2022

Prof. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the International Conference on Emerging Biomaterials for Advanced Applications (ICEBAA-2022), which was held during April 21-22, 2022 in virtual mode. The conference was jointly organised by Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu and Sibar Institute of Dent...

On 18-22 April 2022 we received the visit of Dr. Joanna Sadowska, senior post-doctoral researcher at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland. She is a member of the Tissue Engineering Research Group at RCSI, led by Prof. Fergal O'Brien. We are collaborating with Dr. Sadowska...

The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) tops the list of German universities in the category “Citations per Faculty”, according the the latest edition of the prestigious “QS World University Rankings(R)”. In this important category that indicates the impact of the research being carried out acros...

We are currently hosting three JECS Trust  fellowship holders at the Institute of Biomaterials. Dr. Monica Furko, Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Centre for Energy Research Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Hungary,  is characterizing the cytocompatibility and antibacteri...

On 8th April 2022, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the Scientific Symposium "Bioactive dental restorative materials”,  invited by Associate Professor Danijela Marović, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. The symposi...

We are pleased to have six researchers from the Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass (FunGlass), Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia, carrying out their long term research /training visits to our Institute. Dr. Germán Andrés Clavijo Mejía is working on radiopaque...

On 4-5 April 2022 we received the visit of a delegation of engineering students from Technology University of Pereira (UTP), Colombia. The visit was sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Prof. Boccaccini welcomed the visitors and introduced the teaching and research activities of...

On 30-31 March 2021, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Ms Zoya Hadzhieva and Marcela Arango-Ospina attended the second partner and “Scientific Focus Groups” (SFG) meeting of the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE) with participation of the members of the external advisory board. The meeting was ...

On 30th March 2022, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the webinar "Future of 4D printing in healthcare: AI platform for hyper-personalization and regenerative medicine", invited by Prof. Boonrat Lohwongwatana, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, and co-founder of Metic...

The first progress meeting of the EU H2020-MCSA-ITN-EJD network "Perspectives For Future Innovation in Tendon repair (P4FiT)" took place on 24th March 2022 in Groningen, NL, hosted by project coordinator Prof. Helder Santos. The PhD students on this project, Florencia Diaz, Francesco Iorio, Seyma Se...