Awards
- The Gottschalk-Diederich-Baedeker Award 2007 went to Dr. Nils Hartmann in recognition of his habilitation thesis work.
- Dr. Cedrik Meier was elected by the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science to the Junior Chamber.
- Dr. Viktoria Sokolova received the Klee Award of the German Society of Biomedical Technology for 2007 and the Doctoral Candidate Award of the German Society of Biomaterials.