The Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Research Group (BBT), with Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra as Research Director, is part of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (CEM) of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).
The BBT’s main scientific goal is the development of biomaterials for tissue and organs regeneration/functional repair, from a basic scientific approach to an applied point of view, by transferring the generated knowledge to bio companies and hospitals.
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Dr. Tània Vilella, a PhD student at BBT and CIEFMA, presented her doctoral thesis on "Biocompatible Superelastic TiNb-based alloys produced by additive manufacturing," co-directed by Dr. Daniel...
Tània Vilella, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering -
Raúl Agut-López et al. study, in this innovative publication, how to convert hydroxyapatite, a rigid, brittle material, into a flexible structure with tuneable mechanical properties and degradation...
New paper on flexible hydroxyapatite nanofibers for bone repair -
The UPC Doctoral School has launched the first edition of the PhD Buddy Program, a pioneering initiative designed to accompany and support first-year doctoral candidates as they begin their research...
Four BBT researchers participate as mentors in the first edition of the UPC PhD Buddy Program -
Two BBT postdocs have successfully completed their respective academic stays between July 11th and the 25th, 2026, within the framework of a highly competitive joint program between Universitat...
Giulia Fornabaio and Giovanni Ferrandi, Visiting Professors for the 2026 summer schools in China -
Eleven of the fifty researchers who are part of the BBT research group have participated in the 35th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, a landmark meeting coinciding with...
A large delegation from BBT attends ESB 2026 -
PhD students Yuliana Franco and Jordi Rodrigo traveled in late August to Conil de la Frontera (Spain) to attend the 18th Biometal Symposium on Biodegradable Metals, held in this Cadiz town from...
Yuliana Franco, awarded at the 18th Biometal Symposium
Projects BBT
New Papers
- A.K.A. Silva Brun et al. Enhancing Europe’s competitiveness by empowering researchers as innovators. Science
- J. Wessely-Szponder et al. Plasma-treated alginate hydrogels modulate porcine leukocyte activity in vitro. Frontiers in Immunology
- R. Fagotto-Clavijo et al. Digital Light Processing of Reactive Ceramic-Polymer Bone Scaffolds Enables In situ Hydroxyapatite Formation. Acta Biomaterialia
- R. Agut López et al. Engineering Flexible Nanofibrous Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds With Tunable Degradation and Mechanical Properties for Bone Regeneration. Small
- T. Vilella et al. Direct ink writing of TiNb scaffolds from elemental powders: towards superelastic and responsive bone-mimetic structures. Materials & Design
- R. LeBlanc et al. Cold atmospheric plasma-treated bioink: A biocompatible RONS delivery platform in 3D bioprinting. Biomaterials Advances
- M. Iglesias-Fernandez et al. Synchrotron cryo-soft X-ray microscopy reveals bacterial interactions with nanostructured calcium phosphate substrates. Nature Communications
