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Welcome to the website of the Institute of Biomaterials, seventh Institute of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
The Institute of Biomaterials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg started teaching and research activities on 1st October 2009 with the appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Aldo R. Boccaccini (formerly at Imperial College London, UK), as Professor and Head of the Institute of Biomaterials.
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Our Research Unit FOR 5657 "BioAntiFatigue", funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – German Research Foundation, gathered in Berlin on 9-10 December 2025 to discuss recent progress and future directions of the collaborative work on fatigue-resistant biological and bioinspired materials...
The progress meeting (M36) of the EU (Horizon Europe) project Nanobloc(R) (ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL & ANTIFUNGAL NANOCOATING PLATFORM) took place on 9-10th December 2025. Dr. Zoya Hadzhieva and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting in person in Vagos, Aveiro (Portugal) and online, respec...
The End-of-Year Meeting and Christmas Dinner of the Institute of Biomaterials were held on 11 December 2025. Permanent staff, PhD students, postdocs, undergraduate students, academic visitors, and guests attended the event. Prof. Boccaccini gave a presentation summarizing the main achievements and a...
