2023

We have added an electrical conductivity measuring device to expand the experimental capabilities of our laboratory. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) device will enable us to characterize electrically conductive materials in greater detail. The advantage of this device lies in its ad...

The annual meeting of the EU (Horizon Europe) project Nanobloc(R) (ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL & ANTIFUNGAL NANOCOATING PLATFORM) took place on 28th November 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. Ms Zoya Hadzhieva and Ms Faina Bider (PhD students) attended the meeting in presence. The project is coordinated by...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting of the Board of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) chaired by FEMS president Prof. Anna Zervaki, which took place in Athens and in hybrid format on 1st December 2023. Prof. Boccaccini is the representative of the German Materials Socie...

On 4 December, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini chaired a joint online workshop between Department heads and Administration staff at FunGlass Center, Trencin, Slovakia, and experts from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nürnberg (FAU): Dr. Julia Will from Institute of Biomaterials and Dr. Marco Mank f...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Dr. Rainer Detsch, and PhD students Hsuan-Heng Lu and Jonas Roeder participated in a measurement campaign at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) in the period 27th November - 3rd December 2023. This activity was in collaboration with Dr. Andre L. C Conceição, senior res...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini received a certificate of recognition by the Ambassador of Argentina in Germany, Mr Fernando Brun, during the Scientific Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany (Red de Cientificos Argentinos en Alemania), RCAA held at the Embassy of ...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been elected Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), the highest honor the global biomaterials community can bestow on outstanding biomaterials scientists, which is awarded by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (I...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini chaired the V. Scientific Symposium of the Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany Red de Cientificos Argentinos en Alemania, RCAA, and the Annual General Meeting of the RCAA, which were held in hybrid format on 27-28 November 2023. The in-presence meetings took place a...

We are hosting many international researchers, collaborators, visiting PhD students and undergraduate visiting (Erasmus) students who have chosen our Institute to carry out their research projects during the winter term 2023/2024. Our guests from 10 different countries are working on numerous biomat...

Co-organised by Dr. Martin Michálek  (Head of Department, FunGlass Center, Trencin, Slovakia and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, the 1st Biomaterials Research Day of the Department of Biomaterials at FunGlass Center was held on 24th November 2023 in hybrid form. This was a scientific symposium with presen...