Year: 2022

On 19th July, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented the invited talk: "Cincuenta Años de Vidrios Bioactivos: Desde Regeneración Osea Hasta Tratamiento de Heridas" ("50 years of bioactive glasses: from bone regeneration to wound healing") in the framework of the CaliBaja Webinars, International Year of ...

We are proud to host currently four top biomaterials scientists, holders of fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Institute of Biomaterials: Dr. Farnaz Ghorbani, post-doctoral researcher working on composite scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering, Prof. Josefina Ballarr...

The 26th International Congress on Glass (ICG2022) took place in Berlin on 3-8 July 2022. Prof. Boccaccini was a member of the scientific organizing committe and co-organised the symposium "Emerging Glass Applications and Application-related Challenges". He co-chaired the symposium "Glasses in Healt...

On 1st July, we received the visit of Prof. Rubén D. Costa, Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials, Technical University of Munich campus Straubing. We collaborated in the past with Prof. Costa on the development of Micropatterned Down-Converting Coating for White Bio-Hybrid Light-Emitting Diodes, w...

On 1st July 2022, our Institute participated at the event organised at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Glass 2022. The event was organised by Prof. D. De Ligny (Chair for Glass and Ceramics) ...

Several members of our Institute attended the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Conference 2022 (TERMIS EU 2022) held in Krakow, Poland on 28.06 - 01.07.2022. Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini presented (online) the keynote talk entitled "Bioacti...

The second DGM Regionalforum Erlangen was held on 20th June 2022 in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW) of University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with more than 60 participants. The Forum was hosted by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Prof. Mathias Goeken, Prof. Carolin Koerner and Dr. Tobia...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was a plenary speaker at the Virtual International Scientific Conference on “Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering” NanoBioMat 2022 – Summer Edition, held on 22-23 June 2022. The conference was organised by The Academy of Romanian Scientists...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) held in hybrid form, in presence in Bordeaux, France, and online, on 21-22 June 2022. Prof. Boccaccini serves in the ESB Council as ESB vice-president and as officer (liaison) for the ESB Youn...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was a keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials, held in Jurmala, Latvia, on 13-15 June 2022. Prof. Boccaccini attended remotely and presented the talk: "Bioactive glass meets biofabrication: new approaches for tissue engineering...