2012

The third scientific seminar of the Emerging Fields Project "TOPbiomat" was held on 18th July 2012 at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, FAU. The seminar was chaired by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials). The main topic was "Clinical aspects of tissue engineering"...

Prof. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, on 16th July. He presented the lecture "Electrophoretic Deposition: from Traditional Materials to Cells and Nanotechnology" at the Inorganic Chemistry Colloquium.

On 10-12 July we received the visit of Ms. Lidija Milkovic and Dr Morana Jaganjac of Rudjer Boskovic Institute in Zagreb (Croatia), in the framework of our DAAD funded collaborative project "Cu-Bioglass in bone regeneration strategies". Discussions took place on the advances of the project and new e...

A delegation of the Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM) in Argentina, led by the rector Prof. Dr. Carlos Ruta, visited the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) on 11th July. The delegates visited our Institute and discussed research collaborations in the field of biomaterials with Prof. A. ...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the MedTech Pharma Congress 2012, held in Nuremberg (Germany) on 4-5 July 2012. He presented a talk on "Bioactive Materials for Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges" in the Symposium Biomaterials. (Image source: Fotografie Mauer/Bayern Inn...

The 3rd scientific seminar of the Northern-Bavaria Biomaterials Alliance (NBBA) was held on 2nd July 2012 in Bayreuth, hosted by Prof. Thomas Scheibel (Chair for Biomaterials, University of Bayreuth), with participation of professors and young researchers from Würzburg, Erlangen and Bayreuth. Repres...

Dr. David McPhail, expert in surface phenomena including corrosion, oxidation, diffusion and segregation and manager of the surface analysis facility at the Department of Materials, Imperial College London, visited our Institute on 11-12 June. He discussed with Prof. Boccaccini collaborations betwee...