Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, scientific coordinator of the Network of Argentinean Scientists in Germany (RCAA), attended the seminar of the International Academy of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on 12-13 April 2021. With Dr. Flavio Soldera, University of Saarland, he introduced the activi... Continue

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was one of the invited speakers at the ACerS (American Ceramic Society)-MRS (Materials Research Society) Bioceramics Virtual Workshop "Potential and Challenges in Bioceramics – From Fundamental Research to Clinical Translation", held on 7-8 April 2021. Prof. Boccaccini prese... Continue

Our review paper entitled "Poly(Glycerol Sebacate) in Biomedical Applications—A Review of the Recent Literature" (authors: Lena Vogt, Florian Ruther, Sahar Salehi (Univ. of Bayreuth) and Aldo R. Boccaccini) has been just published in the journal Adv. Healthcare Materials [1]. In this review (open ac... Continue

On 25th March 2021, Prof. Chiara E. Ghezzi,  Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, presented the invited seminar at the Institute of Biomaterials, entitled: "Advanced systems for corneal tissue engineering". More than 70 members of our Institute and collabora... Continue

On 22-23 March 2021, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr. Liliana Liverani hosted the first (online) partner and "Scientific Focus Groups" (SFG) meeting of the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE) with participation of the members of the external advisory board. More than 70 participants atte... Continue

Two new studies have been recently published in the context of our research activities in the DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1270 ELAINE [1, 2]. Electroconductive hydrogels for Tissue Engineering In a joint effort with the University of Rostock, in this paper (first author: Thomas ... Continue

The latest Research in Progress meeting of our DFG  funded project "Ion enriched bioactive glasses for stimulation of bone formation in vitro and in vivo", a collaborative research effort with the research group of Dr. Fabian Westhauser, Clinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg Universi... Continue

On 11th March 2021, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr. Liliana Liverani met collegues of Riga Technical University, Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials innovations and development centre (Lavtia), Prof. Janis Locs, Prof. Dagnija Loca and  Dr. Arita Dubnika, partners in the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of ... Continue

The kick-off meeting of the international project “Development and characterization of drug free bioactive glass nanoparticles for biomedical applications” funded by the British Council  under the Pakistan-UK Education Gateway scheme took place online on 5th March 2021. There were presentations of t... Continue

Early this month, the *QS World University Rankings® 2021*  was published, which features 1,029 of the most prestigious universities in the world, ranked based on a methodology, which assesses each institution on six metrics, including its reputation amongst academics and employers. Our University a... Continue