News
May 2018
ISBF 2018
The Annual Conference on Biofabrication 2018 will take place in Wuerzburg (October 28-31, 2018) and will be organized by FMZ. More information is available on the conference website www.biofabrication2018.org and on the website of the International Society for Biofabrication ISBF www.biofabricationsociety.org.
April 2018
Master‘s thesis (m/f)
Investigation of in vitro macrophage polarization due to various scaffold geometries
July 2017
Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI)
joint research institute of the University of Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nürnberg and Würzburg
Jan 2017
Vacant postdoc position
May 2016
New paper Electrochemically assisted deposition of strontium modified
magnesium phosphate on titanium surfaces has been published in Materials Science and Engineering C.
The manuscript
Thiol-ene Clickable Poly(glycidol) Hydrogels for Biofabrication has been published
in Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
February 2016
Our article Additive manufacturing of scaffolds with sub-micron filaments via melt electrospinning
writing published in BiofabricationTM last year has
been selected and included in the journal’s
2015 Highlights collection.
The paper
In situ-immobilization of two model cyanobacterial strains in ceramic structures:
a new biohybrid material for photobioreactor applications was published in the Journal of Biotechnology.
The review paper
Melt electrospinning today: An opportune time for an emerging polymer process was published in
Progress in Polymer Science.
January 2016
The manuscript Biofabrication:
reappraising the definition of an evolving field is published in Biofabrication!
November 2015
Tomasz Jüngst receives the IOP Biofabrication Journal Oral Award and the regenHU Young Scientist Award at the
International Conference on Biofabrication in Utrecht! Both prizes were awarded for the development of an innovative bioink on the
basis of spider silk protein, which has been achieved in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth.
October 2015
The manuscript
Strategies and Molecular Design Criteria for 3D Printable Hydrogels was published in Chemical Reviews!
The FMZ congratulates Matthias Kuhlmann for the successful defence of his Doctoral thesis!
July 2015
Sarah Bertlein participates as a group discussion leader in the Collagen Gordon Research Seminar in Boston. She also presents
a talk during the seminar and a poster for the seminar and the associated Gordon Research Conference.
Ilona Zilkowski and Susanne Feineis present a poster at the Cancer Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference in Boston.
June 2015
STRATEGIES IN TISSUE ENGINEERING - The conference of the Würzburg Initiative Tissue Engineering was a big success
and attracted over 400 participants from 20 countries! FMZ received 2 awards for excellent contributions, one for
Laura Wistlich (oral presentation) and one for Sarah Bertlein (poster).
March 2015
New paper "Reinforcement of hydrogels using three-dimensionally printed microfibres" published in
Nature Communications!
February 2015
New Zeiss crossbeam electron microscope installed!
Recently the FMZ has become prowd owner of a Crossbeam 340 of the company Zeiss. The high-end device features
besides numerous different electron detectors a focused ion beam column for depth analysis, a micromanipulator
for the preparation of TEM lamellae, an energy dispersive X-ray detector for element analysis, and an entire
setup for the cryo preparation of water-containing samples.
January 2015
The manuscript
Biofabrication of Cell-Loaded 3D Spider Silk Constructs has been published in Angewandte Chemie.
November 2014
PhD-student exchange with the University of Bangalore
As part of a cooperation between FMZ Würzburg and the Materials Research Centre of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore,
India, Susanne Christ will work in Prof. Bikramjit Basu's group for 7 weeks. Production and investigation of three-dimensional
scaffolds made by rapid-prototyping technique will be the main parts of the issue "3D powder printed strontium-substituted magnesium
phosphate 3D scaffolds with enhanced bioactivity to promote early osseointegration". Investigations include material specific properties
as well as biological properties. Within this cooperation in January 2015 another exchange will be proceeded. A PhD-student of Prof. Bikramjit Basu,
Sourav Mandal, will visit the FMZ and also work on a project.
October 2014
On October 3rd the second "Doors-Open-Day" (initiated by the german children's TV "Show with the mouse") took place in the FMZ!
August 2014
Michael Schmitz gives a talk about cystein functionalized Poly(2-oxazolin)e at
the
248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco. (Abstract)
July 2014
FMZ welcomes its new co-worker Prof. Dr. Paul Dalton!
January 2014
FMZ presents recent research results in regenerative medicine on Bavarian TV.
December 2013
ERC-consolidator grant "Design2Heal" for Prof. Groll.
November 2013
6th scientific seminar of the North-Bavarian Biomaterials Alliance in regenerative medicine in Bayreuth
October 2013
The FMZ and the Department for Orthodontics open their laboratory doors for 60 children on the "doors-open day with the mouse and the elephant".
(pics)
August 2013
25th anniversary article Engineering Hydrogels for Biofabrication is published in Advanced Materials.
July 2013
Successful patent application: "Production of materials having an anisotropic structure"
Prof. Jürgen Groll and his department are featured in the german TV show
Faszination Wissen.
April 2013
The manuscript
Nanostructuring of Refractory Metal Surfaces by Electrochemical Oxidation: Nb and the Binary Systems Ti-Ta and Nb-Ta has been published in Current Nanoscience.
January 2013
The manuscript Embedding of Active
Proteins and Living Cells in Redox-Sensitive Hydrogels and Nanogels through Enzymatic Cross-Linking has been published in Angewandte Chemie.
The EU-funded project HydroZONES, coordinated by Prof. Jürgen
Groll, is launched.
The manuscript Chemical Characterization of hydroxyapatite
obtained by wet chemistry
in the presence of V, Co,
and Cu ions has been published in Material Science and
Engineering C.
December 2012
The manuscript Dualsetting α-tricalcium phosphate
cements
has been published in Journal of Materials
Science: Materials in Medicine.
The manuscript Effects ofnanoparticle surface-coupled
peptides, functional endgroups,
and charge
on intracellular distribution and functionality of human primary
reticuloendothelial cells
has been published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology
and
Medicine.
The manuscript Peptide-Functionalized Gold Nanorods
Increase Liver Injury in Hepatitis
has been published in ACS Nano..
The manuscript
Bone targeting for the treatment of osteoporosis
has been published in Journal Of Controlled Release..
The manuscript "Oxygen diffusion hardening of
tantalum coatings on
cp-titanium for biomedical applications" has been
published online in Surface & Coatings Technology.
October 2012
FMZ welcomes its new co-worker Dr. Jörg Teßmar!
August 2012
Dr. Elke Vorndran receives DGBM sponsorship award for an excellent
dissertation at the annual conference of the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomaterialien.
FMZ wins poster award at world biomaterials congress in
Chengdu!
Manuscript
"Tenside-free Preparation of Nanogels with High Functional
β‑Cyclodextrin Content" published in ACS Nano
Manuscript
"The effect of Cu(II)-loaded brushite scaffolds on growth and activity
of osteoblastic cells" published in Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research Part A
Manuscript
"Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Substituted Episulfi des for
Side-Chain Functional Polysulfi de-Based Amphiphiles" published
in Macromolecular
Rapid Communications
Manuscript
"Inducing healing-like human primary macrophage phenotypes by 3D
hydrogel coated nanofibres" published in Biomaterials
Manuscript
"How smart do biomaterials need to be? A translational science and
clinical point of view" published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Manuscript
"Fiber reinforced calcium phosphate cements – On the way to
degradable load bearing bone substitutes?" published in Biomaterials
March 2012
- Manuscript „Inducing
healing-like
human primary macrophage phenotypes by 3D hydrogel coated
nanofibres“ published in
Biomaterials.
Dr. Elke Vorndran wins Zonta-Prize 2012!
Manuscript “Effects
of nanoparticle surface-coupled peptides, functional endgroups, and
charge on
intracellular distribution and functionality of human primary
reticuloendothelial cells” published in
Nanomedicine:
Nanotechnology,
Biology, and
Medicine
- Manuscript „TiO2
nanotube arrays
deposited on Ti
substrate by anodic oxidation and their potential as a long-term drug
delivery
system for antimicrobial agents“ published in Applied Surface
Science veröffentlicht
February 2012
M. Sc. Biotechnol. Kathrin Hahn, Dipl.
Ing. Kai Stuckensen, and Dipl. Chem. Matthias Kuhlmann receive travel
grants for their contributions to the 9th World Congress
on Biomaterials
in Chengdu (China) from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Biomaterialien!
- Manuscript „A hydrogel-based
versatile screening platform for
specific biomolecular recognition in a well plate format“
published inAnalytical
and Bioanalytical Chemistry
We
congratulate Prof. Dr. Gbureck
on his promotion to associate professor!
January 2012
- Manuscript „Antimicrobial and
physicochemical properties of experimental light curing composites with
alka
substituted calcium phosphate fillers“ published in Dental
Materials
Manuscript „Polysaccharide based
covalently linked multi-membrane hydrogels“ published
in Soft
Matter
December 2011
FMZ will presented 8 contributions at the 9th World
Congress on Biomaterials in
Chengdu.
An annual PhD student exchange between FMZ and
the Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) at
the Queensland
University of Technology (QUT, Brisbane, Australien) is funded by DAAD!
FMZ congratulates Dr. Elke Vorndran on her successful Doctoral
examination!
Manuscript
"Polysaccharide based covalently linked
multi-membrane
hydrogels" published in Soft Matter
