Month: January 2015

Professor Eva-Kathrin Sinner, Head of the Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Austria, visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 30th Jan. 2015 to present a seminar in the framework of the Emerging Fields Initiative (EFI) funded pro...

Following an invitation of Prof. S. Schmauder, chair at the Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials (IMWF), University of Stuttgart, Prof. Boccaccini visited IMWF on 29th Jan. 2015 and presented the seminar: "Composite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Progress a...

Professor Boccaccini attended the final meeting of the EU Project: "Innovative Materials Solutions for Transport, Energy and Biomedical Sectors by Strengthening Integration and Enhancing Research Dynamics of KMM-VIN" (INNVIN) in Brussels on 23rd January 2015. Our Institute is an associate member of ...

Prof. A. R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the scientific board meeting of TÜV SÜD Product Service in Munich. The title of his presentation was "Nanomaterials for medicine: progress and challenges". He also gave a seminar entitled: "The importance on biomaterials for the future of medical tech...

The kick-off meeting of the new DFG funded collaborative project "Bioadaptive Coatings on Mg Alloys" was held on 16th January at the Institute of Biomaterials. This project is a collaborative effort of the Institute of Surface Science and Corrosion of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Prof. S. V...

Prof. Boccaccini attended on 7-9 January in Oslo the kick-off meeting of the project "Nano-tailoring organo-mineral materials. Controlling strength and healing with organic molecules in mineral interfaces" (NanoHeal), which is a new European Training Network (ETN) established within Horizon 2020. Na...

Two papers co-authored by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini are included in the list of 50 Most-Cited Articles in the Journal of Biomaterials Applications The papers report the development and characterisation of Ag-doped bioactive glass coated surgical sutures. The two papers cited are: J. Pratten, et a...

The International Conference "Geopolymers: The route to eliminate waste and emissions in ceramic and cement manufacturing" will be held on May 23-29, 2015, in Hernstein, near Vienna, Austria. The main aim of this conference is to provide scientific and industrial contributions describing technical s...

One of the first EU projects with presence of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in the framework of Horizon 2020 has been awarded to the Institute of Biomaterials (Head, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini). The project CoACH is funded by the European Commission through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative...

Prof. Boccaccini will deliver the keynote lecture at the Congress of the Italian Society of Biomaterials (SIB) to be held on 3-5 June 2015 in Ancona, Italy. The title of the presentation will be: "Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering: Overview, Advances and Challenges".