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The kick-off meeting of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1540) "Exploring Brain Mechanics” was held on 17th March 2023 at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The CRC “Exploring Brain Mechanics” is carrying out research on the most complex system of organs that exists – the central nervous system...

On 21st March 2023, we received the visit of Prof. Peter Pivonka, School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. We have collaborated previously with Prof. Pivonka's team in the framework of a DAAD-Universities Australia funded project ...

The 2023 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship Holder Meeting took place on 17-20 March 2023 at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with participation of more than 450 international Master and PhD students. Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was one of the invited speakers in this event. He present...

On 16th March 2023, Prof. Bikramjit Basu, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, presented the invited talk "Biophysical stimulation of stem cells on functional biomaterials: in vitro and in silico studies" at the Institute of Biomaterials. Prof. Basu, who received the Alexander von Humboldt...

On 16th March 2023, we received the visit of Prof. Dr.Ing.-habil. Izabela Stancu, Vice Dean of Research and International Collab., Faculty of Medical Engineering and Team Leader, Advanced Polymer Materials Group (APMG), Polytechnic University of Bucharest,  and Prof. Dr.Ing.-habil. Georgeta Voicu, D...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), held in Davos, Switzerland, on 8-9 March 2023. Prof. Boccaccini serves in the ESB Council as ESB vice-president and as officer (liaison) for the ESB Young Scientists Forum (YSF). The meeting,...

We are happy to greet the many international researchers, collaborators, PhD students and undergraduate visiting (Erasmus) students who have selected our Institute to carry out their research projects at the start of 2023. Our visitors are working on many biomaterial topics, including projects on sc...

On 27-28 February 2023, Prof. Boccaccini attended the Workshop "Implantate – Wenn die Antwort in der Schicht steckt!" organized by the European Society of Thin Films e.V. (EFDS) in Tuttlingen, Germany. Prof. presented the invited talk: "Bioactive and antibacterial soft coatings by electrophoretic de...

On 23-24 February 2023 we received the visit of Prof. Hermann Seitz, Head of the Chair of Mikrofluidics, University of Rostock. Prof Seitz also visited our laboratories and discussed further collaborations with members of our Institute (pictured). We collaborate with Prof. Seitz's group in the frame...

We congratulate Vera Bednarzig for successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled “Development and characterization of a 3D printed multi-layer composite implant to improve bone regeneration in critical size defects” on 24th February 2024. Vera carried out her doctoral project in our Institute ...