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Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini chaired the first meeting of the year of the Board of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), which took place online on 12th February 2024. Prof. Boccaccini is the president of FEMS for the period 2024-2025 and represents the German Materials Society (DGM) in...

The 1st Update Meeting of the Collaborative Research Centre CRC /SFB 1540 “Exploring Brain Mechanics” took place on 9th February 2024 at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen. Markus Lorke (PhD student on the project) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the meeting. Markus Lork...

Following the publication of the interesting article "Tinten für die Biofabrikation – Druckbarkeit vs. Biokompatibilität?" (authors: Sonja Kuth, Markus Lorke, Renato Firschknecht, Aldo R. Boccaccini) in BIOspektrum, a Life Science journal of Springer-Verlag, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was interviewed ...

On 8th February, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini visited the FAU Faculty of Medicine, Dental Clinic-3, Orthodontics led by Prof. Lina Gölz. There are expanding opportunities for collaboration in the field of bioactive and composite materials in this field of dentistry, and plans for joint supervision of st...

At the Poster Session 2024 of the Master’s Programme “Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP)” held on 1st February 2024 at the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films, FAU, Ms Andrada Damian-Buda (MAP Master student) received the MAP Best Student Award 2024. The award is given for the high...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the Poster Session 2024 of the Elite Master’s Programme “Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP)” held on 1st February 2024 at the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films, FAU. In the MAP program, Prof. Boccaccini is the Head of the focal subject “Biomateri...

At the Poster Session 2024 of the Master’s Programme Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP) held on 1st February 2024 at the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films, FAU, Ms Aleksandra Klassa (MAP Master student) was the winner of the award for best student poster. The research project (mi...

On 1st February, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented an invited talk at the "Research Day" of the FAU Research Center "New Bioactive Compounds" (FAU NeW) at the Faculty of Sciences, FAU. Prof. Boccaccini, NeW member, presented the talk: "Bioactive Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: P...

The Winter School 2024 of the EU H2020-MCSA-ITN-EJD-2020 project PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE INNOVATION IN TENDON REPAIR” (P4FIT) took place in Seefeld, Austria, on 17-20 January 2024, organized by Prof.  Johannes Stöckl Medical University of Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with Prof. Helder Santos (P...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini marks 30 years of continuous membership of the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG). He started his membership in 1993 when he was a doctoral student at RWTH Aachen (Germany). Prof. Boccaccini said: “Over the years I have participated in numerous activities organised by ...