Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence: progress (online) meeting
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr. Liliana Liverani attended the meeting of the partners of the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE), which was held online, hosted by project coordinator Prof. Janis Locs (Riga Technical University) on 16th October 2020. The project´s main objective is to establish a joint Centre of Excellence for advanced biomaterials development based on the long-term strategic cooperation between AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland (ARI) and Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (FAU) on the one hand and four Latvian research institutions, including Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga Stradins University (RSU) and RSU Institute of Stomatology. The FAU Institute of Biomaterials, as advanced partner of BBCE is in charge of the training of research staff of BBCE and will accompany and support the development of the centre with focus on bioactive materials for bone tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. BBCE has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation scheme.
