International

Prof. Boccaccini visited several institutions during his stay in San Rafael, Argentina. He visited the Regional Faculty of Universidad Tecnologica Nacional where he talked to undergraduate engineering students about his research activities in the field of biomaterials. He also held meetings with col...

Prof. Ilaria Cacciotti, of University Niccolo Cusano, Rome, Italy, visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 28-29 July 2015. Prof. Cacciotti conducts research in the field of biomaterials, including bioactive glasses. Prof. Boccaccini has initiated an ERASMUS exchange program between the Engineering...

Dr. Begoña Ferrari, Tenured Scientist at Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV), CSIC, Madrid, Spain, visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 27-29 July 2015. Dr. Ferrari leads a research program on Colloidal Processing at ICV, including broad research activities in the field of electrophoretic depos...

Dr. Chris Arts and Ms Nicole A. P. van Gestel, MSc (PhD student) from Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht UMC+ and Prof. Sandra Hofmann-Boss from Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, pictured with Dr. R. Detsch and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini...

The first review meeting of the EU project ReBioStent (Reinforced Bioresorbable Biomaterials for Therapeutic Drug Eluting Stents) took place on 15th July 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. Doctoral researcher Elena Boccardi and Prof. Boccaccini attended the meeting (pictured with ReBioStent scientific coord...

A new group of international undergraduate and graduate students has arrived to carry out internships and short-term research projects at the Institute of Biomaterials. We welcome: Amanda Maria Almeida Coco, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Ayeska M. P. Barbosa, Centro...

On 2-3 July 2015 we received the visit of Prof. Silvia N. Simison, Department of Electrochemistry and Corrosion, University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Dr. Ing. Flavio Soldera, Department of Functional Materials, University of Saarland, principal investigators, together with Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccin...