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UiO Core Facilities Advisory Board approved last week our "UiO:NEXT Norwegian Center for Nanoscale X-ray Tomography" as a UiO Core Research Facility based on its unique technology offering.
Sander Marius Landrø and Magnus Helgerud, who did their master thesis at our department has been nominated to the Norwegian Dental Association (NDA) Student Research Prize
We are delighted to announce that Liebert and co-workers made the cover page of the Journal of Microscopy in the March edition
We had the pleasure of hosting a small group of American Biomedical Engineering students and faculty members from the DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia exchange program this week
Last week we organized the 16th Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials (ScSB). annual conference held in the beautiful town of Røros together with Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU) . Our lab participated by presenting eight posters and two rapid-fire presentations from our esteemed members.
Paweł Kałłas has publicly defended his doctoral dissertation Bacterial and Host Response to Nanostructured Surfaces. We congratulate Pawel on his achievement!
No more conferences attended from our sofas at home! After a long wait, we were finally able to reunite with our friends and colleagues at real-life physical conferences.
Dyala Bakir's master thesis on polyphenolic nanocoatings for dental implants won this year's best master thesis award at the Faculty of Dentistry. Well done, Dyala!
The Department of Biomaterials has been granted funding from EU Horizon Europe under the Horizon Coordination and Support Action (CSA) Grant which amounts to 50 million euros. Last week we joined in for the official kick-off meeting
Finally it was allowed to have physical meetings again. Our department participated in a two days consortium meeting in Iceland together with colleagues from Estonia, Latvia and Iceland in the EEA NORWAY GRANT project EGGSHELL
In collaboration with colleagues in the US, industry, we have managed to obtain a large grant from Research Council of Norway in the new program Converging Technologies
Usame Sevgi from Dicle University in Turkey joined our group for three months, bringing along some Turkish delight and an healthy appetite for science.
Maryam Rahmati has publicly defended her doctoral dissertation In vivo evaluation of biomaterials for bone regeneration applications using advanced imaging techniques. Department of Biomaterials congratulates Maryam on her great achievement!
Pawel Kallas has awarded "Best Young Author of the Year 2020-2021" by the Journal Biomaterial Investigations in Dentistry.
Together with the Department of Geosciences and the Museum of Cultural History at UiO, the Department of Biomaterials has received NOK 2.5 million to expand the technology Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). The allocation is given in the form of hub/node funds from UiO's e-infrastructure hub/node initiative
Manuel Schweikle was awarded His Majesty the King's Gold Medal for his outstanding PhD thesis focusing on developing mineralised hydrogels for regenerating bone tissue around dental implants.
After a long wait, the borders opened this summer and we were able to welcome Erasmus students at our lab again. This summer, the biomaterials lab was taken over by our French summer interns.
Florian Weber has publicly defended his doctoral dissertation Development of multifunctional polyphenolic coatings for improved peri-implant healing. Department of Biomaterials congratulates Florian on his great achievement!
Victor A. Jankowski's master thesis on polyphenolic nanocoatings for dental implants won this year's best master thesis award at the Faculty of Dentistry. Well done, Victor!
Maria H Pham has publicly defended her doctoral dissertation Cellular responses to fluoride modified titanium surfaces. Department of Biomaterials congratulates Maria on her great achievement!
The Department has been granted a large EU project in collaboration with 15 different Universities in the H2020 INFRAIA program (Integrating and opening research infrastructures of European)
Anne Klemm has publicly defended her doctoral dissertation Doped TiO2 bone scaffolds - corrosion resistance combined with high compressive strength. Department of Biomaterials congratulates Anne on her great achievement!
Sigrid Haugen successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Ph.D. (philosophiae doctor) : A study of adiponectin and adiponectin receptor agonist ADP355 on bone and orthodontic tooth movement.
During the summer scientists at the department has gotten two papers published in two pretigous journals. In collaboration with the USA and China, the Department of Biomaterials has published articles in Chemical Society Review and Progress in Materials Science.