✨ Science Day 2025 – Strong Contributions to Innovative Insect-Based Imaging from Experimental Radiology & the Windfelder Lab! ✨

At this year’s Science Day of the Faculty of Medicine at JLU Giessen, I was especially proud to see how visible and diverse our research on Manduca sexta has become.

From my Windfelder Lab, the following projects were presented:

🔹 Anouk Haschke –

showcasing exciting results on behavioral fever (behavior-induced fever) and complementary imaging-based analyses, including CT-based assessments of gut-wall alterations in the insect model. Her poster demonstrated impressively how Manduca can serve as an alternative model organism to visualize inflammatory processes using modern imaging techniques.

🔹 Anna Sophie Schumann –

who presented her latest work on ultrasound-based analysis of gut-wall thickness. Her research opens a completely new, non-invasive avenue to study intestinal dynamics in insects — an important step toward translational approaches fully aligned with the 3R principles.

We also had an excellent contribution from the Experimental Radiology group:

🔹 Dr. Jan Scherbeich –

who introduced deep-learning approaches for precise CT-based quantification of gut-wall thickness to detect inflammatory differences objectively. A great example of how AI and imaging can work together to create new diagnostic opportunities.

The combination of CT, AI-driven segmentation, and ultrasound illustrates the breadth and innovation of radiological research at our Giessen site — and highlights the enormous potential that lies in the collaboration between the University and Fraunhofer.

I am truly grateful for the dedication and scientific curiosity of everyone involved. These contributions clearly demonstrate the strength of our young researchers and how creative radiological science can be. 🚀

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