Inaugural Lecture – Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini

Prof. S. Braslavsky und Prof. Boccaccini auf den Weihnachtsmarkt in Erlangen

Professor Boccaccini’s Inaugural Lecture at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, hosted by the School of Engineering (Technische Fakultät), was presented on 10th December 2010 with the participation of more than 100 faculty colleagues, students and collaborators. The faculty principal, Prof. Reinhard German, and the President of the University, Professor Karl-Dieter Grüske, attended the event, in which also Prof. R. N. Klupp Taylor (Particle Technology ) and Prof. O. Friedrich (Medical Biotechnology) presented their Inaugural lectures. Prof. Boccaccini introduced his research activities in the broad field of bioactive materials for tissue engineering in a lecture with the title: “Can we persuade the body to heal itself? The biomaterials answer”.