2012

Two new books co-edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini

20th December 2012 Category: 2012, News, Veröffentlichungen

Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanomaterials Edited by J. H. Dickerson and A. R. Boccaccini, Springer (2012), ISBN 978-1-4419-9690-9 This book is the first and only reference highlighting the basic research, materials science and engineering of the electrophoretic deposition of nanomaterials prov...

Prof. A. R. Boccaccini: Editorial Board Member of BioNanoMaterials

19th December 2012 Category: 2012, News

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been appointed member of the Editorial Board of the Journal BioNanoMaterials. BNM is a multidisciplinary journal published by DeGruyter which addresses publications with impact in areas of biology, medicine, chemistry and physics. The journal is associated with the Germa...

Visit from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

18th December 2012 Category: 2012, Besucher, International, News

Ms. Maria Nerantzaki, Master student of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT), Chemistry Department, Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Greece, visited out Institute. This visit took place in the framework of our DAAD funded project: "Novel bionanocomposites for bone tissue enginee...

TOPbiomat project celebrates one year

18th December 2012 Category: 2012, EFI, News

The Emerging Fields project TOPbiomat coordinated by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini celebrated one year of successful collaboration with the end-of-year meeting on 18th December. A total of 25 researchers are now working in the framework of this Emerging Fields Initiative funded project including academics,...

Visit from Dr Tim Douglas

17th December 2012 Category: 2012, Besucher, News

Dr Tim Douglas, a research associate at the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Gent (Belgium) visited our Institute on 17th December. We discussed collaborations in the field of nanocomposites for tissue engineering based on bioactive glass nanoparticles incorporated in soft matrices. I...

Visit of Dr F. Ollila, BonAlive Biomaterials Ltd

12th December 2012 Category: 2012, Besucher, News

Dr Fredrik Ollila, (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini), Chief Executive Officer of BonAlive Biomaterials Ltd., visited our Institute on 12th December 2012 to discuss the on-going collaboration in the field of bioactive glasses for bone tissue regeneration. BonAlive Biomaterials Ltd. is based in Turku, ...

Emerging Fields Lecture: TOPbiomat

3rd December 2012 Category: 2012, EFI, News, Vorträge

On 3rd December 2012, Prof. A. R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials) and Prof. R. Horch (Chair for Plastic and Hand Surgery) presented the Emerging Fields project "TOPbiomat" in the framework of the Emerging Fields Lectures Series of our University. Prof. Heike Walles of the Unversity of Würzbur...

Special Issue: “Materials for Healthcare Applications, EUROMAT 2011” published in Biomedical Materials

30th November 2012 Category: 2012, News, Veröffentlichungen

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini together with Prof. J. Mano (University of Minho, Portugal), Dr. A. del Campo (MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany) and Dr E. Verne (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy) have guest edited the special section "Materials for Healthcare Applications Symposium, EUROMAT 2011" in the...

COST Action “NAMABIO”: Dr T. Moskalewicz visits the Institute of Biomaterials

30th November 2012 Category: 2012, Besucher, News

Dr Tomasz Moskalewicz, senior research scientist and lecturer at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow (Poland), visited our Institute on 19-30 November 2012 in the framework of a Short Term Scientific Mission under COST Action MP1005 "From nano to macro biomaterials (design, processing...

4th Scientific Seminar of the “North-Bavaria Biomaterials Alliance (NBBA)

28th November 2012 Category: 2012, NBBA, News

The 4th scientific seminar of the North-Bavaria Biomaterials Alliance (NBBA) was held on 27th November 2012 at the Institute of Biomaterials, hosted by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, with participation of professors and young researchers from Würzburg, Erlangen and Bayreuth. Representing the Erlangen Ins...