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As part of the DAAD funded project (Greek-German Cooperation, IKYDAAD) for the development of chitosan-based antimicrobial composite hydrogels (hydrogels with bioactive glass nanoparticles) for oral wound healing, Ms. Zhiyan Xu and Ms. Hannah Kissel (PhD students) visited our colleagues at Aristotle...

In the week of 17-21 June 2024 we received the visit of our colleagues from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece: Prof. Eleanna Kontonasaki (AUTh, Dental School) and Prof. Konstantinos Chrissafis (AUTh, School of Physics). The visit was in the framework of the DAAD (Greek-German coll...

The symposium "PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE INNOVATION IN TENDON REPAIR " took place on 20th June 2024 at the FAU Institute of Biomaterials, hosted by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. This symposium was organised in the frame of the EU H2020-MCSA-ITN-EJD-2020 project P4FiT ("PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE INNOVATION I...

A new meeting of the Board of the Bioceramics Network of the European Ceramic Society (ECERS) was held online on 19th June 2024 online with participation of Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. The Bioceramics Network was established in 2022 by the European Ceramic Society and is sponsored by the JECS Trust. P...

On 18th June, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the online meeting of the Working Group "Bioceramics" (FG7) of the German Ceramic Society (DKG). The theme of the meeting was: "Dental ceramics: current situation and trends". Prof. Boccaccini was the chair of the Working Group "Ceramics in Medicine an...

We congratulate Muhammad Asim Akhtar for successfully defending his doctoral thesis titled “ADVANCES IN EPD FOR COATINGS AND SELF-STANDING STRUCTURES BASED ON BIOPOLYMERS AND BIOACTIVE GLASSES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS” on 14th June 2024. Asim carried out his doctoral project in our Institute supe...

On 13th June we received the visit of 15 students from the School of Metallurgy Engineering from Industrial University of Santander (Universidad Industrial de Santander), Colombia, coordinated by Prof. Carlos Andrés Galán Pinilla. The students attended presentations on biomaterials by Prof. A. R. Bo...

The research in progress meeting (M18) of the EU (Horizon Europe) project Nanobloc(R) (ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL & ANTIFUNGAL NANOCOATING PLATFORM) took place on 10th June 2024 online. Ms Zoya Hadzhieva (PhD student) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting. The project is coordinated by...

Several members of our Institute attended the 7th International Symposium Interface Biology of Implants (IBI), held in Warnemünde/Rostock, Germany, on 5-7 June 2024. Prof. Boccaccini was a Keynote speaker and co-chaired the session "Innovative Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration II". He presented t...

Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini was a Keynote speaker at the 7th International Symposium Interface Biology of Implants (IBI), held in Warnemünde/Rostock, Germany, on 5-7 June 2024. Prof. Boccaccini also co-chaired the session "Innovative Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration II". He presented the keynot...