Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line from urinary cells of a healthy donor using an integration free vector

Rossbach, B.,Hildebrand, L.,El-Ahmad, L.,Stachelscheid, H.,Reinke, P.,Kurtz, A. Elsevier 2016 Stem cell research Vol.16 No.2

<P>We have generated a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line derived from urinary cells of a 30 year old healthy female donor. The cells were reprogrammed using a non-integrating viral vector and have shown full differentiation potential. Together with the iPSC-line, the donor provided blood cells for the study of immunological effects of the iPSC line and its derivatives in autologous and allogeneic settings. The line is available and registered in the human pluripotent stem cell registry as BCRTi004-A. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.</P>

Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line from urinary cells of a healthy donor using integration free Sendai virus technology

Rossbach, B.,Hildebrand, L.,El-Ahmad, L.,Stachelscheid, H.,Reinke, P.,Kurtz, A. Elsevier 2017 Stem cell research Vol.21 No.-

<P>We have generated a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line derived from urinary cells of a 28 year old healthy female donor. The cells were reprogrammed using a non-integrating viral vector and have shown full differentiation potential. Together with the iPSC line, the donor provided blood cells for the study of immunological effects of the iPSC line and its derivatives in autologous and allogeneic settings. The line is available and registered in the human pluripotent stem cell registry as BCRTi005-A. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.</P>

Copying and Manipulating Nature: Innovation for Textile Materials

Rossbach, Volker,Patanathabutr, Pajaera,Wichitwechkarn, Jesdawan The Korean Fiber Society 2003 Fibers and polymers Vol.4 No.1

This paper considers the potential impact of biological approaches such as bio-copying (biomimetics) and biomanipulating (e.g. genetic engineering) on future developments in the field of textiles and, in particular, fibres. If analytical tools for studying biological systems combined with those of materials science are further developed, and higher efficiency and reproducibility of genetic engineering technology can be achieved, the potential for the copying and manipulation of nature for textile innovations will be immense. The present state for both fields is described with examples such as touch and close fastener, structurally coloured fibres, the Lotus of lect (for bio-copying), as well as herbicide tolerant cotton, insecticide resistant cotton (Bt cotton), cotton polyester bicomponent fibres, genetically engineered silkworm and silk protein, and spider fibres. (for genetic engineering).

The Study of Textile Chemistry and Textile Engineering within the German Higher Education System

Rossbach, V. The Korean Fiber Society 1992 한국섬유공학회지 Vol.29 No.10

The higher education system has undergone radical change in the past two decades not least because it is regarded by the political 'powers that be' as the most important instrument for the pushing through of political ideas. In this case the changes concern practically all areas : student numbers the composition of the student population in general the different higher education institutions and also the structures within these institutions. The fachhochschule was created as a new form of institution to function at a level somewhere between a technical college, polytechnic or specialized university: its exact level varies between institutions and the staff who teach there. Unlike the universities, it is not concerned with research work, but with instruction. It offers short, very school-like courses of study leading to a position in the relevant branches of industry. Its graduates account for about one third of all higher education graduates. The remainder are distributed between regular and technical universities which offer an education on a broad scientific base, although this leads to very long periods of study of up to ten years a unique feature among highly-industrialized countries. Because of the length of these courses, but especially because of a change in the attitudes of the young generation towards their education(causing a run on university places) the universities have been reduced to the status of institution for the masses which will lead in the long term to a decline in standards. At the moment attempts are being made by many diverse means(such as monitoring professors' teaching performance, financial rewards for students who graduate quickly and increasing the number of examinations which may be retaken for 'quick studiers'), to reduce the average duration of study. However, this is counterbalanced by a certain rigidity in the structure of higher education due to a high average age among professors and therefore the universities are scarcely capable of change. Another contributory factor to longer periods of study is the fact that industry and commerce both require from the graduates more and more non-technical supplementary qualifications. ranging from a knowledge of industrial economics to specialized language skills acquired if possible through study in a foreign country. Studies in textile engineering and textile chemistry are possible at universities as well as at the Fachhochschulen, although the graduates thus educated are employed in very different ways. In the textile industry and in the textile-oriented industries, the highest positions in technical and general management are taken up by university graduates. Most of the Fachhochschule graduates, on the other hand, become active in the production side. There are only a few towns with technical and regular universities that offer a specialization in textile engineering or textile chemistry within a course of mechanical engineering, process engineering or general chemistry. However, the time devoted to textile subjects in the entire study is very small. They are not so much meant to give a professional qualification for the textile sector, but rather to make students aware that in these institutions, which are in general combined with industrial research institutes, they can write their graduate and post-graduate theses. A profession in the textile sector is possible only on completion of this work. The main burden of an education in textile engineering and textile chemistry is, however, carried by the Fachhochschulen, which offer a wide range of different studies. Within these studies, the portion occupied by textile-oriented subjects is aimed both quite considerably and specifically at the different branches of the textile industry: for example, the production of yarns and fabrics, textile wet-processing, and non-woven technology, etc. In spite of dwindling numbers of employees in general, it is the declared aim of the textile i

Polymerization of Tetraethoxysilane by Using Remote Argon/dinitrogen oxide Microwave Plasma

Tae Il Chun,Volker Rossbach 한국염색가공학회 2009 韓國染色加工學會誌 Vol.21 No.3

Data on Early Child Education and Care Learning Environments in Germany

Tobias Linberg,Thomas Baeumer,Hans-Guenther Rossbach 육아정책연구소 2013 International Journal of Child Care and Education Vol.7 No.1

Early child education and care (ECEC) learning environments play an important role in children’s developmental status and educational outcomes as international research has shown. However, the data basis for analyzing the effects of learning environments on children’s competencies and educational trajectories has been rather sparse in Germany. The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) has been set up in order to contribute to filling this gap. The main task of the NEPS is to prepare Scientific Use Files that are disseminated to the scientific community. Because all NEPS data and documentation are translated and available to the international scientific community, the aim of this paper is threefold: After giving an introduction to the field of research and discussing the objectives and legislative characteristics of the German ECEC system, we present an overview on the sections of the NEPS that survey children 2 years before regular school enrollment and the ECEC characteristics they experience. On the basis of first-wave data, we deliver some first results on how children in Germany are cared for within the German ECEC system. The paper ends with a discussion on further possible contributions, especially when longitudinal data are being made available by the NEPS for quantitative educational research and evidence-based political decision making.