2019

Our paper "Favorable angiogenic properties of the borosilicate bioactive glass 0106-B1 result in enhanced in vivo osteoid formation compared to 45S5 Bioglass" has been published in Biomaterials Science . (Co-authors: F. Westhauser, B. Widholz, Q. Nawaz, S. Tsitlakidis, S. Hagmann, A. Moghaddam, A. R...

On 30th September, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini finalises his term as Spokesperson of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW), to be followed by Prof. Michael Zaiser, Head, Institute of Material Simulation (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini). Prof. Boccaccini said: "it has been an honor to...

With support of the European Commission, the new Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE) will be established in Latvia. BBCE will provide an opportunity to combine the expertise and infrastructure of internationally recognized Research Teams from Latvia, Germany and Switzerland, ensuring the...

On 18-20 September 2019 Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Mr Jonas Hazur (PhD student) attended the Werkstoffwoche 2019 conference in Dresden, Germany, a conference organised by the German Materials Society (DGM). Prof. Boccaccini was the co-organiser of two symposia, namely "Biomaterials" and "Biofabric...

The retreat of the DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC /SBF 1270) - Electrically Active Implants (ELAINE) took place on 18-20 September 2019 in Hasenwinkel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Thomas Distler (PhD student) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting and presented the latest resul...

In the framework of the DAAD PPP funded project "Biodegradable osteoinductive scaffolds based on new functionalised polyesters, calcium silicate bioceramics and mesoporous nanocarriers, for bone tissue engineering", in collaboration with the School of Dentistry, the Department of Physics and the Dep...

The Symposium "Bioactive glasses: from the laboratory to the clinic" co-organised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Prof. Delia Brauer (University of Jena) was held in the framework of the "30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials" (ESB 2019). Keynote speakers were Prof. Julian ...

A large delegation of our Institute attended the 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) held in conjuction with the 26th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Biomaterials (DGBM) in Dresden on 9-13 September 2019. Professor Boccaccini was a member of the Scientific ...

Susanne Heid, PhD student at the Institute for Biomaterials supervised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, was awarded the "Best Poster Award" of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) <http://www.esbiomaterials.eu/> at the 30`th ESB annual meeting, which took place together with the 26`th annua...

Thomas Kreller, PhD student supervised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, was awarded the prize for the Best Masters Thesis in Biomaterials 2019, which is awarded annually by the German Society for Biomaterials (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomaterialien e.V., DGBM). The thesis with the title: "Hierarchical...