Year: 2019

Our article "Re-engineering Artificial Neoplastic Milieus: Taking Lessons from Mechano and Topobiology", authored by Dr. Aldo Leal-Egaña, Prof. Martial Balland and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been recently published in the Journal Trends in Biotechnology . In this review, we describe recent advance...

On 3rd of October (German Unity Day) 70 children aged 6-12 years visited the laboratories of the Institute of Biomaterials. At this nationwide "door opener day" of the very famous TV series “Sendung mit der Maus”, PhD students and researchers involved in the Collaborative Research Centre SFB / TRR 2...

Our review paper "3D printing of electrically conductive hydrogels for tissue engineering and biosensors - A review" (authors: T. Distler and A. R. Boccaccini) has been recently published in Acta Biomaterialia . This review covers the main 3D printing techniques used to obtain electrically conductiv...

Our paper "Favorable angiogenic properties of the borosilicate bioactive glass 0106-B1 result in enhanced in vivo osteoid formation compared to 45S5 Bioglass" has been published in Biomaterials Science . (Co-authors: F. Westhauser, B. Widholz, Q. Nawaz, S. Tsitlakidis, S. Hagmann, A. Moghaddam, A. R...

On 30th September, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini finalises his term as Spokesperson of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW), to be followed by Prof. Michael Zaiser, Head, Institute of Material Simulation (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini). Prof. Boccaccini said: "it has been an honor to...

With support of the European Commission, the new Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE) will be established in Latvia. BBCE will provide an opportunity to combine the expertise and infrastructure of internationally recognized Research Teams from Latvia, Germany and Switzerland, ensuring the...

On 18-20 September 2019 Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Mr Jonas Hazur (PhD student) attended the Werkstoffwoche 2019 conference in Dresden, Germany, a conference organised by the German Materials Society (DGM). Prof. Boccaccini was the co-organiser of two symposia, namely "Biomaterials" and "Biofabric...

The retreat of the DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC /SBF 1270) - Electrically Active Implants (ELAINE) took place on 18-20 September 2019 in Hasenwinkel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Thomas Distler (PhD student) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting and presented the latest resul...

In the framework of the DAAD PPP funded project "Biodegradable osteoinductive scaffolds based on new functionalised polyesters, calcium silicate bioceramics and mesoporous nanocarriers, for bone tissue engineering", in collaboration with the School of Dentistry, the Department of Physics and the Dep...

The Symposium "Bioactive glasses: from the laboratory to the clinic" co-organised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Prof. Delia Brauer (University of Jena) was held in the framework of the "30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials" (ESB 2019). Keynote speakers were Prof. Julian ...