Month: February 2015

Professor Boccaccini will be the speaker at the March 2015 meeting of the London Materials Society (LMS). On 12th March 2015, he will present the lecture: "Biomaterials and Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration". Prof. Boccaccini was chairman of LMS Council in 2005-2006 and he is currently international...

Our paper: Fabrication of alginate–gelatin crosslinked hydrogel microcapsules and evaluation of the microstructure and physico-chemical properties by Bapi Sarker, Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou, Raquel Silva, Tobias Zehnder, Farhana Gul-E-Noor, Marko Bertmer, Joachim Kaschta, Konstantinos Chrissafis, Rai...

The 5th International Conference on Biofoams (BIOFOAMS 2015) will be held on 13-16 October 2015 in Sorrento, Italy. The conference will bring together experts in bio-based, sustainable and biodegradable foams, bio-inspired foams, foams in medicine and food. The conference will be a forum for scienti...

A new European project in the framework of Horizon 2020 has been awarded to the Institute of Biomaterials (Head, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini). The project "Nano-tailoring organo-mineral materials. Controlling strength and healing with organic molecules in mineral interfaces" (NanoHeal) is funded by the...

Our recent review paper, in collaboration with Prof. Larry Hench: V. Miguez-Pacheco, L. L. Hench, A. R. Boccaccini, Bioactive glasses beyond bone and teeth: Emerging applications in contact with soft tissues, Acta Biomaterialia 13 (2015) 1–15 has been listed as one of the most downloaded articles p...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the Conference on "Unified scientific approaches towards regenerative orthopaedics and dentistry" (REDEOR) to be held on March 25-27, 2015, in Venice, Italy. The conference provides a forum for presentations of new fin...