Year: 2019

Our paper entitled “Novel approach for the assessment of ovarian follicles infiltration in polymeric electrospun patterned scaffolds”  has been accepted as contribution for the Special Collection “Open Biomaterials Research” in PLOS ONE, co-edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. The paper is another im...

The progress meeting of project A01 ("Functionalised adhesive alginate-based hydrogels with controlled degradation behavior") within the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 225 "From the fundamentals of biofabrication towards functional tissue models" took place on 7th June 2019 at the Biophysics Grou...

Our paper entitled: "Ag modified mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles for enhanced antibacterial activity in 3D infected skin model", co-authors: Kai Zheng, Preethi Balasubramanian, Thomas E.Paterson, Rene Stein, Sheila MacNeil, Sonia Fiorilli, Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Joanna Shepher and Aldo R...

Three researchers from the Research Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, are visiting our Institute. Prof. Josefina Ballarre, from the Applied Electrochemistry group, is visiting us with an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowsh...

Numerous international researchers and students have selected the Institute of Biomaterals to carry out their research projects during the summer of 2019. We welcome Prof. Josefina Ballarre, Dr. Julieta Merlo and Ms Nayla Lores, from National Univ. of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Dr. Miguel Fuentes Cha...

In June 2019 we received the visit of Ms Viviana Gomes (graduate student at Department of Materials & Ceramic Engineering,) University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, in the group of Dr. Maria Helena Fernandes and Dr. Jose Carlos Almeida. We are collaborating with the research group at UA in the frame...

The PLOS ONE - Open Biomaterials Research Collection, co-edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, has been published in PLOS ONE. Co-editors of the collection were Prof. Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, Prof. Michael McAlpine, University of Minnesota, USA and Prof. Jie ...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was a visiting professor at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur - BOKU), Vienna, Austria, hosted by Professor Cornelia Kasper, Department for Biotechnology, BOKU. In the week 27th-31st May 2019, Prof. Boccaccini delivered the...

Congratulations to Prof. Josefina Ballarre, visiting researcher from INTEMA, National Univ. of Mar del Plata, Argentina, who won the Best Poster Award at the 7th Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry of South-East Europe (RSE-SEE-7) held in Split, Croatia, on 27-30 May 2019. The title of the awarde...

Muhammad Maqbool successfully defended his doctoral thesis on 27th May 2019 at the Institute of Biomaterials. He carried out his thesis (Dr.-Ing.) under academic supervision of Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, and in collaboration with industrial partner Lucideon Ltd, (Stoke-on-Trent, UK). His project invo...