BG Trauma-Center 2 articles published in JoVE Bioengineering Imaging Cell Viability on Non-transparent Scaffolds — Using the Example of a Novel Knitted Titanium Implant Gauri Tendulkar1, Phillip Grau1, Patrick Ziegler1,2, Alfred Buck, Sr.3, Alfred Buck, Jr.3, Andreas Badke1,2, Hans-Peter Kaps1,2, Sabrina Ehnert1, Andreas K. Nussler1 1Siegfried Weller Institute for Trauma Research at the BG Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 2Department of Orthopaedics, BG Trauma-Center, 3Buck GmbH and Co.KG Here we present a fluorophore based imaging technique to detect cell viability on a non-transparent titanium scaffold as well as to detect glimpses of the scaffold impurities. This protocol troubleshoots the drawback of imaging cell-cell or cell-metal interactions on non-transparent scaffolds. Neuroscience Experimental Strategies to Bridge Large Tissue Gaps in the Injured Spinal Cord after Acute and Chronic Lesion Nicole Brazda*1, Veronica Estrada*1, Christian Voss2,3, Klaus Seide3, Hoc Khiem Trieu2, Hans Werner Müller1 1Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, 2Institute of Microsystems Technology, Hamburg University of Technology, 3Biomechanical Laboratory, BG Trauma Center Hamburg Severe spinal cord injuries often result in tissue defects. Two possibilities are described to successfully bridge such gaps to promote tissue adaptation, regenerative responses and functional improvement in rats via implantation of a mechanical microconnector system after acute injury and five weeks after complete spinal cord transection.