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The project "Treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head using advanced cell therapy and biomaterials in a sheep experimental model", leaded by Dr. Màrius Aguirre (Hosp. Vall d'Hebron) and Prof.. Maria Pau Ginebra (BBT-UPC), one of the awarded in the 2011 edition of the Marathon.

Dr . Cristina Canal, member of the Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering research group, one of the five young Spanish scientifics awarded at the L'Oréal -UNESCO for Women in Science scholarship program.

The company Mimetis Biomaterials was established in 2013, as a "spin off"' of the BBT, dedicated to developing technologies and materials for bone regeneration.

A new antimicrobial material for dental implants, designed by Prof.. Maria Pau Ginebra and Prof. Xavier Gil, Expoquimia R&D Award in 2014 , in the framework of the international Expoquimia exhibition in Barcelona.

Mimetis Biomaterials, dedicated to the development of materials and technologies for bone regeneration, first finalist at the BioEmprenedorsXXI Awards 2014, organized by La Caixa, Barcelona City Council and Biocat .

The Government of Catalonia awknowledges the excellence in the research of Maria-Pau Ginebra, Full Professor of Materials Science and Director of the Laboratory of Biomaterials in the Research Centre in Biomedical Engineering of the UPC, for the second consecutive time, with an ICREA Academy Award in the area of ​​technology and engineering.

Albert Barba and Mireia Hoyos, winners of two Best Oral Presentation Awards in biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine international conferences, 2016 eCM XVII: Stem cells, Bone Fixation, Repair & Regeneration (Davos, Suïssa) and TERMIS 2016: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society European Meeting (Uppsala, Suècia).

PhD student at the BBT Judit Buxadera, "Young Researcher Presentation Award" at ICPM-6: 6th International Conference on Plasma Medicine in Bratislava.

Dr .Carles Mas, member of the Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering research group, awarded with a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

The European Research Council has awarded Dr. Cristina Canal with a ‘Starting Grant’ to investigate a new therapy for bone cancer treatment