International Workshop “Drug-Free Antibacterial Hybrid Biopolymers for Medical Applications” held in Erlangen
Chaired by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, the International Workshop “Drug-Free Antibacterial Hybrid Biopolymers for Medical Applications: Developing new anti-bacterial therapies based on biomedical polymers and inorganic materials” was held at the Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, on 5th December 2017. This open workshop was organized in the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network “Drug-Free Antibacterial Hybrid Biopolymers for Medical Applications” (HyMedPoly) and attracted more than 80 participants. The invited speakers were Dr. Mark Cresswell and Dr. Xiang Zhang (Lucideon Ltd, UK), Dr. Ulrike Deisinger (CeramTec, Germany), Prof. Klaus Jandt (University of Jena), Dr. Jochen Salber (University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Bochum), Dr. Liliana Liverani (Institute of Biomaterials, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg) (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini).