Month: February 2024

Lisa Schoebel, PhD student in our Institute, supervised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and carrying out a project in the framework of the DFG funded Collaborative Research Center SFB 1270/2 ELAINE - Electrically Active Implants has started a research internship at the Shriram Center for Bioengineering ...

The retreat of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW Department) of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg took place on 22-23 February 2024 in Fürth (Bavaria). Prof. Boccaccini attended the meeting representing the FAU Institute of Biomaterials, the Chair VII (WW7) of the WW Departm...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the General Assembly Meeting of the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials (KMM-VIN ), which was held on 21st February 2024 in Brussels. Prof. Boccaccini is a founding member of KMM-VIN and he has been the coordinator of the Working ...

During the first half of 2024 we are hosting three researchers from the Department of Biomaterials of FunGlass Centre, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia, including Mr Ertugrul Varlik, PhD student co-supervised by Dr. Ing. Martin Michálek (FunGlass) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (FAU). ...

In the framework of the seminar series "Advances in Biomaterials", Dr. Alexander B. Tesler, Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion, FAU, presented the invited talk:  "Non-Wettable Ultra Slippery Metallic Surfaces for Biofouling- and Corrosion-Resistance Applications" on 15th February 2024. We d...

Many international researchers, visiting PhD students and undergraduate (Erasmus) students have chosen our Institute to carry out their research projects during the winter of 2024. Our guests from 10 different countries are working on numerous biomaterial related projects, including: 3D bioprinting,...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini chaired the first meeting of the year of the Board of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), which took place online on 12th February 2024. Prof. Boccaccini is the president of FEMS for the period 2024-2025 and represents the German Materials Society (DGM) in...

The 1st Update Meeting of the Collaborative Research Centre CRC /SFB 1540 “Exploring Brain Mechanics” took place on 9th February 2024 at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen. Markus Lorke (PhD student on the project) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting. Markus Lork...

Following the publication of the interesting article "Tinten für die Biofabrikation – Druckbarkeit vs. Biokompatibilität?" (authors: Sonja Kuth, Markus Lorke, Renato Firschknecht, Aldo R. Boccaccini) in BIOspektrum, a Life Science journal of Springer-Verlag, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was interviewed ...

On 8th February, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini visited the FAU Faculty of Medicine, Dental Clinic-3, Orthodontics led by Prof. Lina Gölz. There are expanding opportunities for collaboration in the field of bioactive and composite materials in this field of dentistry, and plans for joint supervision of st...