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On 16th Jan. 2020 we received the visit of Prof. Jan Hansmann, from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt,  Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology and University of Würzburg. We are collaborating with Prof. Hansmann in ...

Prof. Boccaccini attended the regular meeting of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB)held on 13th January in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. The latest Newsletter of the Council has been recently sent to all ESB members with a reminder of nominations for the ESB awards 2020. This y...

A series of papers from our Institute focusing on bioactive and antibacterial coatings have been recently published. These include: a work in collaboration with Prof. J. Ballarre (A. von Humboldt Foundation fellow), from INTEMA , University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, on silica-gentamicin-chitosan ...

Several papers from our Institute have been included in the list of "Most Cited" papers published since 2017 in the respective journals, according to the data base SCOPUS. These include: Regenerating bone with bioactive glass scaffolds: A review of in vivo studies in bone defect models Act...

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 was held at the Institute of Biomaterials on 20 December 2019, hosted by Prof. Aldo R. Boccacc...

Prof. Boccaccini visited Imperial College London on 16-17 December 2019. Prof. Boccaccini is a visiting professor in the Department of Materials at Imperial College since 2009, since he moved from Imperial to take the position of Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at University of Erlangen-Nuremb...

We congratulate Diana Ayala Valderrama who completed her PhD studies at Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, Departament Boyacá, Colombia, under supervision of Prof. Jairo Alberto Gomez Cuaspud. Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was the co-supervisor of the thesis, entitled: "Design of glass...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the 21st Annual White Rose Work in Progress Meeting, held at the University of York on 16 December 2019. The Meeting was hosted by Prof. Jennifer Southgate (Biology) and Dr. Chris Spicer (Chemistry), University of York, and included presentations of...

The final meeting and party of the Institute of Biomaterials was held on 10th December 2019 with the presence of staff, students and visitors. Prof. Boccaccini summarized in his presentation the main achievements and activities of the Institute in 2019 highlighting the high success in terms of acqui...

In the framework of our DAAD funded IKYDA project "Biodegradable osteoinductive scaffolds based on new functionalised polyesters, calcium silicate bioceramics and mesoporous nanocarriers, for bone tissue engineering”, in collaboration with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) , Greece, we rec...