The “Long Night of the Sciences” Nuremberg-Fuerth-Erlangen

Prof. Boccaccini bei der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften

Dr. Julia Will and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini participated at the “Long Night of the Sciences – Nuremberg-Fuerth-Erlangen” which took place on 24th October 2015. Dr. Julia Will presented the lecture (in German): “How to mend a broken heart ” in which she introduced to a large audience present in the main lecture theater of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at FAU the latest developments in the field of biodegradable patches for cardiac tissue regeneration according to recent results achieved at the Institute of Biomaterials [1]. (Click images to enlarge)

[1] Rai, R., et al., Bioactive Electrospun Fibers of Poly (glycerol sebacate) and Poly(ε-caprolactone) for Cardiac Patch Application, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 4 (2015) 2012–2025.