2023

On 16th March 2023, Prof. Bikramjit Basu, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, presented the invited talk "Biophysical stimulation of stem cells on functional biomaterials: in vitro and in silico studies" at the Institute of Biomaterials. Prof. Basu, who received the Alexander von Humboldt...

On 16th March 2023, we received the visit of Prof. Dr.Ing.-habil. Izabela Stancu, Vice Dean of Research and International Collab., Faculty of Medical Engineering and Team Leader, Advanced Polymer Materials Group (APMG), Polytechnic University of Bucharest,  and Prof. Dr.Ing.-habil. Georgeta Voicu, D...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), held in Davos, Switzerland, on 8-9 March 2023. Prof. Boccaccini serves in the ESB Council as ESB vice-president and as officer (liaison) for the ESB Young Scientists Forum (YSF). The meeting,...

We are happy to greet the many international researchers, collaborators, PhD students and undergraduate visiting (Erasmus) students who have selected our Institute to carry out their research projects at the start of 2023. Our visitors are working on many biomaterial topics, including projects on sc...

On 27-28 February 2023, Prof. Boccaccini attended the Workshop "Implantate – Wenn die Antwort in der Schicht steckt!" organized by the European Society of Thin Films e.V. (EFDS) in Tuttlingen, Germany. Prof. presented the invited talk: "Bioactive and antibacterial soft coatings by electrophoretic de...

On 23-24 February 2023 we received the visit of Prof. Hermann Seitz, Head of the Chair of Mikrofluidics, University of Rostock. Prof Seitz also visited our laboratories and discussed further collaborations with members of our Institute (pictured). We collaborate with Prof. Seitz's group in the frame...

We congratulate Vera Bednarzig for successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled “Development and characterization of a 3D printed multi-layer composite implant to improve bone regeneration in critical size defects” on 24th February 2024. Vera carried out her doctoral project in our Institute ...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the General Assembly Meeting of the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials (KMM-VIN ), held on 21st February 2023 in Brussels. Prof. Boccaccini is the coordinator of the Working Group Biomaterials (WG3) (together with Prof. C. Hellmi...

The Indo-German Workshop BIODENT, "Design and manufacturing of biomaterials and implants for dental, cranio-maxillofacial reconstruction and bone regeneration", co-chaired by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (FAU) and Prof. Bikramjit Basu (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), was successfully held on 13...

Prof. Boccaccini attended the Poster Session 2023 of the Elite Master’s Programme "Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP)" held at the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films, FAU. In the MAP program, Prof. Boccaccini is the head of the focal subject "Biomaterials and Bioprocessing". Durin...