Diagnostics attended the meeting and presented their current research results. We are very proud that our PhD student Thomas Dillinger get an award by the LBG for his successful performance and engagement at the Career Center. Congratulations!!

To get more impressions of the event, please click here.