Month: June 2016

Our new paper on bioactive glass scaffolds from maritime sponges (first author: Elena Boccardi, PhD student) has been recently published in the special issue Emerging Trends in Biomaterials Research in the journal Annals of Biomedical Engineering. The special issue was guest edited by Prof. Akhile...

On 2nd June 2016, we received the visit of Prof. Hala Zreiqat, Head of the Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Research Unit, at the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Australia. Prof. Zreiqat presented the seminar: "Development of unique 3D printed cerami...

In the context of the EU project "MesopOrous matrices for localiZed pH-triggered releAse of theRapeuTic ions and drugs" (MOZART), we received the visit of Ms Aylin Atakan of Nanolith (principal investigator Dr. Emma Björk), an industrial partner in the project. We collaborate with Nanolith in the de...

In the framework of the ETN project CoACH (European Training Network: Advanced glasses, Composites And Ceramics for High growth Industries) we received the visit of Gianmarco Taveri from the Institute of Physics of Materials (IPM) in Brno, Czech Republic (principal investigator: Prof. Ivo Dlouhy). M...

The progress meeting of the DFG funded collaborative project "Bioadaptive Coatings on Mg Alloys" was held on 27th May 2016 at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, hosted by Prof. Frank Witte, pictured with Prof. Boccaccini. This project is a collaborative effort of the Institute of Surface Sci...