The PhD program "Processing of Poorly Soluble Drugs at Small Scale - µ-PROPS" which started in fall 2014 creates an inspiring setting for young researchers in the area of pharmaceutical engineering and provides intensive education in this highly interdisciplinary field. The PhD projects are centered around the question how poorly soluble drugs can be adequately produced, formulated and processed into applicable and effective medicines. As newly identified drug candidates are usually available only in very small amounts the projects also addresses the issue of solving these questions in a material-saving way.
The program is organized in four thematic clusters:
Within the clusters, the following subjects are addressed:
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The PhD programme essentially comprised 15 Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg fellowships, which were funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture as part of the Lower Saxony doctoral programme from 2014 - 2018. In addition, the programme was supported by additional research institutions and industrial partners (see below).
The doctoral students were supervised in tandem by a representative of the life sciences and a representative of the engineering sciences to strengthen interdisciplinary cooperation.
Prof. Dr. Heike Bunjes
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie
phone +49 (0)531 391-5657
heike.bunjes@tu-braunschweig.de
Prof. Dr. Andreas Dietzel
Technische Universität Braunschweig
phone +49 (0)531 391-3330
a.dietzel@tu-braunschweig.de