About CeNTech

The Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech) provides the infrastructure for direct and interdisciplinary collaborations involving faculties of the University of Münster (chemistry, physics, biology and medicine). Research at CeNTech keeps a strong relation to technological applications and shall result in patents for new nanotechnology based inventions which can be developed up to the product level.

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May 2023 - News & Press

A successful CeNTech concept: Interdisciplinarity

Since the beginning in 2003, CeNTech has been committed to interdisciplinarity. One of the initiators of the CeNTech idea and director of the CeNTech, Prof. Harald Fuchs is a pioneer of the interlocking of the departments of physics and chemistry at Münster University. Together with his colleagues PD Dr. Harry Mönig and PD Dr. Saeed Amirjalayer, their research at the boundaries of physics and chemistry is featured by the WWU dossier "Connected & Interdisciplinary" and the WWU newspaper wissen/leben.

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April 25, 2023 - News & Press

MedTech - cross-border initiatives and chances

A Dutch/German workshop was organized by the Münster Economic Development Agency (WFM) on April 25. The Münster as well as the Oost NL region both have significant expertise in the MedTech sector. At the same time the health systems on both sides face major challenges. 17 experts discussed which initiatives or ideas can be taken up or scaled up together, and how big challenges can be tackled together. The high-ranking experts from both countries agreed on one thing: Münster and Twente are growth and innovation drivers for medical Technology. Further projects will follow soon.

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November 2022 - News & Press

CeNTech CSO informs NRW Minister about MDR-Support@NRW project

The NRW Minister of Economics Mona Neubaur visited the MDR Support@NRW booth at the MEDICA in Düsseldorf. CeNTech CSO Holger Winter talked with the minister about the challenges of the Medical Device Regulation certification, that companies currently face as well as about the project activities. Besides the CeNTech GmbH Bioanalytik Münster e.V and Gesundheitswirtschaft Münsterland e.V. are also partners in the project.

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