As part of her Master's thesis, Wiebke spent two weeks at CAMDU at the University of Warwick in England. There, she had the opportunity to delve into her new field of research – the development of methods for automated segmentation and cell tracking – and to collaborate with an expert in this area. The focus was on working with state-of-the-art software tools, scripting custom workflows, and taking first steps in analyzing the resulting data. The stay served as an ideal kick-off for her thesis, offering a broad technical overview and a clear direction for the upcoming months.

We presented our LightCT demonstrator again at this year's Tag der Technik (Technology Day) on 18th July 2025. Carsten and Malte were able to inspire many students with our enthusiasm for imaging. We’re already looking forward to next year!

Malte participated in this year’s TMS Specialty Congress, focusing on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM), 3D Materials Science, and Integrated Computational Materials Engineering. The conference took place from June 15–19 in Anaheim, USA, and marked Malte’s first major conference experience. Due to the thematic alignment with his intended research field, the AIM track in particular helped him to define his research focus more clearly. It was both exciting and inspiring for Malte to hear about the latest developments in AI for materials design, and he is looking forward to contributing to this field in the coming years!

On May 15, 2025, the research building Life, Light & Matter (LL&M) opened its doors for the Long Night of Sciences in Rostock. Under the motto “Shadow Worlds: Revealing Structures with Shadows,” our department vividly presented the fundamentals of computed tomography – not with X-rays, but with visible light. Visitors chose a figure, whose shadow images were captured from different angles. From these projections, a three-dimensional volume was reconstructed live – a fascinating insight into imaging. A printout from a Polaroid printer, especially popular with children, rounded off the experience.

Take a look at our poster, too!

At the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Materials (InMAT 2025), held from March 31 to April 2 in Rostock, Bianca presented a poster entitled "Bridging the Gap: 2D to 3D Image Translation and Super-Resolution Imaging via Deep Learning." The work Bianca presented is a collaboration with Dr. Sarah Irvine and Dr. Julian Moosmann  from Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon. This was a fantastic opportunity to showcase our work, exchange ideas, and network with colleagues from the scientific community.

More infos about the event on https://dgm.de/inmat/2025

Berit was invited to give a keynote talk on “Computational modelling of Mg alloy biodegradation and bone growth” at this year's TMS 2025, which took place 23-27th March in Las Vegas, USA. The talk was part of the Magnesium Technology Symposium and Berit reported the most recent experimental and computational work conducted both from her role at the Institute of Metallic Biomaterials at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and the chair Data-Driven Analysis and Design of Materials.

The travel to the conference was partially funded by the Female Professors Program III.