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Scientific programme

Programme overview

Plenary and invited speakers

Carlijn Bouten (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez (University of Glasgow)
Liesbet Geris (University of Liège)
Peter Fratzl (Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung)
Christine Selhuber-Unkel (Universität Heidelberg)
Rainer Haag (Freie Universität Berlin)
Amaia Cipitria (Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Spain)
Uwe Freudenberg (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden)
Alexander Böker (Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung, Potsdam-Golm)
Paul Zaslansky (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Laura De Laporte (Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien, Aachen)
Jens Kurreck (Technische Universität Berlin)

Conference topics

  • Bio-inspired biomaterials
  • Cell-material interactions
  • Biomaterials for tissue regeneration
  • Bioactive materials, release systems
  • Biofunctional materials
  • Patterned and (hierarchically) structured materials
  • Surface modification technologies, coatings, treatment of implant associated infections
  • Additive manufacturing / biofabrication
  • Biomaterial characterization
  • Biomaterials and disease models
  • Biomaterials for 3R (Replace, Reduce, Refine)
  • Biomaterial translation and clinical application