International

On 24th November 2015 we received the visit of Dr. Annabel Braem, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Materials Engineering (MTM), KU Leuven, Belgium. Dr. Braem is currently visiting the Institute of Surface Science and Corrosion at FAU, Prof. S. Virtanen. Dr. Braem has carried out extensi...

On 9th November 2015 we received the visit of Dr. Bernard Chenevier, Support Unit for Strategic Programs, Okayama University, Japan. We discussed collaborations between the Institute of Biomaterials, the FAU Institute of Particle Technology (represented by Prof. R. Klupp-Taylor, Prof. N. Vogel, Dr. ...

Following an invitation of Prof. Aleš Helebrant and Dr. Dana Rohanova, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented on 2nd November 2015, the guest lecture "Bioactive Materials and Biofabrication in Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges" at the Department of Glass and Ceramics, University of Chemistry a...

The 1st NanoHeal Network Meeting and NanoHeal School were held on 19th - 23rd October 2015 in Lyon, France, hosted by University of Lyon in cooperation with the University of Oslo (UiO) (NanoHeal Network coordinator). The main theme of NanoHeal Network is: "Nano-tailoring organo-mineral materials - ...

Prof. Boccaccini was one of the invited speakers at the International Bone Tissue Engineering Congress, bone-tec 2015, held in Stuttgart, Germany, on 8-10 October 2015. The conference was chaired by Prof. Katja Schenke-Layland (Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, IGB,...

In the framework of the I.DEAR program we are hosting three Master students from University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Argentina. Agustina Massone, Luciano Fissore and Joan Gagliardo (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini) will work on research projects in the field of electrospun biopolymer fibres, bioacti...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2015) in Warsaw, Poland, September 20 – 24, 2015. He was the coordinator of topic F2: Tissue Engineering; Regenerative Medicine; Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery within Area F (Biomateri...