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Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) held in hybrid form, in presence in Bordeaux, France, and online, on 21-22 June 2022. Prof. Boccaccini serves in the ESB Council as ESB vice-president and as officer (liaison) for the ESB Youn...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was a keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials, held in Jurmala, Latvia, on 13-15 June 2022. Prof. Boccaccini attended remotely and presented the talk: "Bioactive glass meets biofabrication: new approaches for tissue engineering...

The first annual meeting (in presence) of the EU H2020-MCSA-ITN-EJD-2020 project PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE INNOVATION IN TENDON REPAIR" (P4FIT) took place in Paestum, Italy, on 8-10 June 2022, organized by Prof. Giovanna Della Porta, University of Salerno. All Early Career Researchers (PhD students) p...

On 6-8 June 2022, our Institute hosted in Erlangen two Workshops in the framework of our training activities for researchers based at the Baltic Biomaterials Center of Excellence (BBCE), in Riga, Latvia, the EU funded project (Horizon 2020, grant agreement No 857287). The titles of the workshops wer...

As part of the activities to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Glass 2022 (IYoG 2022) in Erlangen, our Institute is in charge of the display window in the Erlangen city centre at the Optikmeisterei on Neustädter Kirchenplatz in June. The window is dedicated to different topics aroun...

Florencia Diaz, PhD student at the FAU Institute of Biomaterials, won the ‘Best Poster’ Award at the Final Achilles Conference "Tendon Regeneration: a throwback to the lessons learned and prospects to the future", which was held in person on May 25th – 27th, 2022, in Guimaraes, Portugal. She present...

The latest research in progress meeting of the international project “Development and characterization of drug free bioactive glass nanoparticles for biomedical applications” funded by the British Council under the Pakistan-UK Education Gateway scheme took place online on 23rd May 2022. There were p...

  The degree of Honorary Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Turku, Finland. The Honorary Doctor degree is in recognition of his successful research in biomaterials and his collaboration with Åbo Akademi University. Specifically...

On 21st May, our Institute participated actively at the Long Night of the Sciences in Erlangen. We presented a stand entitled: “Jelly, gummy bears and joints: a journey through the world of biomedical materials". In particular, we demonstrated the advances of 3D printing of biomaterials. Implants an...

On 16-17 May 2022, our Institute hosted the Workshop "Leadership Training, Project Management, Conflict Management, Negotiation, Communication" in the framework of our training activities for researchers based at the Baltic Biomaterials Center of Excellence (BBCE), in Riga, Latvia, the EU funded pro...