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22/05/2026

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini co-organised meeting of the German Humboldt Network e.V. (Regional Group Franconia)

As a member of the German Humboldt Network ( https://www.dhn-ev.de/home/ ) (Regional Group Franconia), Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini co-organised, together with the Network spokesperson Prof. Wilhelm Schwieger, a dinner “get-together” of Humboldt fellows (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) (► https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/ ) and academic hosts in the Franconia region, which took place in Erlangen on 20 May. It was a great opportunity to connect with outstanding international scholars currently conducting research in a wide variety of fields at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and other universities in the region.

15/05/2026

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini Recognized Again Among the Highest Cited Researchers Worldwide by Research.com

The 5th edition of Research.com (►https://research.com/scientists-rankings/materials-science ) is available online. The platform presents a comprehensive ranking of researchers globally, which is based on data combined from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The methodology behind the rankings is detailed on the Research.com website. The position of a researcher in the ranking is based on a researcher's D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes publications and citation values for an examined discipline. In the field of Materials Science, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (►https://research.com/u/aldo-r-boccaccini ) is ranked 10th in Germany and 209th worldwide. Notably, 27 materials scientists affiliated with FAU are included in this list. In total, over 12,851 scientists in the discipline of Materials Science were evaluated worldwide. Prof. Boccaccini said: "I am honored to be listed again in this platform. To be included in such high position in the "Best Materials Science Scientists Ranking" both in Germany and worlwide alongside so many excellent colleagues is both rewarding and deeply appreciated."

14/05/2026

Doctoral thesis success: Francesco Iorio

Congratulations to Francesco Iorio for successfully defending his doctoral thesis titled “Innovation in tendon biomimetic scaffolds production” on 11th May, 2026.
Francesco completed his doctoral project in our Institute, supervised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini in co-tutelle with University of Teramo, Italy, co-supervised by Prof. Valentina Russo and Prof. Barbara Barboni. The project was carried out in the frame of the Doctoral Training Network Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions “PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE INNOVATION IN TENDON REPAIR” (P4FiT), (►https://www.p4fit.eu/ ) of which Prof. Boccaccini was a principal investigator, coordinated by Prof. Helder Santos.

The defense was conducted online and the members of the doctoral defense committee were: apl. Prof. Rosiwal (FAU), Prof. Dorothea Brüggemann (Univ. of Applied Sci., Bremen), Prof. Luisa Pascucci (University of Perugia, Italy), Prof. Danijela Gregurec (FAU), Prof. Giovanna Della Porta (Univ. of Salerno, Italy), Prof. Alessia Peserico (Univ. of Teramo) and Prof. Boccaccini. After the successful defense of the doctoral thesis, Prof. Boccaccini highlighted the comprehensive experimental work carried out by Francesco and the innovative results obtained. In this project a new family of multifunctional fibrous scaffolds based on the smart combination of biopolymers, including therapeutic ion releasing systems, was developed and characterised with focus on applications in tendon repair. The project involved research at University of Teramo and other partner universities in P4FiT. A paper has been already published [1] and three other papers have been submitted. Many congratulations to Francesco for the successful defense of his doctoral thesis, we wish Francesco all the best in his future career.

[1] F. Iorio, et al., Electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(glycerol sebacate) aligned fibers fabricated with benign solvents for tendon tissue engineering, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A 113 (2025) e37794. (LINK: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jbm.a.37794 )

12/05/2026

Start of Bilateral Project: “Development of injectable bioactive glass–hydrogel composites for osteoimmunomodulatory bone regeneration” with Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University https://www.linkedin.com/company/charles-university/, Czech Republic, funded by BTHA / BAYHOST

Our bilateral project: “Development of injectable bioactive glass–hydrogel composites for osteoimmunomodulatory bone regeneration” with the group of Dr. Petra Kocánek Chocholatá at Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen (► https://lfp.cuni.cz/en/faculty-of-medicine-in-pilsen/ ), Charles University , (► https://lfp.cuni.cz/en/ ) Czech Republic, started on 8th May with the visit of Dr. Chocholatá to our Institute. The project is funded by Bayerisch-Tschechische Hochschulagentur (BTHA) (► https://www.btha.cz/de/ ) / Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST). (► https://www.uni-regensburg.de/bayhost )
Dr. Chocholatá presented the talk “Hydrogel scaffolds for bone tissue engineering”. We discussed with Petra the first results of our collaborative project, led on our side by Hannah Kisseland Andrada-Ioana Damian-Buda (PhD students), focusing on bioactive glass nanoparticles incorporated into injectable hydrogels for bone regeneration. We are looking forward to the next steps of this exciting project, which involves visit of member of our Institute to the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University.

12/05/2026

Dr. Liliana Liverani (visiting researcher) presents invited talk (online) on data-driven design of tissue engineering scaffolds

On 7th May, we hosted the online presentation of Dr. Liliana Liverani, senior scientist at _DGS spa, (► https://www.dgsspa.com/en/) Rome (Italy), and visiting researcher in our Institute. Dr. Liverani presented the talk: "Data-driven design of tissue engineering scaffolds". The event was attended by almost 60 members of our Institute, demonstrating the interest in the subject. Following our previous publication with Dr. Liverani and her team on the subject [1], we expect to expand our collaboration in the field of data-driven design of tissue engineering scaffolds, highlighting the importance of the interface between machine learning and biomaterials.

[1] D'Elia, P., et al., Artificial Intelligence-Driven Insights into Electrospinning: Machine Learning Models to Predict Cotton-Wool-Like Structure of Electrospun Fibers, Advanced Intelligent Discovery (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/aidi.202500060 https://doi.org/10.1002/aidi.202500060

06/05/2026

Prof. Wenwen Fang (TU Munich) visits the Institute of Biomaterials

On 5th May we received the visit of Prof. Dr. Wenwen Fang, (►https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/fang-wenwen ) Professorship for Particle and Fiber Technology for bio-based materials at TUM Campus Straubing. (►https://www.cs.tum.de/en/ ) Prof. Fang presented the invited lecture "High performance bio-based fibers". We discussed with Prof. Fang areas of common and complementary research interest which may lead to establish collaborations between our Institute and the group of Prof. Fang, particularly in the field of biofuctionalization of fibers and textiles. Prof. Fang visited our laboratories and had an appreciation of the broad nature of our research activities in the field of biomaterials.

20/04/2026

First Institute's general meeting in the Summer Term 2026

The first general meeting of the Institute of Biomaterials in the Summer Term 2026 took place on 16th April 2026, with almost 80 attendees, including research and teaching staff, post-doctoral researchers, PhD students, undergraduate students and international visitors. Prof. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute, welcomed specially the new members, including new undergraduate and doctoral students and the numerous visiting students and research visitors from different countries around the world that are currently carrying out their research projects in our Institute. We counted 19 nationalities present, a truly international group !

13/04/2026

Spring 2026 meeting of the FAU Institute of Biomaterials

The traditional “Coffee and Cakes” Spring meeting of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and international visitors of the Institute of Biomaterials took place on 12th April. Even if some Institute’s members missed this nice social get-together, there was good attendance of many members, and seventeen (!) nationalities were represented, which indicates the impressive international character of our Institute. Prof. Boccaccini said: “Also this year, it was great to meet so many members of our institute and share enjoyable moments and conversations together. It was an excellent opportunity to interact with group members and to welcome our guests and international visitors.”

10/04/2026

Prof. Nathalie Bock (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) visits the FAU Institute of Biomaterials

On 9th April, we received the visit of Assist. Prof. Nathalie Bock, (► https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/n.bock ) Research Lead, QUT Translational Research Institute and Deputy Director, Max Planck Queensland Centre (MPQC), (► https://research.qut.edu.au/mpqc/ ) Queensland University of Technology, (► https://www.qut.edu.au/ ) Australia. She presented the invited talk: "Multicellular bone metastatic microenvironment models: In vitro, ex vivo, and humanized tissue-engineered approaches", in the framework of the German Research Foundation (DFG)-funded CRC/TRR225 Collaborative Research Center. (► https://trr225biofab.de/ ) We look forward to staying in touch and to future collaborative research developments!

31/03/2026

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini presents invited talk at Symposium “23 Years of Plastic Surgery at Erlangen University Hospital and FAU"

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the Symposium “23 Years of Plastic Surgery at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and FAU" held on 28th March 2026 to celebrate the remarkable career of Prof. Raymund E. Horch, (► https://www.uk-erlangen.de/kontakt/visitenkarte/raymund-e-horch-prof-dr-med-dr-h-c-raymund-e-horch-152/ ) Director of the Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery at University Hospital Erlangen, on the occasion of his retirement. Prof. Raymund Horch has been a long-standing supporter of the FAU Institute of Biomaterials and a fantastic collaborator on numerous research projects, including our joint work and leadership within theCRC/TRR225 Collaborative Research Center "From the Fundamentals of Biofabrication Towards Functional Tissue Models" (► https://trr225biofab.de/ ). Our successful collaboration of many years (29 joint publications, more than 1000 citations) with Prof. Raymund Horch and his team in the field of tissue engineering highlights the strength of FAU’s interdisciplinary research environment and the open, collaborative spirit across faculties and departments. Wishing Raymund all the very best for this next chapter: health, happiness, and exciting new adventures ahead!

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