The special issue of /Advanced Engineering Materials/ (vol. 22, Sept. 2020) containing a collection of papers covering research activities at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Erlangen‐Nuremberg (FAU) has been just published. The special issue was co-edited by ... Continue

On 21st September 2020 Prof. Boccaccini attended the remote meeting of the Network of Argentinean Scientists in Germany (RCAA) with authorities of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation - MinCyT of Argentina,  state secretary Dr. Diego Hurtado, and Ms Karina Pombo, national director for ... Continue

The latest progress meeting of the project “Novel Biopolymer Hydrogels for Understanding Complex Tissue Biomechanics”  funded by the “Emerging Fields Initiative, EFI”  of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with support of the Staedtler Stiftung was held remotely on 18th September 2020. The project... Continue

The latest progress meeting our international project: “Development of electrophoretic co-deposition of bioactive and antibacterial ceramics with biodegradable polymers to produce novel composite coatings for biomedical applications” was held remotely on 11th September 2020. The project has received... Continue

The Summer School on "Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics", organized by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini in the framework of the EU RISE project AMITIE ("Additive Manufacturing Initiative for Transnational Innovation in Europe"), will be held on 28-30th September on a ZOOM platform. The schedule includes ex... Continue

On 10th September, the Institute of Biomaterials held the first general (remote) meeting after the summer break with (almost) complete attendance, including senior research and teaching staff, post-doctoral researchers, PhD students, academic visitors, visiting students, technical and administrative... Continue

The regular meeting of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) was held remotely on 7th September. ESB will be present at the World Biomaterials Congress (WBC). Prof. Boccaccini serves in the ESB Council since 2017, currently as ESB vice-president and as officer (liaison) for the ... Continue

This year, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini marks 30 years of continuous membership of the German Materials Society (DGM), the largest technical society for materials science and materials engineering in Europe. Prof. Boccaccini said: "I am very proud of having been a member of DGM for 30 years. My PhD supe... Continue

On 1^st and 2^nd September, the Institute of Biomaterials took part in the initiative “Mädchen- und-Technik Praktikum 2020” at FAU aiming to attract the interest of girls on research topics related to science and technology. In our Institute, our activities were focused on “Electrospinning for wound... Continue

Following the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic we received only few international visitors this summer term. We were happy to welcome Mr William Skinner (visiting student, Imperial College London, UK), and Ms Sara Guagneli (visiting student, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy... Continue