2011

The Sino-German Symposium on "Multifunctional Biomaterials and Polymer-based Controlled Drug Release Systems" was held at the Centre for Biomaterial Development, Helmoltz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Campus Teltow, on October 26-30, 2011. The Symposium was chaired by Prof. Andreas Lendlein (HZG) and Pr...

Our institute established a new laboratory for Materials Science and Engineering and Nanotechnology students of our University. The experiments demonstrate the application of the electrophoretic deposition technique to develop homogeneous coatings for biomedical applications and is designed to provi...

The 1st Meeting of the "Northern Bavarian Initiative for Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine" was held on 25th October 2011 at the University of Bayreuth, hostes by Prof. T. Scheibel, with participation of researchers working in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medic...

In the framework of the Quebec-Bavaria Collaboration on "Nanocomposite biomaterials for bone regeneration" Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and PhD student Alexander Hoppe (in the photo with Prof. Nazhat and students of McGill University) visited recently the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Mc...

Prof. Boccaccini was one of the co-organisers of the Symposium on Fibers, Foams and Composites, in honor of Prof. K. K. Chawla (University of Alabama, at Birmingham, USA) held at the Materials Science and Technology (MST 2011) conference in Columbus, OH, USA on 15-20th October 2011. In the picture ...

Professor A. R. Boccaccini presented the John F. McMahon 2011 Award Lecture at the Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, NY, USA, on 13th October 2011. Sponsored by the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, the annual invited lecture recognizes a renowned expert in m...

In the framework of a visiting fellowship awarded by the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials (KMM-VIN), Dipl.-Ing. Jasmin Hum visits in the period October-December 2011, the Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures at the Vienna University of Technology...