Benjamin Franklin Univ. We perform basic research as well as research related to gastrointestinal diseases and diseases of the eye . Main projects are shared with the Dept. of Gastroenterology , Dept. of Surgery , Dept. of Ophtalmology , Dept. of Gynecology , and Dept. of Clin.
Methods are electrophysiological, biophysical, biochemical, and molecular biological.
Tissues are cell cultures and isolated, functionally maintained preparative, bioptic or surgical samples. These are mainly epithelia and smooth muscle cells of the eye, and epithelia of the gastrointestinal tract and of the kidneys. The department, which is located within the main building of the University Hospital Benjamin Franklin , was founded 1969. Until 1995 the department was chaired by Prof. em. Klaus Hierholzer .