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Carsten Werner

Head of division
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Jana Renc

Assistant
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Carsten Werner (Dipl.-Chem., Würzburg; Dr. rer. nat., Dresden) is head of the Division Polymer Biomaterials Science within the Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Professor for Biofunctional Polymer Materials at the Technische Universität Dresden (Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden and Department of Chemistry and Food Chemistry) and Scientific Director of the IPF.

ResearcherID: F-8127-2010

Publications

  • Un Nisa, S.; Bittrich, E.; Sturm, C.; Nitschke, M.; Werner, C. Exploring the depth profile of low-pressure plasma-treated PDMS by VUV spectroscopic ellipsometry more Journal of Chemical Physics 164 (2026) 184705
  • Alghamdi, M.; Hill, S.; Formanek, P.; Werner, C.; Newland, B. Catalytic oxygen generation and drug delivery via manganese dioxide nanoparticles to enhance radiotherapy in glioblastoma more International Journal of Pharmaceutics 697 (2026) 126896
  • Nadernezhad, A.; Kast, V. J.; Pette, D.; Baenke, F.; Stange, D. E.; Werner, C.; Lössner, D. Bottom-up programming of cell states in cancer organoids with defined synthetic adhesion cues more Advanced Materials 38 (2026) e17390
  • Akbar, T. F.; Jimenez-Rodriguez, C. A.; Biktimirova, R.; Hermes, I.; Kurth, T.; Pham, M. D.; Tsurkan, M. V.; Friedrichs, J.; Morgan, F. L. C.; Kleemann, H.; Guskova, O.; Freudenberg, U.; Fratzl, P.; Werner, C.; Tondera, C.; Minev, I. R. Conductive hydrogels for exogenous sensing and cell fate control more Advanced Materials (2026) e72866
  • Akbar, T. F.; Jimenez-Rodriguez, C. A.; Biktimirova, R.; Hermes, I.; Kurth, T.; Pham, M. D.; Tsurkan, M. V.; Friedrichs, J.; Morgan, F. L. C.; Kleemann, H.; Guskova, O.; Freudenberg, U.; Fratzl, P.; Werner, C.; Tondera, C.; Minev, I. R. Conductive hydrogels for exogenous sensing and cell fate control more Advanced Materials (2026) e72866
  • Mahajan, V.; Babu, K. G.; Mukenhirn, M.; Garside, A.; Kini, V. A.; Adhikari, T.; Beck, T.; Lee, B. H.; Kim, K.; Werner, C.; Schlüßler, R.; Honigmann, A.; Aland, S.; Taubenberger, A. V. Cells dynamically adapt their nuclear volumes and proliferation rates during single to multicellular transitions more Advanced Science (2026) e24325
  • Maitz, M. F.; Totten, J. D.; Weiss, A. C. G.; Besford, Q. A.; Werner, C.; Seib, F. P. Blood compatibility of silk nanoparticles: impact of size and dose more International Journal of Pharmaceutics 690 (2026) 126526
  • Sievers-Liebschner, J.; Welzel, P. B.; Fusenig, M.; Sturm, L.; Pette, D.; Wagermaier, W.; Fischbach, C.; Fratzl, P.; Werner, C. Mineralized cryogel/hydrogel constructs to recapitulate early breast cancer bone metastasis in vitro more Advanced Science 13 (2026) e19798
  • Trautmann, R. K.; Dennison, N.; Kathleen, M.; Klier, S.; Cosacak, M. I.; Werner, C.; Akyoldas, G.; Horbinski, C. M.; Freudenberg, U.; Kizil, C. High-throughput 3D glioblastoma model in glycosaminoglycan hydrogels for personalized therapeutic screening more Macromolecular Bioscience 26 (2026) e00394
  • Kast, V. J.; Hauser, S.; Nadernezhad, A.; Pette, D.; Maitz, M. F.; Petzold, A.; Dahl, A.; Seifert, M.; Eubler, K.; Mayerhofer, A.; Pietzsch, J.; Baenke, F.; Stange, D. E.; Werner, C.; Lössner, D. A biomaterial-based platform of pancreatic cancer identifies kallikrein-related peptidase 6 (KLK6) as a mediator of neutrophil recruitment and immunosuppression more Biomaterials 324 (2026) 123456
  • Limasale, Y. D. P.; Atallah, P. M.; Meinhardt, A.; Frra, A.; Stoppa, A.; Maitz, M. F.; Friedrichs, J.; Freudenberg, U.; Werner, C. A synthetic hydrogel niche reveals the interplay of matrix adhesion and mechanics in human epiblast model development more Materials Today 92 (2026) 269-281
  • Fertala, N.; Uhlmann, K.; Grigoryev, E.; Seth, P.; Friedrichs, J.; Thiele, J.; Werner, C.; Balzani, D. Scale-specific viscoelastic characterization of hydrogels: integrated AFM and finite element modeling more Small 22 (2026) e07835
  • Habelt, B.; Talebi, N.; Afanasenkau, D.; Schwarz, C.; Knauer, B.; Meinhardt, M. W.; Spanagel, R.; Werner, C.; Minev, I. R.; Beste, C.; Bernhardt, N. Chronic alcohol-induced brain states limit propagation of direct cortical stimulation more Scientific Reports 15 (2025) 35407
  • Heller, C.; Rosenberger, C.; Abdelgawad, H.; Basiewicz, T. M.; Lehmann, S.; Schmid, J.; Schubert, U.; Welzel, P. B.; Werner, C.; Bornstein, S. R.; Ludwig, B. An immunoisolating macroencapsulation device for pancreatic islets with microarranged islets, oxygen-producing scaffold and bioactive membrane improving islet survival and function more Transplantation 109 (2025) S19
  • Berzina, B.; Gupta, K.; Suliman, R.; Mirtschink, P.; Dalpke, A.; Werner, C.; Krieg, E.; Renner, L. D. Multiplexed detection of respiratory viral pathogens by isothermal amplification on an autonomously loaded chip at the point-of-care more Lab on a Chip 25 (2025) 6324-6334
  • Sievers-Liebschner, J.; Dockhorn, R.; Friedrichs, J.; Kurth, T.; Fratzl, P.; Sommer, J.-U.; Werner, C.; Freudenberg, U. Unravelling the molecular network structure of biohybrid hydrogels more Materials Today Bio 34 (2025) 102249
  • Londhe, V.; Maitz, M. F.; Chavakis, T.; Werner, C.; Weiss, A. C. G.; Besford, Q. A. Coagulation matters: ATIII-enriched biomolecular corona enhances the hemocompatibility of PEG nanoparticles more Advanced Healthcare Materials 14 (2025) 2501431
  • Hsiao, S.-K.; Mukenhirn, M.; Werner, C.; Honigmann, A.; Krieg, E. Reconfigurable microenvironments uncover mechano-sensing timescales and direct cell polarity more Advanced Functional Materials 35 (2025) e13028
  • Maitz, M. F.; Lenz, R.; Winkler, S.; Abschke, M. F.; Werner, C.; Fischer, D. Weathered microplastics in human blood: unraveling the effect of structural changes at the particle surface on coagulation and platelet activation more Microplastics and Nanoplastics 5 (2025) 33
  • Klinghammer, S.; Tonmoy, T. H.; Janićijević, Ž.; Maitz, M. F.; Balakin, S.; Vicini, M.; Riemenschneider, L.; Panes-Ruiz, L.-A.; Bockholt, R.; Heubner, L.; Spieth, P. M.; Werner, C.; Ibarlucea, B.; Baraban, L.; Cuniberti, G. Hemocompatible coatings of catheters equipped with electrochemical sensors for real-time monitoring of critical parameters in the blood more ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7 (2025) 9349-9362
  • Werner, C.; Freudenberg, U.; Friedrichs, J. Advanced Polymer Life Science: Polymer Soft Matter Science & Engineering, Vol. 1 more C. Werner, U. Freudenberg, J. Friedrichs (Eds.). New Jersey [u.a.]: World Scientific, 2025. 632 (World Scientific Series on Emerging Technologies; 7); ISBN 978-981-98-0677-5
  • Werner, C.; Freudenberg, U.; Friedrichs, J. Front Matter more in: Advanced Polymer Life Science: Polymer Soft Matter Science & Engineering, Vol. 1 / C. Werner et al. (Eds.). New Jersey [u.a.]: World Scientific, 2025. (World Scientific Series on Emerging Technologies; 7); ISBN 978-981-98-0677-5
  • Friedrichs, J.; Limasale, Y. D. P.; Fusenig, M.; Dennison, N. R.; Rosowski, K. A.; Westenskow, P.; Werner, C. In vitro models of vasculogenesis for high-throughput applications more in: Advanced Polymer Life Science: Polymer Soft Matter Science & Engineering, Vol. 1 / C. Werner, U. et al. (Eds.). New Jersey [u.a.]: World Scientific, 2025. 491-525 (World Scientific Series on Emerging Technologies; 7); ISBN 978-981-98-0677-5
  • Zimmermann, R.; Nitschke, M.; Samulowitz, M.; Dennison, N. R.; Werner, C. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry-partial least square regression for quantifying interleukin-8 in biopolymer matrices more Advanced NanoBiomed Research 5 (2025) 2500066
  • Friedrichs, J.; Werner, C. Transforming in vitro tissue & disease models with precision culture scaling more Research Features (2025) 62-65