International

On 26th July, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented an invited lecture in the framework of the Graphene CDT Advanced Technology Lectures series at the Cambridge Graphene Centre, the Research Centre on Graphene, Layered Crystals and Hybrid Nanomaterials directed by Prof. Andrea C. Ferrari at University ...

In the framework of the academic exchange program "Synergistic effects of bioactive implanted materials, trace elements and small molecules promoting bone regeneration and osseointegration under osteoporotic conditions" with the Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Edu...

In the framework of the DAAD PPP Greece project (project title: "Biodegradable osteoinductive scaffolds based on new functionalized polyesters, calcium silicate bioceramics and mesoporous nanocarriers, for bone tissue engineering"), in collaboration with the School of Dentistry, Department of Physic...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented the lecture "The behaviour of cells on a composite scaffold" in the session "Bone scaffolding and drugs" at the 1st Seminar and Meeting "Cells and Extracellular Templates (CET)", held at Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, on 20-22 June 2019. Prof. Boccaccini was a member...

On 25th June 2019, we received the visit of Prof. Thomas Fiedler, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia. We collaborate with the group of Prof. Fiedler in the field of bioactive glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering: 3D scaffolds fabricated in Erlangen are characterised...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, head of the Institute of Biomaterials, was elevated to Fellow of the European Ceramic Society and received the fellowship certificate at the XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECERS) held in Turin, Italy, on 17-20 June 2019. ECERS fellows are persons of good re...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society<https://www.ecers2019.org/>, which was held in Turin, Italy (16-20 June, 2019). Prof. Boccaccini presented the invited lecture: "MULTIFUNCTIONAL BIOACTIVE GLASSES RELEASING BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE IONS: FROM BONE ...

Our paper entitled: "Ag modified mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles for enhanced antibacterial activity in 3D infected skin model", co-authors: Kai Zheng, Preethi Balasubramanian, Thomas E.Paterson, Rene Stein, Sheila MacNeil, Sonia Fiorilli, Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Joanna Shepher and Aldo R...

Three researchers from the Research Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, are visiting our Institute. Prof. Josefina Ballarre, from the Applied Electrochemistry group, is visiting us with an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowsh...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was a visiting professor at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur - BOKU), Vienna, Austria, hosted by Professor Cornelia Kasper, Department for Biotechnology, BOKU. In the week 27th-31st May 2019, Prof. Boccaccini delivered the...