3rd Biomaterials Research Day Successfully Held at FunGlass Centre
The 3rd Biomaterials Research Day, organized by the FunGlass Centre in collaboration with the Institute of Biomaterials Erlangen FAU , was successfully held last week, bringing together researchers, students, and professionals for a full day dedicated to the latest advances in biomaterials science and technology.
The event featured a comprehensive scientific program covering topics such as bioactive glasses, tissue engineering, nanomaterials, and molecular approaches in biomaterials research. The program included presentations by experts from both organizing institutions, as well as distinguished guest lecturers from Comenius University Bratislava:
Dr. Henrieta Škovierová from the Biomedical Centre Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, and Assoc. Prof. Andrea Šoltýsová from the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
In their opening remarks, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini and Dr. Martin Michálek highlighted the strong and long-standing cooperation between the two organizing institutions, emphasizing the significant number of joint scientific publications and the importance of continued collaboration in advancing biomaterials research.
The organizers would like to express their sincere thanks to all speakers for their insightful presentations showcasing the latest results in the field, and to all participants for their active engagement and stimulating discussions, which contributed to the inspiring and collaborative atmosphere of the event.
We look forward to future meetings and continued cooperation within the biomaterials research community.
PROGAM:
Session 1: Bioactive Glasses in Soft and Hard Tissue Engineering
- German Clavijó: Bismuth-containing bioactive glasses: silicate and borate networks for bioactive powders to be used in coatings deposition
(Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V04-00479.) - Hannah Kissel: Synthesis and Characterization of Li-doped Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles for Articular Cartilage Repair
- Andrada-Ioana Damian-Buda: Investigating the angiogenic potential of bioactive glass: a comparative study with equivalent ion solutions
- Si Chen: 1393B3 Borate-based Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration Fabricated by Digital Light processing Based on Vat Photopolymerization (This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101120555, project CLiCAM.)
Session 2: Perspective from biological and molecular approach?
- Henrieta Škovierová: Dental-Derived Stem Cells and Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering /Bridging Biology and Materials Science in Hard Tissue Repair
- Andrea Šoltýsová: Molecular Approaches to Nanomaterial Biosafety: Focus on Bioactive Glasses
Session 3: Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles and Bioprinting
- Onat Basak: Tuning the Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles via Calcium Nitrate Addition Timing
- Jonas Roeder: ECM-molecules as additives for alginate based bioinks to improve bioink-properties and cell-matrix interaction
- Fatih Kurtuldu: Preparation and characterization of chitosan–gelatin/mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticle composite scaffolds for tissue engineering applications (This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101120555, project CLiCAM.)
- Memoona Akhtar: Convergent Bioprinting of Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles (MBGN)-Functionalized Alginate-Di-Aldehyde-Gelatin (ADA GEL) Scaffolds Loaded with Angiogenic Agents for Soft Tissue Engineering Applications
