International

Dr. Chris Arts and Ms Nicole A. P. van Gestel, MSc (PhD student) from Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht UMC+ and Prof. Sandra Hofmann-Boss from Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, pictured with Dr. R. Detsch and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini...

The first review meeting of the EU project ReBioStent (Reinforced Bioresorbable Biomaterials for Therapeutic Drug Eluting Stents) took place on 15th July 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. Doctoral researcher Elena Boccardi and Prof. Boccaccini attended the meeting (pictured with ReBioStent scientific coord...

A new group of international undergraduate and graduate students has arrived to carry out internships and short-term research projects at the Institute of Biomaterials. We welcome: Amanda Maria Almeida Coco, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Ayeska M. P. Barbosa, Centro...

On 2-3 July 2015 we received the visit of Prof. Silvia N. Simison, Department of Electrochemistry and Corrosion, University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Dr. Ing. Flavio Soldera, Department of Functional Materials, University of Saarland, principal investigators, together with Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccin...

Dr. Agnieszka Piegat and Ms Agata Niemczyk (PhD student), researchers from the Polymer Institute of the West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland, (Head: Prof. Mirka El Fray) are visiting our Institute these days in the framework of our DAAD funded international project "New functio...

Prof. Boccaccini presented the lecture "Bioactive and Biodegradable Composites for Regenerative Medicine: Challenges and Perspectives" at the 20th Symposium on Composite Materials, held in Vienna, Austria on 1-3 July 2015. The symposium was organised under the auspices of the German Materials Societ...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and PhD students Preethi Balasubramanian and Valentina-Miguez Pacheco (pictured) attended the 14th International Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECERS 2015) held in Toledo, Spain, on 21-25 June 2015. Prof. Boccaccini served in the organizing committee of TOPIC 3:...

Prof. A. R. Boccaccini was one of the invited speakers at the Sigma-Tech Days 2015 in Limoges, France, on 15-18 June 2015. He participated at the Summer School "Additive Manufacturing. A new way of thinking about objects design and fabrication". Prof. Boccaccini presented the lecture: "Advances in b...