El BBT, present a l'ESB 2025 i la primera gran trobada de la SEMIT

La 34a Conferència Anual de la Societat Europea de Biomaterials (ESB 2025) va celebrar-se del 7 a l'11 de setembre de 2025 a Torí (Itàlia), sota el lema "Biomaterials a l'horitzó".

A més de la professora Ginebra, que va formar part del jurat dels ESB Awards, diferents membres del grup van tenir l'oportunitat de presentar els seus treballs durant la conferència. Més concretament, hi van participar:

• Carla Arca-Garcia, M. Godoy-Gallardo, M.P. Ginebra. Fluoride-doped nanostructured calcium phosphates: unlocking synergistic antimicrobial mechanisms in synthetic bone grafts. Oral Presentation.
• D. Cabrerizo, F. Barbugian, D.Baker, X.Wang, J.M.Manero, J.Guillem. Development of chitosan hybrid hydrogels with α5β1 integrin computational binders with potential in regenerative medicine. Oral presentation.
• M. Cano-Morenilla, D. Evangelista, J. Guillem-Martí,  M.Balcells, M. Pegueroles. 3D printing of bioresorbable shape memory polymeric stents for pediatric aortic coarctation. Oral Communication
• Roberto Fagotto-Clavijo, A. Diez-Escudero, M.-P. Ginebra. Digital Light Processing of Flexible Self-hardening Hydroxyapatite/PEGDA Scaffolds for Bone regeneration. Oral Presentation.
• Marc Iglesias-Fernandez, T. Thompson, C. Vu, M. Espanol, B. Gilmore, M. P. Ginebra. Real-Time multiplex tracking of bacterial viability and mortality on antimicrobial calcium phosphate topographies. Oral Presentation.
• Shana Jin, C. Mas-Moruno, M.P. Ginebra. Functionalization of calcium phosphate nanotopographies with an antimicrobial peptide. Oral Presentation.
• R. LeBlanc, A. Espona-Noguera, F. Tampieri, MP. Ginebra, M. Valls, C. Canal. "Cold atmospheric plasma-treated bioinks: A first step towards plasma combined with biofabrication for tissue regeneration". Poster presentation.
• J. Rodrigo, C. García-Mintegui, V. Chausse, I. S. Goncharov,  C. Mas-Moruno, M. Vedani, M. Pegueroles. Surface and Structural Tailoring of ZnAg Alloys for Enhanced Biomedical Performance. Oral Communication.
• T. Vilella, G. Fargas, D. Rodríguez. Tailoring the properties of 3D printed TiNb scaffolds through Zr and Ta alloying. Oral presentation.
• A. Viteri, M. Espanol, MP. Ginebra, J. García-Torres. Smart Biomaterial-Based Hydrogels for Precision Drug Delivery via Magnetic Modulation. Oral presentation.
• C. Vargas-Estevez, A. Viteri, S. Colombi, E. Engel, C. Aleman, J. García-Torres. Magnetoelectric Conductive Hydrogels for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Poster presentation.

D'altra banda, la Conferència Inaugural de la Societat Espanyola de Medicina Regenerativa i Enginyeria Tissular (SEMIT 2025) va tenir lloc a Barcelona (Espanya) els dies 2 i 3 d'octubre i va reunir destacats experts nacionals i internacionals per debatre els darrers avenços i reptes en bioenginyeria, biomaterials avançats i biofabricació.

En aquest cas, van participar diversos membres del grup com a ponents, així com el Dr. Carles Mas-Moruno com a membre del comité organitzador i un dels socis fundadors de la societat:

• A. Arcoria, F. Tampieri, C. Canal. Evaluation of RONS Diffusion and Penetration in Biopolymeric Hydrogels Exposed to Cold Atmospheric Plasma. Poster presentation.
• D. Cabrerizo, F. Barbugian, X. Wang, D. Baker, J.M. Manero, J. Guillem. Tailoring Cell Adhesiveness of Chitosan Hydrogels with De Novo Integrin α5β1 Binders. Poster presentation.
• M. Cano-Morenilla, D. Evangelista, J. Guillem-Martí, M. Balcells, M. Pegueroles. Design and 3D-printing of Bioresorbable Shape Memory Stents for Pediatric Aortic Coarctation Repair. Oral presentation.
• Maria Pau Ginebra. Engineering bioceramics for bone regeneration: Innovations at the interface of biology and materials. Plenary Lecture.
• J. Grzelak, I. Bueso-Inchausti, A. Cloeren, M.P. Ginebra. Tailoring Antimicrobial Calcium Phosphate Nanotopographies for Bone Regeneration. Flash and poster presentation.
• S. Jin, C. Mas-Moruno, M.P. Ginebra. Biofunctionalization of calcium phosphate nanotopographies for antimicrobial applications in bone regeneration. Oral presentation.
• R. LeBlanc, A. Espona-Noguera, F. Tampieri, M. Valls, MP. Ginebra, C. Canal. Cold atmospheric plasma-treated bioink for tissue regeneration. Flash and poster presentation.
• M. Punset, A. Rodríguez-Contreras, P. Fernández, M. Molmeneu, D. Rodríguez, J.A. Calero, J.M. Manero. Osteointegrative Calcium- and Magnesium-Enriched Coatings for Porous Titanium Scaffolds: A Regenerative Approach for Foot Osteotomy Implants. Poster presentation.
• A. Viteri, M-P. Ginebra, J. García-Torres. Magnetically Responsive Gelatine-Chitosan Hydrogels for the Modulation of Fibroblast Behaviour in Tissue Engineering. Oral presentation.
• A. Viteri, S. Colombi, L. Resina, C. Vargas-Estevez, E. Engel, C. Aleman, J. García-Torres. Electrically Conductive and Magnetoelectric Hydrogels for Heart Tissue Engineering. Poster presentation. Viteri, S. Colombi, L. Resina, C. Vargas-Estevez, E. Engel, C. Aleman, J. García-Torres. Electrically Conductive and Magnetoelectric Hydrogels for Heart Tissue Engineering. Poster presentation.

A més a més, l'estudiant de doctorat Rachel LeBlanc va guanyar el Best Poster Presentation Award.