• Digital twins created from fresh cadavers (ct, micro-ct, us)

• VR/AR visualization, AI-based analysis

• A new level in surgical training and education

Impact: a comprehensive digital cadaver database

• Robotic pathology – automated sampling, processing, precision measurements

• Repetitive tasks requiring high precision performed by robots

Impact: Faster, more accurate and safer testing that speeds up research and education

• Real-time functional and biomechanical measurements on cadavers
  (force, strain, material fatigue, rom, flow)

• Development of digital models and simulations

• Open lab environment for testing new medical technology devices

• CE/FDA compliance simulations

Impact: a Medtech innovation hub of the region

Leveraging the extensive clinical and educational expertise of Semmelweis University to identify unresolved challenges in healthcare and medical training. By systematically mapping real-world needs – such as procedural inefficiencies, unmet diagnostic requirements, or gaps in clinical education – the service initiates the translational research cycle, transforming practical issues into research-driven innovation.

Ensuring that new projects and technologies are grounded in authentic clinical relevance, guiding researchers and industry partners toward solutions that directly improve patient care, medical outcomes, and professional training.

Comprehensive capabilities for histological and genetic testing, tissue analysis, and molecular profiling, supporting translational research from bench to bedside. With expertise in biomarker discovery, target identification, and physiological characterization, the lab provides high-quality analytical services that advance both fundamental and applied biomedical investigations.

Researchers and industry partners can access state-of-the-art molecular diagnostics, cellular assays, and imaging-based analyses to validate hypotheses, optimize therapeutic strategies, and accelerate the development of novel diagnostics and treatments. This integrated platform bridges experimental biology and clinical innovation, fostering impactful collaborations across the biomedical field.

AICER provides cutting-edge capabilities for functional modeling, biomechanical measurement, and immersive visualization of human anatomy and movement. By integrating high-fidelity motion capture, force analysis, and computational modeling with augmented and virtual reality platforms, the facility supports the development and validation of new surgical techniques, implant designs, and rehabilitation technologies.

These services enable real-time simulation and performance assessment of medical devices or procedures within dynamic, anatomically accurate environments. The combination of biomechanical testing, digital twins, and immersive visualization makes this platform a powerful resource for both academic research and industrial innovation in surgery, orthopedics, rehabilitation, and medical device design.

AICER's cadaver laboratory serves as a collaborative hub where academic expertise and industrial innovation converge. By providing access to a controlled, high-fidelity experimental environment, the facility enables the joint development and validation of novel surgical tools, implants, and medical technologies.

Researchers and industry partners can conduct pre-clinical testing, usability assessments, and procedural optimization under lifelike anatomical conditions, ensuring that new devices and methods meet the highest safety and performance standards before entering clinical practice. This collaborative model fosters translational research, accelerating the path from concept to clinical application.

Small and large animal laboratories are available, offering a wide range of services for preclinical studies in a GLP-accredited environment.

These facilities provide optimal conditions for testing tools, materials, and methods on live animals, supporting research across various stages. From experimental design and execution to post-experiment tasks such as sample collection and data analysis, the university plays an active role throughout the process. In addition, the laboratories offer specialized support for surgical technique validation and pharmacological testing, crucial steps before human application, ensuring comprehensive assistance in the development of new therapies and technologies.

*Service available at other facilities of Semmelweis University.

Clinical research can be conducted across the university’s clinical departments, which belong to some of Hungary’s largest and most advanced healthcare institutions. Operating at the highest level of medical progressivity, these clinics provide a unique opportunity to study even rare and complex cases.

“Back to the patient” – clinical trials at Semmelweis University represent the final phase of translational research, where validated methods, therapies, and technologies are applied and evaluated in real clinical settings, ensuring that scientific innovation directly contributes to improved patient care.

*Service available at other facilities of Semmelweis University.