Month: June 2017

Prof. Leena Hupa, Åbo Akademi Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre, Finland, Prof. Delia Brauer, University of Jena, Germany, and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Institute of Biomaterials, Erlangen, the editors of the volume "Bioactive Glasses: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications" published by R...

On occasion of the Slovak and Czech Glass Conference and Seminar on Defects in Glass held in Trenciaske Teplice, Slovakia, a meeting of coordinator, principal investigators and international partners of the Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glasses (FunGlass) took place on 27th June 2...

Prof. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the Slovak and Czech Glass Conference and Seminar on Defects in Glass that took place in Trenciaske Teplice, Slovakia, on June 28-30, 2017, chaired by Prof. Dusan Galusek, Alexander Dubček University,Trenčín, Slovakia. Prof. Boccaccini presented the lectu...

In April 1997, while being a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Mechanics and Materials, at University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA, Aldo R. Boccaccini became a member of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Prof Boccaccini says: "the American Ceramic Society has been a very impo...

In the framework of the collaborative project "Assessment of vascularisation potential of 3D Bioglass scaffolds for tissue engineering of large bone defects using a mechanobiological approach" between Queensland University of Technology, University of Melbourne, Australia, and our Institute, Prof. P...

In the framework of the European network (MSCA-ITN-2014-EID - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks) HyMedPoly – Drug-Free Antibacterial Hybrid Biopolymers for Medical Applications, our Institute is collaborating with Lucideon Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, UK, in the field of organic and ino...

Supachai Reakasame, PhD student in our Institute, was awarded the best poster presentation prize at the International Conference: "Biofabrication for Hierarchical in Vitro Tissue Models" held on June 5 - 9, 2017 in Hernstein, Austria. Supachai (Boo) (pictured) presented the poster entitled: "Fabrica...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials, has been awarded the Diels-Planck-Lecture 2017. The Diels-Planck lecture is awarded annually by the Kiel Nano, Surface and Interface Science (KiNSIS) to an outstanding scientist and established leader in the field of nano and surface s...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the international conference: "Biofabrication for Hierarchical in Vitro Tissue Models" held on June 5 - 9, 2017 in Hernstein, Austria. Prof. Boccaccini presented the lecture: "Biofabrication of 3D hard-soft and composite constructs for bone regenera...