January 2017 › Institute of Biomaterials

Prof. Boccaccini visits University of Rostock

On 26-27 Jan. 2017 Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini visited the University of Rostock. We plan collaboration with the research group of Prof. Hermann Seitz, Chair of Fluid Technology and Microfluidics (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini), in the field of additive manufacturing and characterisation of 3D sca...

“Jung DGM Erlangen-Nuremberg” organized Materials Science Colloquium

Motivated by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Head, Institute of Biomaterials), the Erlangen branch of the Young Members Section of the German Materials Society (DGM) ("Jung-DGM Erlangen-Nuremberg") was founded in November 2016. The current speaker of the Jung-DGM Erlangen-Nuremberg is Ms Svenja Heise ...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini interviewed at German Materials Society (DGM)

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was interviewed by Ms Theresa Hanemann (Jung-DGM Karlsruhe) at the MSE conference held in Darmstadt in September last year, organized by the German Materials Society (DGM). Prof. Boccaccini speaks about his activities in the DGM, having been a member of DGM for more than 20 ...

Highly cited review papers

Some of our publications (review papers) are listed as "highly cited" in Elsevier journals (considering papers published since 2012). These are for example: Highly cited in: Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science Magnesium-containing bioactive polycrystalline silicate-based ceram...

New international projects at the Institute of Biomaterials

The Institute of Biomaterials (LS Biomaterialien, WW7) has been awarded a number of international research projects in 2017. In addition to being an international partner in the project "Development of nano-scale artificial magnetic lattice (AML) and application for controlling light and electromagn...

Prof. Uwe Gbureck, Univ. Hospital Würzburg, visits the Institute of Biomaterials

Prof. Uwe Gbureck, Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 17th January 2017. We discussed with Prof. Gbureck collaboration in the field of biomaterials for bone regeneration, in particular following our co...

Prof. Boccaccini, session chair at German Glass Society Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting 2017 of the German Glass Society (DGG) will be held in Weimar, Germany, on 29 – 31 May 2017. The program includes several sessions devoted to glass science and glass technology. Prof. Boccaccini serves as co-chair of session S4: "Glasses in Healthcare" together with Prof. Delia Br...

Prof. Boccaccini, invited lecturer at Waldkrankenhaus Erlangen

On 16th January 2017, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented an invited lecture entitled: "Biointerfaces in Bone Regeneration Applications" at Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien Erlangen, following an invitation of Dr. med. Stefan M. Sesselmann, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nurember...

Bioadaptive Coatings on Mg Alloys: DFG project meetings in Regensburg and Berlin

Two meetings of the DFG funded project "Bioadaptive Coatings on Mg Alloys" were held in January. On 10th January the meeting took place at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg (OTH Regensburg), hosted by Prof. Helga Hornberger (former at FAU). The second project meeting took place on 13th ...

Prof. Stephan Wolf visits the Institute of Biomaterials

On 12th January 2017 we received the visit of Prof. Stephan Wolf, Junior professor for Biomimetic Materials and Processes at the Institute for Glass and Ceramics, FAU. Prof. Wolf presented the lecture: "Nature doesn’t follow text books: nonclassical crystallization pathways in biomineralization". We...

Month: January 2017