Basic experimental methods from genetics, biochemistry, and related life science fields are taught in the wet lab. Students learn how to analyse biological samples, generate experimental data, and then process these using digital methods. The laboratory thus creates an important link between experimental laboratory work and Computer Science analysis methods.
"The laboratory makes it possible to make theoretical content tangible through real and virtual experiments," explains Professor Ludwig M. Lausser, academic advisor for Computational Life Sciences and spokesperson for the Laboratory for Digital Medicine. "Students work here on an interdisciplinary basis and learn to work on biological and medical issues using real and digital tools."
The Digital Medicine Laboratory combines practical courses offered in Computational Life Sciences and Medical Informatics and is aimed in particular at students on study courses in Bio- and Medical Informatics, Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, and Life Science Management. It combines biological and medical principles with digital methods and technical applications.
The Digital Medicine Laboratory is used for real and virtual internships in microbiology, genetics, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, among others. The range is supplemented by applications from biomedical data analysis, modelling and simulation, medical image processing, and AI-supported processes in medicine.
Another focus is on the digitalisation of the healthcare system. Demonstrators from medical informatics and telemedicine provide students with insights into digital hospital structures and their safety-critical aspects. Internships in medical security deal with the analysis of cyber attacks, intrusion detection, and vulnerability analysis, among other things.
