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Two new books co-edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini

Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanomaterials
Edited by J. H. Dickerson and A. R. Boccaccini, Springer (2012), ISBN 978-1-4419-9690-9

This book is the first and only reference highlighting the basic research, materials science and engineering of the electrophoretic deposition of nanomaterials providing a comprehensive overview of contemporary bacis research, emerging technology and commercial and industrial applications associated with the electrophoretic deposition of nanomaterials.

Myocardial Tissue Engineering
Edited by A. R. Boccaccini and S. E. Harding, Springer (2012), ISBN 978-3-645-18055-2

This book, which contains chapters written by leading experts in the field of myocardial tissue engineering (MTE), gives a complete analysis and presents the latest advances in the field. The chapters cover all relevant aspects of MTE strategies, including cell sources, specific TE techniques and biomaterials used. The book also cnsiders a complete range of biomaterials, examining different aspects of their application in MTE, such as biocompatibility with cardiac cells, mechanical capability and compatibility with the mechanical properties of the native myocardium as well as degradation behaviour in vivo and in vitro.

• 3^rd International Conference "Strategies in Tissue Engineering" (Würzburg, Germany, May 23-25, 2012)
• Advanced School on "SKELETAL TISSUE ENGINEERING MECHANICS, WITH LINKS TO BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND MEDICINE"
  International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy, September 17 - 21, 2012
• Prof. Boccaccini was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Materials Letters
  

May 2012

• Prof. Boccaccini visits Jozef Stefan institute, Slovenia
  In the framework of a Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) of the COST Action MP1005: "From nano to macro biomaterials (design, processing, characterization, modeling) and applications to stem cells regenerative orthopedic and dental medicine (NAMABIO)" Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini visited the Department for Nanostructured Materials at Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia on 6-12 May 2012. He presented the invited lecture: "Advances in the Applications of Bioactive Glasses in Tissue Engineering". Discussions about new research projects and collaborations were also held with Professor Sasa Novak and Prof. Spomenka Kobe (Head of Department; pictured with Prof. Boccaccini).
  
  
  
  

• Prof. Boccaccini: invited speaker at MedTech Pharma 2012
  Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini will be an invited speaker at the Congress: MedTech Pharma 2012 to be held in Nuremberg on 4-5 July 2012.
  Professor Boccaccini will speak in the "Biomaterials" session on: "Bioactive Materials for Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges"
  This international congress is organised by the Forum MedTech Pharma e.V. and attracts researchers from industry and academia as well as manufacturers, suppliers and clinical users from both the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. It is one of the most important events for the healthcare industry.

• Visit of Prof. I. Dlouhy (Czech Academy of Sciences)
  In the framework of our EU funded GLACERCO project, on 4^th May 2012, we received the visit of Prof. Ivo Dlouhy and Mr. Luca Bertolla (PhD student) of the Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno (Czech Republic), who are collaborating with our Institute in one of the subprojects of GLACERCO related to the measurement of the mechanical properties of bioactive glass and composite scaffolds. Further collaboration is planned which will involve the analysis of fracture mechanisms of polymer coated scaffolds under compressive loads.
  
  In the photo: Mr Luca Bertolla, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Prof. I. Dlouhy.
  
  
  
• Visit from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  In the framework of our DAAD funded collaborative project with the Chemistry Department, Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece) on "Novel bionanocomposites for bone tissue engineering", Profs. D. Bikiaris, E. Pavlidou and C. Chrissafis visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 2-4 May 2012. The research collaboration involves exchange of senior and young researchers between Erlangen and Thessalonikki during the 2 year project, investigating the processing, bioactivity and bone cell response of a new family of bionanocomposites.
  In the image (left to right): Dr. Julia Will (Erlangen), Prof. E. Pavlidou (Thessaloniki), Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Erlangen), Prof. D. Bikiaris (Thessaloniki) and Prof. C. Chrissafis (Thessaloniki).
  
  
• Professor Boccaccini: Chairman of BioMed 2013
  Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini, head of the Institute of Biomaterials, was elected chairman of the international conference BioMed 2013 (10^th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering), to be held on February 13-15, 2013 in Innsbruck (Austria). The conference is sponsored by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED). Dr R. Detsch will be organizing a focused session on "Rapid prototyping technologies in Tissue Engineering" at the BioMed 2013 conference.
  

April 2012

• 2^nd NBBA Seminar in Würzburg
  The 2^nd scientific seminar of the Nord-Bavarian Biomaterials Alliance (NBBA) was held on 17^th April 2012 in Würzburg, hosted by Prof. Jürgen Groll (Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry ), University of Würzburg, with participation of professors and young researchers from Würzburg, Erlangen and Bayreuth. Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini delivers a lecture on "Biomaterials research in Erlangen" while Ms Leonie Strobel (Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen) talked about "Generation of bioartificial bone substitutes".
  The complete program of the seminar is available here.
  In the photo, Profs. Groll (Würzburg), Boccaccini (Erlangen) and Scheibel (Bayreuth).
  The next NBBA seminar will take place in July 2012 in Bayreuth.
  
  
• Visit of researchers from VITO, Belgium
  On 16^th April, we received the visit of Dr Steven Mullens, researcher at VITO, Mol in Belgium, and Mr. V. Ozhukil Kollath, who are collaborating on a project focusing on electrophoretic deposition of bioactive coatings also with Prof. R. Cloots, University of Liege in Belgium. The collaboration with our Institute will include the optimization of the EPD technique to deposit soft polymer-inorganic filler coatings for orthopaedic applications.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1^st Seminar of Emerging Field Project: TopBiomat
  The first scientific seminar of the Emerging Fields Project "TopBiomat" was held on 28^th March 2012 at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, FAU. The seminar was chaired by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials). The main topic was "Protein based Biomaterials" with presentations by Prof. U. Sonnewald, Division of Biochemistry, FAU, Prof. Tim Clark, Computer Chemistry Center, FAU, Prof. B. Fabry, Center for Medical Physics and Technology, FAU, and Prof. N. Tirelli, School of Biomedicine and the School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK. The complete program is available here.
  
  
  
• Initial Training Network (ITN) (BIOBONE): Bioceramics for Bone Repair
  A new Initial Training Network (ITN) funded by the EU has been awarded in the field of Bioceramics for Bone Repair (BIOBONE) to a consortium with participation of our Institute. The total Funding awarded is: 3 700 000 €.
  The coordinating institution is Imperial College London (UK), where Prof. Boccaccini is also a visiting professor. The project coordinator is Prof. E. Saiz. The kick-off meeting was held at Imperial College in early March. The project has a 4 year duration. The project will offer multidisciplinary research training for young researchers in the field of bioceramics, bioactive glasses and composites for bone repair, which includes the development of ZrO₂-based materials for orthopedic applications, CaP and bioactive glass scaffolds for bone regeneration as well as composites and nanohybrids, in collaboration with industry and universities. The scientific goals are to develop advanced knowledge on a range of bioceramics, bioactive glasses, hybrids and composites focusing on i) new processing strategies, ii) biodegradation understanding and optimization, and iii) cell-material interactions. The multi-disciplinary characteristic is reflected in the constitution of the consortium, which includes six academic partners, from universities and research centres, and four industry partners, from six countries (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland), all of them with outstanding expertise in bioceramics and/or bioactive glasses and composites.
  The Institute of Biomaterials (Prof. Boccaccini) will be mainly involved in the development of novel bioactive glass scaffolds with added functionalities and ion release capability for bone regeneration.  The projects at our Institute involve the investigation of novel scaffold architectures and new surface functionalisation techniques. The focus will be on the processing methods for these scaffolds, the study of the mechanical properties, degradation behavior and cell-material interactions, which will lead to a new family of bioactive glasses with advanced functionalities for bone tissue engineering.

March 2012

• Materials Science and Engineering Expert Committee

  Prof. Boccaccini was one of the invited participants at the workshop "Future Materials and Challenges" organised by the Materials Science and Engineering Expert Committee (MatSEEC) of the European Science Foundation, held in Leuven (Belgium), on 26-27 March 2012. Prof. Boccaccini represented the research area "Biomaterials".
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Visit of Prof. Nicola Tirelli of University of Manchester, UK
  Professor Nicola Tirelli, Professor of Polymers and Biomaterials at the School of Biomedicine and the School of Materials, University of Manchester (UK), visited our Institute on 27-28 March 2012. He discussed with Dr. R. Detsch and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini areas of common research interest in the field of biopolymer encapsulation of bioactive molecules and cells, which are relevant for the current TOPbiomat (Emerging Field Iniative) project "Bioactive materials, cell and tissue printing: New therapeutic approaches for organ level tissue engineering and regenerative medicine". Professor Tirelli also presented the talk "Cell interactions of hyaluronic acid constructs" at the 1^st Scientific Seminar of the TOPbiomat project.

• Visit of scientists from Boskovic Institute (Croatia)

  On 21-23 March we received the visit of Prof. Neven Zarkovic and Ms. Lidija Milkovic of Rudjer Boskovic Institute in Zagreb (Croatia), in the framework of our DAAD funded collaborative project "Cu-Bioglass in bone regeneration strategies".
  Discussions took place on the advances of the project and new experiments in Erlangen and Zagreb were planned. The research focuses on the development and characterisation of Cu-containing bioactive glasses and the investigation of osteoblast cell growth in contact with such novel silicate glass compositions. Dipl.-Ing. A. Hoppe, Dr.-Ing. R. Detsch and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini will visit Rudjer Boskovic Institute later in 2012.
  
  

• Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany

  Prof. Boccaccini attended the meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany (Red de Cientificos Argentinos en Alemania, RCAA) which was held on 16^th March 2012 at the Argentinean Embassy in Berlin. The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador of Argentina to the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Victorio Taccetti.
  Prof. Boccaccini is the representative of the area "Engineering" in the Advisory Committee of RCAA.
  
  
  
  

• Cooperation on Biomaterials with Argentina
  A new project "Design and development of novel matrices for tissue engineering and/or drug delivery for pathologies of high social and economic impact" led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, FAU) and Prof. Dr Viviana Mourino, (Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) has been approved for 2 years funding by the International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Germany, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovative Production in Argentina. The project involves the visits of the principal investigators and exchanges of young researchers between the institutions involved. The aim of this project is to design and develop multifunctional bioactive matrices in three dimensions (scaffolds) made from natural polymers and bioactive glass nanoparticles allowing the advantageous combination of therapeutic drug release and tissue regeneration in the same system.
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini invited speaker at BioTiNet Workshop in Belgium
  Prof. A. R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the 2^nd BioTiNet workshop held in Leuven (Belgium) on 5-6 March 2012. He presented a lecture on "The development of bioactive coatings for medical implants based on electrophoretic deposition". The workshop was organised by the EU Initial Training Network (ITN) "Innovative Biocompatible Titanium-based Structures for Orthopaedics", which is coordinated by Prof. Juergen Eckert, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW Dresden).
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: plenary speaker at DKG conference
  Prof. Boccaccini was one of the plenary speakers at the Annual Meeting of the German Ceramics Society held in Nuremberg on 05. - 07. March 2012.
  He presented a lecture on "Bioceramics in Medical Applications". At the same conference, Sigrid Seuss presented the talk "Electrophoretic deposition of inorganic materials in AC EPD conditions from aqueous suspensions". Prof. Boccaccini also gave a talk on "Cu-containing bioactive glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering" based on research carried out by Alexander Hoppe in collaboration with the University Hospital Erlangen (D. Hiller, U. Kneser) and the Institute of Glass and Ceramics (R. Meszaros, L. Wondraczek).  A Poster entitled "Development of nanoscale bioactive glass powder by mechanical milling" in collaboration with C. Eisermann, S. Romeis and W. Peukert of the Institute of Particle Technology, was also presented.
  

February 2012

• Prof. Boccaccini invited speaker at: German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  Prof. Boccaccini presented the lecture "Interactions between biomaterials and the biological environment: the materials side" at the 41^st Annual Congress of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, held in Freiburg on 12-15 February 2012. He spoke at the Symposium "From Foreign Body to Infection".
  
  
• European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials
  At the General Assembly Meeting of the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials (KMM-VIN), held on 22^nd February 2012 in Brussels, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was elected coordinator of the Working Group Biomaterials (together with Prof. C. Hellmich, Technical University of Vienna, Austria). Prof. Boccaccini is also a member of the Governing Council of KMM-VIN. KMM-VIN is a single legal entity with a supranational character to offer integrated basic and applied commercial research, educational and innovation activities in the field of knowledge-based multifunctional materials. The aim of KMM-VIN is to foster the creation of a powerful platform for research and development and industrial application of advanced multifunctional materials in order that Europe may become a global power in this field, thus contributing to enhancing the quality of life of European society.
  
  
  
  
• Symposium "Nanoceramics and Ceramic Based Nanocomposites"
  Prof. A. R. Boccaccini is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Symposium "Nanoceramics and Ceramic Based Nanocomposites", which is being organised in the framework of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2012 Fall Meeting, to be held in Warsaw (Poland), 17 - 21 September 2012. The aim of this Symposium is to review the state-of-the-art in the field of nanostructured ceramics and ceramic based nanocomposites focusing on the relationship between basic science and engineering at the nanoscale level. For abstract submission click here.
  
  
• TOP ARTICLE
  Our recent article "Copper-releasing, boron-containing bioactive glass-based scaffolds coated with alginate for bone tissue engineering" (Authors: Erol, M.M.; Mourino, V.; Newby, P.; Chatzistavrou, X.; Roether, J.A.; Hupa, L.; Boccaccini, A.R.) has been listed at number 2 in the site "Top 25 Hottest Articles" of Acta Biomaterialia, which includes the most downloaded articles of the journal in the period October-December 2011.
  
  
• 1^st Annual Meeting of the EU ITN project GLACERCO
  The first annual meeting of the ITN EU Project GLACERCO was held on 8-10 February 2012 at the Institute of Physics of Materials, Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno (Czech Republic). Mr Rama K. S. Chinnam  (PhD student) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini participated representing our Institute (see photo). Chinnam gave a presentation on "Study of Sinter-crystallisation of wastes and vitrified residues". Prof. Boccaccini is a member of the Supervisory Board and of the Education Board of GLACERCO.
  In the second image: Prof. Monica Ferraris (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, project coordinator), Rama K. S. Chinnam, Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr Ivo Dlouhy (Institute of Physics of Materials, Brno, organiser of the meeting).
  
  
• Dr Hideyuki Negishi returns to Japan
  Dr. Hideyuki Negishi, senior scientist at the Bio-chemical Processes Group, Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba (Japan), is returning this week to his country. Hideyuki was a visiting researcher at our Institute for 1 year. He supported our research on electrophoretic deposition methods to obtain nanoscale silica and glass coatings. He also worked together with Prof. Wilhelm Schwieger and Ms Stephanie Feldmeier (Institute of Chemical Reactions Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) and developed electrophoretic zeolite membranes for separation and catalysis processes.   
  We wish Dr Negishi all the best in his future research activities back in Japan! 
   
  
  
• Collaboration with Croatia
  A project in the field of  "Cu-Bioglass in bone regeneration strategies", a collaboration with Dr. Neven Zarkovic and Dr Lidija Milkovic of Rudjer Boskovic Institute in Zagreb (Croatia), has been approved by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for funding.
  Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Hoppe, Dr.-Ing. Rainer Detsch and Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini are involved in this project which involves the development and characterisation of Cu-containing bioactive glasses and the investigation of osteoblast cell growth in contact with such novel silicate glass compositions.
  
  

January 2012

• 1^st Scientific Seminar of the "North-Bavarian Biomaterials Alliance (NBBA)"
  The 1^st Scientific Seminar of the "North-Bavarian Biomaterials Alliance (NBBA)" was held at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, School of Engineering, on 17^th January 2012, organised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) in collaboration with Prof. J. Groll (Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Würzburg ) and Prof. T. Scheibel (Chair for Biomaterials and Fiberlab, University of Bayreuth) (pictured).
  
  Very interesting oral contributions by PhD students and young researchers from the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Würzburg and Bayreuth were presented (program). Almost 100 people attended the seminar, including Master and PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academics. Interesting discussions originated by the high quality, interdisciplinary topics presented and the interaction among students and researchers from the 3 Universities was promoted (pictures).
  
  
• COST Action "NAMABIO": Dr T. Moskalewicz visits the Institute of Biomaterials
  Dr Tomasz Moskalewicz, senior research scientist and lecturer at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow (Poland), visited our Institute on 9-20 January 2012 in the framework of a Short Term Scientific Mission under COST Action MP1005: "From nano to macro biomaterials (design, processing, characterization, modeling) and applications to stem cells regenerative orthopedic and dental medicine (NAMABIO)". Dr Moskalewicz carried out a preliminary investigation on the electrophoretic deposition of novel bioactive composite coatings on titanium alloy substrates for medical implants, a topic of high relevance for current research activities within NAMABIO.
  
  
• Best Poster Award
  The poster entitled "Glass composites containing carbon nanotubes: Processing, characterisation and prospects for toughening" from Tayyab Subhani, Johann Cho, Fawad Inam, Michael J. Reece, William E. Lee, Aldo R. Boccaccini and Milo S. Shaffer, received the first price during the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2011) and was appreciated during the Plenar Meeting of ICACC 2012, in Daytona Beach, USA (22.-27. Jan. 2012).
  
  
• BIOSCENT progress meeting in Paris
  Dr. Ranjana Rai and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the progress meeting of the project "BIOactive highly porous and injectable scaffolds controlling stem cell recruitment, proliferation and differentiation and enabling angiogenesis for Cardiovascular Engineered Tissues” (BIOSCENT), a European Union FP7 project in Paris on 18-19 Jan. 2012. The meeting was organised by one of the consortium partner member, L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM). Dr Rai presented project results on: "Advances in the development of cardiac patch based on biodegradable elastomeric materials". In the photo, Prof. Elisabetta Rosselini (BIOSCENT scientific coordinator), Prof. Boccaccini and Dr. Rai.
  
  

December 2011

• Student Success
  Congratulations to Bo Pang who recently (19^th December 2011) passed his PhD oral examination at the Department of Materials, Imperial College London.
  The title of his PhD thesis is "Optomechanical borosilicate glass matrix composites". Bo was supervised by Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr David McPhail (Imperial College London). In the photo Prof. Boccaccini and Bo Pang on the day of the PhD exam at Imperial College.
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini elected member of the German Science Foundation (DFG) Review Board
  Prof. Boccaccini has been elected member of the Review Board of the German Science Foundation (DFG) for the Panel "Materials Science: Biomaterials".
  The election was held on line and about 100.000 scientists of the German Scientific system could vote to elect the members of the Review Board in the different disciplines (more).
  
  
• Visit of Ms. Piyachat Chuysinuan (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
  
  Ms. Piyachat Chuysinuan, PhD student in the Applicable and Industrial Polymeric Materials Research group (Head: Prof. Dr. Pitt Supaphol) at The Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 1^st December 2011. She gave a seminar on "Electrospun fiber mats containing herbal substances for biomedical applications" and discussed future collaborations in the field of biodegradable polymers for drug delivery and wound healing. In the photo: Ms P. Chuysinuan, Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and Ms N. Patcharakamon (PhD student at the Institute of Biomaterials).
  

  
  
  

November 2011

• Visit of a delegation of Nagoya Institute of Technology and 2^nd German-Japanese Seminar on Advanced Ceramic Materials
  In the framework of the international collaboration between Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITECH) and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, a large delegation of authorities, academic professors and students from NITECH visited Erlangen on 23-25 November. Organised by Prof. P. Greil (Erlangen) and Prof. T. Kasuga (NITECH) the 2^nd German-Japanese Seminar on Advanced Ceramic Materials was held. In the framework of this Seminar, students of the Institute of Biomaterials presented 3 posters, including the participation of undergraduate students Ms Anke Metze, Ms Julia Graubmann and Ms Chikako Kawamura (visiting student from NITECH). Ms Kawamura was awarded a certificate for her poster presentation entitled "Electrophoretic Deposition of Bioactive Glass/Biopolymer Coatings".
  In the 1^st/2^nd photo, Ms. Kawamura and Prof. Boccaccini.
  The NITECH delegation, accompanied by Prof. Dr. Peter Greil (Inst. for Glass and Ceramics) and Prof. Dr. A. R. Boccaccini visited the President of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Grüske (3^rd photo).
  
   
• Project: "Bioactive materials, cell and tissue printing: New therapeutic approaches for organ level tissue engineering and regenerative medicine" selected as one of the new "Emerging Fields" funded projects
  
  The research project "Bioactive materials, cell and tissue printing: New therapeutic approaches for organ level tissue engineering and regenerative medicine" has been selected as one of the University's "Emerging Fields" projects and it will be funded for 2 years.Coordinator is Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini in collaboration with Dr R. Detsch (Institute of Biomaterials) and co-investigators are Prof. R. Horch, Dr U. Kneser, Prof. C. Alexiou, Prof. C. Garlichs (Faculty of Medicine), Prof. B. Fabry (Faculty of Natural Sciences) and Prof. O. Friedrich (Technische Fakultät).
  The aim of this project  is to establish a multidisciplinary research consortium at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, to develop complex, functional tissues and organs based on smart combinations of bioactive materials, cells and tissue printing. The approach relies on the combination of novel (nano)biomaterials, which will be shaped and micro-structured using innovative rapid prototyping techniques in conjunction with "cell printing" methods (bioprocessing). The ultimate goal is to engineer a range of organ-specific 3D tissues with a pre-formed functional vascular capillary bed and vascular trees such that large tissue lesions can be repaired with short healing time.

• Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany
  Prof. Boccaccini attended the 2^nd meeting of the Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany (Red de Cientificos Argentinos en Alemania, RCAA), which was held on 17-18^th November 2011 in Berlin.
  Prof. Boccaccini is the representative of the area "Engineering" and a member of the Advisory Committee of RCAA.
  
  
• Dr. Alejandro Gorustovich (CONICET, Argentina) visits the Institute of Biomaterials
  Dr. Alejandro Gorustovich, research scientist of CONICET and Universidad Catolica de Salta (Argentina) visited our Institute in November in the framework of a DAAD scholarship.
  Currently we collaborate with Dr. Gorustovich's group in the area of collagen/bioactive glass composite scaffolds and effects of bioactive glass on angiogenesis in the context of bone engineering [1].
  
  [1] Gorustovich, A.A., Roether, J.A., Boccaccini, A.R.: Effect of bioactive glasses on angiogenesis: A review of in vitro and in vivo evidences, Tissue Eng. Part B 16 (2010) 199-207
  
  
• Visit of Ms Chikako Kawamura, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  
  In the framework of the international collaboration between the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITECH) and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Institute of Ceramics Research and Education), Ms Chikako Nakamura, student in the Graduate School of Engineering at NITECH, is visiting our Institute until the end of the year. She is working in collaboration with Dr. Alejandra Chavez and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini in the development of nanoscale bioceramic/polymer coatings by electrophoretic deposition.
  
  
  
  

• Prof. Boccaccini: invited speaker at the Sino-German Symposium on "Multifunctional Biomaterials and Polymer-based Controlled Drug Release Systems"
  The Sino-German Symposium on "Multifunctional Biomaterials and Polymer-based Controlled Drug Release Systems" was held at the Centre for Biomaterial Development, Helmoltz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Campus Teltow, on October 26-30, 2011. The Symposium was chaired by Prof. Andreas Lendlein (HZG) and Prof. Z. Gu (Sichuan university, China). The Symposium participants (see image) discussed key issue associated with biomaterials development, primarily for drug delivery systems, from the perspective of Chinese and German researchers.
  
• Electrophoretic Deposition: New laboratory for Material Science and Nanotechnology students
  Our institute established a new laboratory for Materials Science and Engineering and Nanotechnology students of our University. The experiments demonstrate the application of the electrophoretic deposition technique to develop homogeneous coatings for biomedical applications and is designed to provide understanding of the correlation between EPD parameters and coating quality.
  We thank Dipl.-Ing. Sigrid Seuß and Dr. Helga Hornberger (pictured with Prof. Boccaccini on 2^nd November 2011 in our EPD laboratory) for their effort in organizing and demonstrating this exciting laboratory for our students!
  

October 2011

• 1^st Meeting of the "Northern Bavarian Initiative for Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine"
  The 1^st Meeting of the "Northern Bavarian Initiative for Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine" was held on 25^th October 2011 at the University of Bayreuth, hostes by Prof. T. Scheibel, with participation of researchers working in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine from the University of Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nuremberg and Würzburg. The meeting was organised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Professor Juergen Groll (University of Würzburg) and Prof. Thomas Scheibel (University of Bayreuth). The main objective of this new initiative is to build a forum for researchers and technology exchanges and academic collaborations among partner universities in the mentioned fields, to which also the local biomedical industry will be invited. This first academic activity being organised is the "1^st Northern Bavaria Biomaterials Seminar", to be held at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Biomaterials, on 17.01.2012, with participation of Master students, PhD students and young researchers of the 3 Universities.
  
  (Pictured: Dr. A. Bernet (BT), Dr A Leal (BT), Dr. U Gbureck (WÜ), Prof. J. Groll (WÜ), Prof. T Scheibel (BT), Prof. L. Meinel (WÜ), Prof. H. Walles (WÜ), Prof. A. R. Boccaccini (ER), Prof. S. Förster (BT), Dr. U. Kneser (ER), Dr. R. Detsch (ER), Prof. B Fabry (ER), Dr. J. Probst (WÜ).)
  
  
• Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and Dipl.-Ing. A. Hoppe visit McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  In the framework of the Quebec-Bavaria Collaboration on "Nanocomposite biomaterials for bone regeneration" Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and PhD student Alexander Hoppe (in the photo with Prof. Nazhat and students of McGill University) visited recently the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University in montreal (Canada). Earlier this year, also Dipl.-Ing. Jasmin Hum visited McGill University. The visits were hosted by Prof. Showan Nazhat. The collaboration with the research group at McGill started earlier this year and it focuses on the developement and characterisation of a new family of nanostructured collagen-bioactive glass composites following results presented in our joint papers, for example ref. [1].
  [1] Benedetto Marelli, Chiara E. Ghezzi, Dirk Mohn, Wendelin J. Stark, Jake E. Barralet, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Showan N. Nazhat, Accelerated mineralization of dense collagen-nano bioactive glass hybrid gels increases scaffold stiffness and reulates osteoblastic function, Biomaterials 32 (2011) 8915-8926.
  
  
• Fellowship of the American Ceramic Society and McMahon Lecture Award at Alfred University (USA)
  Professor A. R. Boccaccini presented the John F. McMahon 2011 Award Lecture at the Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, NY, USA, on 13^th October 2011.
  Sponsored by the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, the annual invited lecture recognizes a renowned expert in materials science. The lecture of Prof. Boccaccini was on "Development and Applications of Bioactive Glass and Composite Scaffolds for Bone Engineering: Advances and Challenges".
  Prof. Boccaccini received the award of Fellow of the American Ceramic Society at the 113^th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society held in conjunction with the MS&T’11 conference in Columbus, OH, USA, on October 17, 2011.
  In the images, Prof. Boccaccini with Dr Marina Pascucci, President of the American Ceramic Society, and with Prof. Larry Hench, the inventor of Bioglass, at the Awards ceremony.
  
• Dipl.-Ing. Jasmin Hum visits the Vienna University of Technology
  In the framework of a visiting fellowship awarded by the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials  (KMM-VIN), Dipl.-Ing. Jasmin Hum visits in the period October-December 2011, the Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures at the Vienna University of Technology. She will work under supervision of Prof. Christian Hellmich (in the photo with Jasmin) in the field of non-destructive characterisation of the elastic properties of bioactive glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.
  
  
• Professor K. K. Chawla Honorary Symposium in USA
  Prof. Boccaccini was one of the co-organisers of the Symposium on Fibers, Foams and Composites, in honor of Prof. K. K. Chawla (University of Alabama, at Birmingham, USA) held at the Materials Science and Technology (MST 2011) conference in Columbus, OH, USA on 15-20^th October 2011.
  In the picture symposium co-organisers Dr. G. Gladysz (Telleborg), Dr. P. Portella (BAM, Berlin), Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and Prof. N. Chawla (Arizona State University), with Prof. K. K. Chawla. Papers presented at the symposium will be published in a special issue of the journal Materials Science and Engineering A.
  

   
  
  
  

• Prof. Boccaccini will deliver the John F. McMahon 2011 Lecture at Alfred University in NY, USA
  Professor A. R. Boccaccini will be the John F. McMahon 2011 Lecturer at the Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University in New York, USA, on 13^th October 2011.
  Sponsored by the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, the annual invited lecture recognizes a renowned expert in materials science. It was created to honor the memory of John F. McMahon, an Alfred University alumnus, faculty member and dean of the New York State College of Ceramics. The lecture of Prof. Boccaccini will be on "Development and Applications of Bioactive Glass and Composite Scaffolds for Bone Engineering: Advances and Challenges".

• Professor Boccaccini: Invited speaker at MST 2011, Columbus, OH, USA
  Professor Boccaccini will present 2 invited lectures at the Materials Science & Technology 2011 Conference & Exhibition, to be held on October 16-20, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio, USA1)
  
  1) "Electrophoretic Deposition of Biomaterials" at the Symposium on Surface Properties of Biomaterials: Bioglass and Cellular Interactions, invited by Prof. S. Bose and Prof. A. Bandyopadhyay (Washington State University)
  
  2) "Advances in the Development of Composite Porous Structures for Bone Tissue Engineering" at the Professor K. K. Chawla Honorary Symposium on Fibers, Foams and Composites: Science and Engineering.This symposium is co-organised by Prof. N. Chawla, Dr. P. Portella and Dr. G. Gladysz and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini to celebrate the career and achievements of Professor K. K. Chawla (University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA).
  
  

September 2011

• Invited lectures at conferences in France and Italy
  Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was Topic Coordinator for Topic Area F: Materials for Healthcare Applications at the EUROMAT 2011 conference held in Montpellier, France, on 12-15 September 2011. He presented the highlight lecture: "The biological effect of ionic dissolution products from bioactive glasses", co-author: Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Hoppe.
  At the BIOFOAMS 2011 conference held in Capri, Italy, on 21-23 September 2011, Prof. Boccaccini was a keynote speaker. He presented the lecture:
  "Polymer Coated Bioactive Glass Foams: Toughened Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering", co-authors: Miss P. Nooeaid, Dr.J. A. Roether (WW5), Prof. Dr. D. W. Schubert (WW5).

• Prof. Boccaccini elected Fellow of the American Ceramic Society
  Prof. Boccaccini has been elected Fellow of the American Ceramic Society. The award will be presented at the 113^th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society to be held in conjunction with MS&T’11 in Columbus, Ohio, on October 16-20, 2011.
  
  

August 2011

• Student Success
  Vincent Bürger, who graduated from the MAP course recently and carried out his Master thesis at our Institute under supervision of Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Hoppe, in collaboration with Prof. L. Wondraczek (WW3), on the topic: "Effects of Residual Surface Stresses on the Bioactivity of Bioactive Silicate Glasses" has won the joint first prize of the 2011 Oldfield Award of the Society of Glass Technology of the United Kingdom.
  
  

July 2011

• Researchers from the National Research Centre (Cairo, Egypt) visited our Institute

  Prof. Salma M. Naga and Dr. Hesham El-Maghraby of the Ceramics Department, National Research Centre in Cairo, Egypt, visited our Institute on 22^nd July in the framework of the project "Synthesis, characterization and potential applications of oxide ceramics in bone substitution medicine". Porous bioceramic materials prepared in Egypt are being tested in our laboratories in terms of their biological compatibility.

• Prof. Matthias Epple, University of Duisburg-Essen, visited our Institue
  Professor Matthias Epple, Center for Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, who is the president of the German Biomaterials Society (DGBM) visited our Institute on 19^th July 2011 and presented the lecture "Inorganic nanoparticles in biology and medicine", in the framework of the Materials Science Colloquium SS2011 of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of our University.
  
  
  
• Professor Mirka El Fray (ERASMUS lecturer) visited our Institute
  Prof. Mirka El Fray, Director of the West Pomeranian Center of Advanced Technologies and Professor at the Polymer Institute, West Pomeranian University of Technology (ZUT), Szczecin in Poland, visited the Institute of Biomaterials on 4^th - 8^th July 2011.
  In the framework of an ERASMUS lecturership, she delivered lectures on "Polymers in Medicine".
  Prof. Boccaccini and members of our Institute discussed with Prof. Mirka El Fray the continuing research collaborations and student exchanges between Erlangen and the Polymers Institute at ZUT.

June 2011

• Prof. Hala Zreiqat (University of Sydney, Australia) visited our Institute
  Prof. Hala Zreiqat, head of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Group at the University of Sydney in Australia, visited our Institute on the 24^th June 2011. She presented a seminar on "A Basis for Building Bone: Novel Biomaterials for New Bone Growth".
  Prof. Zreiqat discussed with staff and students of our Institute on opportunities for research collaborations between our research groups in the field of advanced scaffolds for bone engineering.
  
• Student Success
  A poster presentation by Tayaab Subhani (PhD student based at  Imperial College in London, co-supervised by Prof. M. Shaffer (Imperial), Prof. W. E. Lee (Imperial) and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini), entitled Glass composites containig carbon nanotubes: processing, characterization and prospects for toughening (co-authors: Johann Cho, Fawad Inam, Michael J Reece, Bill Lee, Aldo R. Boccaccini and Milo S Shaffer) won the Best Poster Award at 35^th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites. The award will be presented at the 36^th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites in Daytona Beach, Florida, in January 2012.
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: Editorial Board Member of Bull. Spanish Ceram. Glass Society
  Prof. Boccaccini has been elected member of the Editorial Board of the "Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Cerámica y Vidrio" (Bulletin of the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society). The Bulletin is the official publication of the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society.
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: invited speaker at International Conference in Italy
  
  Prof. Boccaccini attended the 3^rd International Conference on Syntactic and Composite Foams (SCF III), held in Cetraro (Calabria) in Italy on May 29^th - June 3^rd, 2011.
  
  The title of his invited presentation was
  "Advances in Development of Bioactive Composite Foams For Bone Tissue Scaffolds".
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Publications of our group highly cited and downloaded
  The review paper "Electrophoretic Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes" by Boccaccini et al. is listed as one of the top 10 cited papers published in the journal Carbon.
  
  Electrophoretic Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes
  A. R. Boccaccini, J. Cho, J. A. Roether, B. J. C. Thomas, E. J. Minay, M. S. P. Shaffer, Carbon, 2006. 44(15): p. 3149-3160.
  
  Moreover, 2 papers of our group published in the journal Biomaterials are included in the list of the Top 25 "Hottest Articles" (Most Downloaded papers) in the period January-March 2011 in the journal.
  
  At number 3:
  Biodegradable and bioactive porous polymer/inorganic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
  K. Rezwan, Q. Z. Chen, J. J. Blaker, A. R. Boccaccini, Biomaterials, 2006. 27(18): p. 3413-3431.
  
  At number 14:
  A review of the biological response to ionic dissolution products from bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics
  A. Hoppe, N. S. Güldal, A. R. Boccaccini, Biomaterials, 2011. 32(11): p. 2757-2774.
  
  In addition, the recent review paper
  
  Polymer/bioactive glass nanocomposites for biomedical applications: A review
  A. R. Boccaccini, M. Erol, W. J. Stark, D. Mohn, Z. Hong, J. F. Mano, Composites Science and Technology, 2010. 70(13): p. 1764-1776.
  
  is included at number 7 in the list of the Top 25 "Hottest Articles" (Most Downloaded papers) in the period January-March 2011 of the journal Composites Science and Technology.
  
  

May 2011

• COST Action MP1005: NAMABIO
  Prof. Boccaccini has been elected member of the Management Committee of the COST ACTION MP1005 "From nano to macro biomaterials (design, processing, characterization, modeling) and applications to stem cells regenerative orthopedic and dental medicine (NAMABIO)", as one of the representatives of Germany.
  NAMABIO will focus in interdisciplinary research related to biomaterials and stem cells of interest for the regenerative medicine of bones and teeth. The aim of NAMABIO is to coordinate research efforts of several actors belonging to different discilines necessary to obtain a real breakthrough in these areas.
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: ERASMUS lecturer at the Polymer Institute, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (Poland)
  In the framework of an ERASMUS lecturership, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini visited in May the Polymer Institute, West Pomeranian University of Technology (ZUT) in Szczecin (Poland) to deliver lectures on "Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering". Prof. Boccaccini discussed with Prof. Mirka El Fray, Director of the West Pomeranian Center of Advanced Technologies, about continuing research collaborations and student exchanges between our Institute and the Polymer Institute at ZUT.
  
  

April 2011

• Prof. Boccaccini: invited speaker in Argentina
  On 19^th April 2011, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presented the lecture "Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials in Biomedical Applications" at the National University of Cuyo, Faculty of Applied Sciences (FCAI) in San Rafael, Argentina.
  More than 200 guests including students and faculty members attended the lecture (link).
  Prof. Boccaccini is external advisor of the Materials Research Group at FCAI, where researchers are currently working in the field of electrophoretic deposition of nanostructured biomaterial coatings.
  

March 2011

• Student Success
  Congratulations to Deborah Desimone e Silva who recently passed her PhD oral examination at Imperial College London.
  The titel of her PhD thesis is: "Fabrication and Characterisation of oxide fibre-reinforced glass matrix composites for optomechanical applications". She was supervised by Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Prof. Bill Lee (Imperial College). Deborah will join our Institute as post-doctoral researcher in April 2011.
  
  Congratulations to Ms Fatemehsadat Pishbin, PhD student based in the Department of Materials (Imperial College London, UK), supervised by Prof. Boccaccini and Dr. M. Ryan. She won the second prize for the Best Public Speaker category of the Post-graduate Research Day.
  This event was held on 21^st March in the Materials Department of Imperial College.
  The title of her talk was: “Bioactive Orthopaedic coatings by Electrochemical Means: Development and characterisation".
  
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: editorial board member of the new journal: Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials
  Prof. Boccaccini has been elected member of the International Editorial Board of the new journal Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials (BBN - ICE Publishing). This new bimonthly journal brings together research from a broad range of disciplines and focuses on materials inspired by nature for a wide range of applications from medicine to construction.
  
  

• Visit of Prof. H. Jain, Director of the International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass (USA)
  

  Prof. Himanshu Jain, T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University, USA visited our Institute on Friday, 18^th March. Prof. Jain is also Director of the NSF's International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass . We discussed collaborations in the field of bioactive glasses for biomedical applications and the participation of our Institute in the research and exchange activities of the Int. Mater. Institute for New Functionality in Glass.
  
  

• Visit of scientists and students from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

  In the framework of the international collaboration between the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITECH) and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, we received the visit of a large delegation of academics and students from NITECH on 10^th - 11_^th March. Their visit was part of the exchange and research activities involving the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Erlangen, with involvement also of Prof. P. Greil, Prof. A. Roosen and Prof. C. Brabec. In addition a memorandum of understanding between NITECH and our University was signed. This collaboration is carried out in the framework of the Institute of Ceramics Research and Education ITP program supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education. For more information please follow this link.

• Visit of scientists from McGill University in Montreal, Canada
  
  In the framework of the Quebec-Bavaria Collaboration on "Nanocomposite biomaterials for bone regeneration" Prof. S. Nazhat and PhD students Benedetto Marelli and Chiara Ghezzi from the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University in Montreal (Canada), visited our Institute on 8^th - 10^th March. This collaboration started earlier this year between both research groups and the objective is the development and characterisation of a new family of nanostructured collagen-bioactive glass composites following results presented in our previous joint paper
  
  
  Three-dimensional mineralization of dense nano fibrillar collagen-Bioglass® hybrid scaffolds
  B. Marelli, C. E, Ghezzi, J. E. Barralet, A. R. Boccaccini, S. N. Nazhat, Biomacromolecules, 2010. 11(6): p. 1470-1479.
  
  Alexander Hoppe and Jasmin Hum of our Institute will visit McGill later this year.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: invited international speaker at International Workshop in Brno, Czech Republic
  
  Prof. Boccaccini was one of the invited speakers at the International Workshop Processing of Nanostructures Ceramics and Nanocomposites on 3^rd - 5^th March, held at Brno University of Technology, Brcno (Czech Rebublic). He delivered a talk on: "Electrophoretic Deposition: from traditional ceramics to nanotechnology". The workshop was organised in the framework of the EU project (FP7) RP DEMATEN.
  
  

February 2011

• Prof. Boccaccini gives invited talk in Italy
  On 25^th Feb. 2011, Prof. Boccaccini visited the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", invited by the Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Italy. He presented a lecture on: "Advances in the development of bone tissue scaffolds based on bioactive glass and polymer/bioactive glass composites".
  
  
• Start of Initial Training Network (ITN) (GLACERCO): Glass and Ceramic Composites for High Technology Applications
  A new Initial Training Network (ITN) funded by the EU has been awarded in the field of Glass and Ceramic Composites for High Technology Applications (GLACERCO) to a consortium with participation of our Institute. The total Funding awarded is: 3 890 000 €.
  The coordinating institution is Polytechnic of Turin, Italy. The kick-off meeting was held in Torino, Italy, on 15th February. The project has a 4 year duration.
  The aim of the project is to offer multidisciplinary research training in the field of high-tech glasses and composites, in collaboration with industry and universities The scientific goals are to develop advanced knowledge on glass based materials and to create innovative, cost-competitive, and environmentally acceptable materials and processing technologies. The inter/multi-disciplinary characteristic is guaranteed by the presence, within this consortium, of five academic partners and five companies, from six countries (Italy, Germany, France, UK, Czech Republic, Finland), having top class expertise in glass science and technology, modelling, design, characterization and commercialization of glass and composite based products.
  
  High-tech glass-based materials (glass-ceramics, glass- and glass-ceramic composites and fibres) bring competitiveness in strategic fields as medicine (bioactive glasses as bone replacement and drug delivery systems), telecommunications (glass devices for broad-band applications), photonics (glass based photonic sensors), clean energy (Solid Oxide Fuel Cells glass sealants), waste management (vitrification and re-use of wastes), Recruited researchers will benefit from a complete set of equipments and expertise able to develop advanced knowledge in highly strategic fields for EU, such as medicine, telecommunications, photonics, clean energy production and waste management.
  
  The Institute of Biomaterials (Prof. Boccaccini) will lead the Work package related to the Design, preparation and characterisation of new glasses suitable for medical applications. The research includes glass-based biomaterials for oncology (i.e. ferrimagnetic glass-ceramics for hyperthermia), drug release (bioactive glasses and microcellular ceramics) and bone substitution (i.e. glass-ceramic macroporous scaffolds) and arthroprosthesis (i.e. glass and composite bioactive coatings).An integrated approach to the application of bioactive glasses in the biomedical field, from materials development to in vitro tests, will be pursued, including also a comprehensive comparison with available biomaterials to highlight the advantages of bioactive glasses in the different selected applications.
  
  More details on the project are available here.
  

January 2011

• First diploma thesis at the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7)
  Friederike Gebhardt, a student of Materials Science and Engineering  in our Department has completed her Diplomarbeit (engineering thesis) on: “Abscheidung von Chitosanschichten auf Magnesiumlegierungen” ("Deposition of Chitosan coatings on Magnesium alloys"). The research project was supervised by Prof. S.Virtanen (Chair for Surface Science and Corrosion, WW4) and Prof. Boccaccini at the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), in collaboration with Ms Sigrid Keim (WW7). The research carried out is a part of a wider scientific collaboration between our Institute and the Chair for Surface Science and Corrosion.
  
  
• 35^th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites
  Members of our group participated at the 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (link) organised by the American Ceramic Society in Daytona Beach (FL), USA, on Jan. 23-28, 2011. Prof. Boccaccini organised the joint session of symposia 5 (Next Generation Bioceramics) and 9 (Porous Ceramics). In addition he presented the invited talk "Bottom ash-based geopolymer materials: mechanical and environmental properties" in the Session "Geopolymers and Other Inorganic Polymers", which is a collaboration with the group of Prof. A. Polettini and Ms Roberta Onori (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy). Tayyab Subhani, PhD student based at Imperial College London, UK (Co-supervised by Profs. Milo Shaffer and Bill Lee at Imperial), presented the poster entitled: "Glass Composites Containing Carbon Nanotubes: Processing, Characterisation and Properties", in the framework of a collaboration with the UK Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC) (link).
  
  
• First master thesis at the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7)
  Vincent Bürger, a student of the Elite Master Course: Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP) has completed his Master thesis at the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), supervised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and co-supervised by Prof. Lothar Wondrazcek (WW3) in collaboration with Mr Alexander Hoppe. The titel of the thesis is: "Effects of Residual Surface Stresses on the Bioactivity of Bioactive Silicate Glasses". The research carried out is a part of a wider scientific collaboration between our Institute and the Glass Research group led by Prof. Lothar Wondrazcek at the Institute of Glass and Ceramics (WW3).
  
  
• Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini: Editorial Board Member of Advanced Biomaterials
  Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been appointed member of the Editorial Board of the journal Advanced Biomaterials, which is published by Wiley VCH as a special section of Advanced Engineering Materials.

December 2010

• Mr. Yu Nagao left Erlangen
  Mr Yu Nagao, visiting PhD student from Nagoya Institute of Technology Yu Nagao, PhD student at the Department of Frontier Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, working under supervision of Prof. Akinori Takasu, visited our Institute for 3 months in the framework of the collaborative agreement between the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Nagoya Institute of Technology "Institute of Ceramic Research and Education". Mr Nagao worked on a project investigating the electrophoretic deposition of biopolymers and bioactive glasses on stainless steel substrates for biomedical applications in collaboration with Ms Sigrid Keim, PhD student in our Institute.
  
  
• Inaugural Lecture - Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini
  Professor Boccaccini's Inaugural Lecture at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, hosted by the School of Engineering (Technische Fakultät), was presented on 10th December 2010 with the participation of more than 100 faculty colleagues, students and collaborators. The faculty principal, Prof. Reinhard German, and the President of the University, Professor Karl-Dieter Grüske, attended the event, in which also Prof. R. N. Klupp Taylor  (Particle Technology ) and Prof. O. Friedrich  (Medical Biotechnology) presented their Inaugural lectures. Prof. Boccaccini introduced his research activities in the broad field of bioactive materials for tissue engineering in a lecture with the title: "Can we persuade the body to heal itself? The biomaterials answer".
  
  
• Final Project Meeting in London
  The final scientific meeting of the project: "Preparation and Characterization of Calcium Phosphate Cement Reinforced with Bio-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Medical Applications", funded by the British Council under the PMI2 Connect initiative, was held on 14-15 December at Imperial College London. The project involved collaboration between researchers and students of the Department of Materials, Imperial College London (research groups of Dr D. McPhail and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini) and the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Malaysia (Dr. Sharif Hussein Sharif Zein).
  Key results of this project have been presented at international conferences and in recent scientific papers, including: Chew at al., Reinforcement of calcium phosphate cement with multi-walled carbon nanotubes and bovine serum albumin for injectable bone substitute applications, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, (in press).
  
  
• Most read article, Royal Society Publishing
  The paper "Bone tissue engineering therapeutics: controlled drug delivery in three-dimensional scaffolds", J. R. Soc. Interface 7 (2010) pp. 209-227; co-authored by Dr V. Mourino (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Imperial College London, UK) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been listed as one of the 10 most read articles (November 2010) published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, as announced in the journal webpage.
  
  
• Invited Speaker
  Professor Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the 4th Wiener Biomaterials Symposium, held in Vienna, Austria, on November 15-17. He was also an invited speaker at the International Workshop on Processing of Nanostructured Ceramics, Polymers and Composites held in Belgrade, Serbia, on November 29-30, 2010. In both cases Prof. Boccaccini presented lectures on the latest developments in the field of bioactive nanostructured composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

November 2010

• Special issue published
  The special issue: "ICCM-17: Composites in Biomedical Applications" in Composites Science and Technology has been now published: Composites Science and Technology, Volume 70, Issue 13, Pages 1763-2032.
  This special issue was co-edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Prof. Joao F. Mano (University of Minho, Portugal). The 19 papers published in this issue were selected from high quality contributions presented at the 17th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-17). held in Edinburgh, Scottland (UK) in July 2009. The papers cover a broad variety of topics reflecting the numerous applications of composite materials in the fields of tissue engineering, biopoplymer/ceramic nanocomposites and biomimetic materials.
  
  
• TOP 25 paper in Biomaterials
  A review paper co-authored by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini is the third most downloaded paper of the journal Biomaterials (link to journal here) according to the site TOP 25 Hottest Articles (Elsevier) in the period July-September 2010. The paper is:
  
  Biodegradable and bioactive porous polymer/inorganic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
  Biomaterials, Volume 27, Issue 18, 1 June 2006, Pages 3413-3431 Rezwan, K.; Chen, Q.Z.; Blaker, J.J.; Boccaccini
  
  
• Paper from our group on Electrophoretic Deposition is TOP of TOP 25 of J. Europ. Ceram. Soc.
  A paper co-authored by Professor Boccaccini is the most downloaded paper published in the J. Europ. Ceram. Soc. (period July-September 2010), according to the Elsevier webpage. The papers is:
  
  Electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanotubeceramic nanocomposites
  Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 30, Issue 5, 1 March 2010, Pages 1115-1129 Boccaccini, A.R.; Cho, J.; Subhani, T.; Kaya, C.; Kaya, F.
  
  In addition, a review paper on EPD co-authored by Prof. Boccaccini is in position 5 of the list:
  
  Electrophoretic deposition: From traditional ceramics to nanotechnology
  Article Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 28, Issue 7, 1 January 2008, Pages 1353-1367 Corni, I.; Ryan, M.P.; Boccaccini, A.R.

October 2010

• ASCE Award Winning Paper
  The paper "Geopolymers from DC Plasma Treated APC Residues, Metakaolin, and GGBFS" co-authored by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and co-authors of Imperial College London (Dr. I. Kourti, Dr. D. Amutha Rani, and Dr. C.R. Cheeseman) which was presented at the Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies held on June 28 – June 30, 2010 in Ancona, ITALY, has received the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Award (click to download) for outstanding contributions.
  
  
• First two bachelor-theses completed at the Institute of Biomaterials (WW-7)
  Mr Alexander Kent and Mr Paul Ritter, students of Materials Science and Engineering at our University, have completed the first two bachelor theses in our Institute. Alexander worked on the "Development of bioactive glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering" co-supervised by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and Dipl.-Ing. A. Hoppe. Paul developed novel PEEK coatings on stainless steel substrates by electrophoretic deposition, co-supervised by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and Dipl.-Ing. S. Keim. We wish Alexander and Paul the best of successes in their further academic careers.
  
  

• Prof. Boccaccini attends meeting in Berlin with the president of Argentina, Mrs Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
  Invited by the Argentine Embassy in Berlin, Prof. Boccaccini attended a meeting of Argentine scientists based in Germany with the Argentinean president Mrs Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina, Dr Lino Baranao and the Director of International Relations of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCyT) of Argentina, Dr. A. Menvielle. Prof. Boccaccini is an advisor of MinCyT in topics if international research collaborations and a member of the recently founded Scientific Committee of the Network of Argentinean Researchers in Germany .
  
  

September 2010

• Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications: Book co-edited by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini published
  The volume "Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications" has been published in the Ceramic Transactions series of the American Ceramic Society (vol. 215), Editors: A. R. Boccaccini, J. Marra, F. Dogan, H.-T. Lin, T. Watanabe. Details
  
  
• Two papers from our group on Electrophoretic Deposition are TOP of TOP 25 of J. Europ. Ceram. Soc.
  Two papers co-authored by Professor Boccaccini are the most dowloaded papers published in the J. Europ. Ceram. Soc. (period April-June 2010), according to the Elsevier webpage The papers are:
  
  Electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanotubeceramic nanocomposites
  Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 30, Issue 5, 1 March 2010, Pages 1115-1129 Boccaccini, A.R.; Cho, J.; Subhani, T.; Kaya, C.; Kaya, F.
  
  Electrophoretic deposition: From traditional ceramics to nanotechnology
  Article Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 28, Issue 7, 1 January 2008, Pages 1353-1367 Corni, I.; Ryan, M.P.; Boccaccini, A.R.
  
  
• Prof. Larry L. Hench visits the Institute of Biomaterials
  Prof. Larry L. Hench, professor emeritus of Imperial College London (UK) and director of special projects at University of Central Florida (USA) visited the Institute of Biomaterials on ocasion of the Erlangen Biomaterials Symposium on 3rd September, where he was an invited speaker. Larry Hench is the inventor of bioactive glass, a material of high applicability in bone replacement material and in dentistry. Bioactive glass is one of the attractive materials being investigated in our institute for bone tissue engineering and orthopaedic coatings. Larry toured our laboratories and discussed with members of the institute on the use of bioactive glass in composites for bone tissue engineering in the framework of current collaborative research projects.
  
  
• Prof. Boccaccini: visiting professor at the University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Italy
  Prof. Boccaccini has been named visiting professor in the Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering (DIMA) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Prof Boccaccini is collaborating with colleagues at DIMA in the fields of electrophoretic deposition of nanoceramic powders, microwave densification of ceramic coatings and novel glasses and composites for functional applications. Participation in joint research projects including the exchange of students and researchers is planned between our Institute and DIMA.
  
  
• Symposium: Biomaterials Challenges for the 21st Century
  The Erlangen Symposium: Biomaterials Challenges for the 21st Century was held on 3rd September 2010 at the Institute of Biomaterials, organised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. The programme of the symposium is here. The main conclusions in relation to future biomaterials challenges and anticipated research opportunities which were discussed during the symposium by the more than 80 participants is available here: .doc File .pdf File
  
  
• The special issue: "EUROMAT 2009 – MATERIALS FOR HEALTHCARE" in Advanced Biomaterials has been now published
  This special issue was edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. The 15 papers published in this issue were selected from the high quality contributions presented at the Euromat 2009 Conference, held in Glasgow, UK, in September 2009. The papers cover a great variety of biomaterial systems, i.e. biopolymers, bioactive glasses, bioceramics, metal alloys and composites for biomedical applications encompassing tissue engineering and regeneration, drug delivery, functional and antibacterial coatings, biomimetic nanomaterials and molecular dynamics simulations of biomaterials.

August 2010

• Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini receives Ivor Jenkins Medal in London
Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini received recently the Ivor Jenkins Medal 2010 of the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (

) at the Special Awards Dinner in London. This prize is awarded in recognition of significant contribution which has enhanced the scientific, industrial or technological understanding of materials processing or component production using particulate materials. Boccaccini is recognised for his contributions to the fields of biomaterials processing and electrophoretic deposition of nanomaterials and composites.

July 2010

• Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini organises symposium on "Biomaterial Applications"
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini is organising the symposium "Biomaterial Applications" in the framework of the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE 2010) Conference, organised by the German Materials Society (DGM) in Darmstadt, Germany, on 24-26 August 2010.

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• 18. Symposium "Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde", Chemnitz, Germany
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini member of the organising committee of the 18. Symposium "Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde", Chemnitz, Germany, 30th March - 1st April, 2011.

The call for abstracts is now open:

• Prof. Bikramjit Basu (ITT Kampur, India) visits our Institute
On 9th July, Prof. Bikramjit Basu, Associate Professor and P K Kelkar Research Fellow Department of Materials Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, visited our Institute to discuss collaborative projects. Prof. Basu presented a talk on: Processing-Microstructure-Biocompatibility relationship of HAp based composites and experimental results on influence of electric and magnetic field on cell-material interaction.
• Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini elected member of the UK EPSRC Peer Review College
  Prof. Boccaccini has been reelected as member of the Peer Review College of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the UK. He has served as member of the College since 2003.
• Professor W. E. (Bill) Lee visits the Institute of Biomaterials
  Professor W. E. (Bill) Lee, Head of the Department of Materials of Imperial College London and director of the Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC) at Imperial College visited our Institute on 28-29 June 2010. In the framework of the Department's Kolloquium he presented the talk: "Laser Modified Microstructures in Ceramics". Moreover Prof. Lee and Prof. Boccaccini signed a memorandum of understanding between CASC and the Institute of Biomaterials in Erlangen in recognition of the mutual benefits accruing to their respective communities. The two Institutions will promote and develop their cooperation by several means including exchange of academic staff and students and development of cooperative research projects.

June 2010

• Nanoparticles, Environment and Health, 18th June 2010, Imperial College London
  The Workshop "Nanoparticles, Environment and Health" was held at Imperial College London on 18th June 2010. This workshop was organised by the NaNoRISK (Nanotoxicology Research in South Kensington) Initiative with participation of Prof. Boccaccini as a member of the Management Committee of NaNoRISK. This initiative provides a platform for the study of nano-sized materials in relation to the environment and human health. The aim is to establish multidisciplinary research in the hazard and risk of nanomaterials and to develop safe applications of nanotechnology. More information is available in the recently launched webpage: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/nanorisk

May 2010

• Institute of Biomaterials partner in the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL (KMM-VIN)
  Our Institute has been approved as one of the 35 partners of the European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL (KMM-VIN).
  KMM-VIN was founded under the auspices of the European Commission as a single legal entity with a supranational character to offer integrated basic and applied commercial research, educational and innovation activities in the field of knowledge-based multifunctional materials.
  The KMM-VIN is an international, non-profit association (AISBL) head-quartered in Brussels and incorporated under Belgian law (No d'entreprise 889 462 185). The aim of KMM-VIN is to foster the creation of a powerful platform for research and development and industrial application of advanced multifunctional materials in order that Europe may become a global power in this field, thus contributing to enhancing the quality of life of European society. Details on the mission and activities of KMN-VIN are available here.

• Collaboration with the UK Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC) announced
  Our Institute is one of the international institutions collaborating with the UK Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC), based at Imperial College London and directed by Prof. W. E. Lee.More information: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/structuralceramics
  The Centre is organising the First CASC Summer School on Ceramics to be held in London, 14-16 September 2010.
  Prof. Boccaccini will be one of the invited lecturers at the CASC Ceramics School.
  For more information see: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/structuralceramics/meetings/summerschool

• Congratulatios to Darmawati Mohamad Yunos, who recently passed her PhD oral examination (viva) at Imperial College London. The title of her PhD thesis is: Fabrication and characterisation of 3D porous bioactive glass-ceramic/polymer composite scaffolds for tissue engineering. Darma's supervisor was Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. We wish Darma all success in her future career !

• Ceramic Matrix Composites Containing Carbon Nanotubes
  A paper co-authored by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini (co-authors Johann Cho, Milo S. P. Shaffer) entitled: Ceramic matrix composites containing carbon nanotubes (J. Mater. Sci. 44 (2009) pp. 1934-1951) - is one of the five most highly-cited articles from the Journal in 2009, according the publisher.

April 2010

• Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini has been awarded the Ivor Jenkins Medal 2010 from the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). This prize is awarded in recognition of significant contribution which has enhanced the scientific, industrial or technological understanding of materials processing or component production using particulate materials.

March 2010

• BIOactive highly porous and injectable Scaffolds controlling stem cell recruitment, proliferation and differentiation and enabling angiogenesis for Cardiovascular ENgineered Tissues (BIOSCENT)
  Our Institute is one of the 11 Partners collaborating in the FP-VII funded project BIOSCENT BIOactive highly porous and injectable Scaffolds controlling stem cell recruitment, proliferation and differentiation and enabling angiogenesis for Cardiovascular ENgineered Tissues (BIOSCENT). This is an interdisciplinary research project in the area of cardiac tissue engineering and regeneration. For more details click here.

• Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITECH), Japan, for the period 2010-2014.
  
  The appointment is part of an extended collaboration between NITECH and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, with involvement also of Prof. P. Greil and Prof. A. Roosen.
  This collaboration is carried out in the framework of the Institute of Ceramics Research and Education ITP program supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
  In this international collaborative project, also ENSCI Limoges (France) and Imperial College London (UK) are international partners.
  For more information: http://itp.web.nitech.ac.jp/en/index.html

• Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was nominated to the "Netzwerk argentinischer Wissenschaftler in Deutschland" (Network of Argentine Researchers in Germany) (RCAA). (more)

• The paper:  Application of electrophoretic and electrolytic deposition techniques in ceramics processing, Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science, Volume 6, June 2002, Pages 251-260, authored by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini and Prof. I. Zhitomirsky (McMaster University, Canada), features as one of the TOP 25 downloaded papers of the Journal: (more)

• The paper: Electrophoretic deposition: From traditional ceramics to nanotechnology Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 28,  January 2008, Pages 1353-1367, authored by Dr. Ilaria Corni, Dr M. P. Ryan (Imperial College London) and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini, features as the most downloaded paper of this journal according to the Elsevier webpage

• March 1-2, International Symposium on "Disperse Systems for Electronics" with Session on High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (Prof. Erdmann Spiecker) (download flyer)

February 2010

• Geopolymers breakthrough involving Prof. Boccaccini's research group reported on the web page of the Geopolymers Institute

• The special issue: Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD): Fundamentals and Applications" of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society has been now published:
  Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Vol. 30, Iss. 5, 2010
  This special issue was edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. It includes selected papers from authors who attended the 3rd International Conference on Electrophoretic Deposition held in Hyogo Japan (Oct. 2008). The papers in this issue constitute a representative selection of research being carried out worldwide in the field of EPD, with papers both covering fundamentals of the EPD technique, as applied in materials science, and those showing specific examples of application of the technique in a wide range of materials and new systems.

January 2010

• Tissue engineering using ceramics and polymers
  Our book co-edited with Dr Julie Gough (University of Manchester) entitled: "Tissue Engineering using Ceramics and Polymers" is published by Woodhead Publishing Ltd. This book will prove an innovative and up-to-date reference for professionals and academics involved in the field of tissue engineering. To learn more about the book contents visit this site.(http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/search.aspx?basic=boccaccini)

December 2009

• PhD success - Congratulatios to Johann Cho, who recently passed his PhD oral examination (viva) at Imperial College London. The title of his PhD thesis is: Processing and characterisation of inorganic matrix composites containing carbon nanotubes. Johann's  supervisors were Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Prof. M. Shaffer (Department of Chemistry, Imperial College). We wish Johann all success in his future carreer !

• European Ceramic Society Awards
  Ms Fatemeh Pishbin (PhD student supervised by Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr. Mary Ryan (Imperial College London) was awarded a Trust of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society grant valued at 500 Euro to attend the 4th International Conference on Shaping of Advanced Ceramics" held in Madrid on 16th-18th November 2009. At the conference, Fatemah won the second prize in the Student Contest for her poster/short oral presentation entitled Progress in the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of bioactive glass and bioactive glass-biopolymer composite coatings. In addition, her paper was selected for publication in a special issue related to the Conference to be published in the J Europ Ceram Soc.

• Professor Boccaccini Plenary Speaker in Japan
  Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was one of the plenary speakers at the 18th Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM-XVIII)), held at Tohuku University, Sendai, Japan on December 12-14, 2009. His lecture was entitled: "Progress in the Processing and Fabrication of Nanostructured Bioactive Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering"

• Several papers co-authored by Prof.Aldo R. Boccaccini among the ScienceDirect Top 25
  Several papers co-authored by Prof.Aldo R. Boccaccini are among the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles published by Elsevier Journals considering the number of downloads for the period July-September 2009.

  Electrophoretic deposition: From traditional ceramics to nanotechnology
  Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2008, Volume 28, Issue 7, Pages 1353-1367
  Corni, I.; Ryan, M.P.; Boccaccini, A.R.

  Electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanotube-ceramic nanocomposites
  Journal of the European Ceramic Society (in press)
  Boccaccini, A.R.; Cho, J.; Subhani, T.; Kaya, C.; Kaya, F.

  1st and 4th, respectively, (J. Europ. Ceram. Soc.)

  Electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanotubes
  Carbon, 2006, Volume 44, Issue 15, Pages 3149-3160
  Boccaccini, A.R.; Cho, J.; Roether, J.A.; Thomas, B.J.C.; Jane Minay, E.; Shaffer, M.S.P

  17th (CARBON)

  Biodegradable and bioactive porous polymer/inorganic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
  Biomaterials, 2006, Volume 27, Issue 18, Pages 3413-3431
  Rezwan, K.; Chen, Q.Z.; Blaker, J.J.; Boccaccini, A.R.

  6th (BIOMATERIALS)

  MnO"2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic properties
  Scripta Materialia, Pages 592-595
  Razak, S.I.A.; Ahmad, A.L.; Zein, S.H.S.; Boccaccini, A.R

  21st (Scripta Materialia)

   

October 2009

• Farewell reception for Prof. Boccaccini at Imperial College London
  More than 100 guests came to the farewell reception held on 28 September 2009 at Imperial College London to mark the leaving of Prof. Boccaccini.
  After almost 10 years as an academic in the Department of Materials, Prof. Boccaccini moved to Germany on 1st October 2009 as Head of the newly established Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Prof. Boccaccini remains a visiting professor in the Department of Materials of Imperial College.
  
  In the foto, Prof. Bill Lee (Head of Department of Materials, Imperial College London) and Prof. Boccaccini.