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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

Dr. Daniel Rodríguez Rius, Associate Professor at UPC and member of the BBT, new President of the Sociedad Ibérica de Biomecánica y Biomateriales (SIBB).

Dr Giuseppe Scionti, a BBT member, presented our 3D bioprinting research at the FabMeetup, dedicated to Innovative Bio Technologies at CREB-UPC.

Prof. Maria Pau Ginebra (BBT) and Dr. Eulàlia Montolío (UB) were the two speakers at the monthly meeting Breakfast of Science at 7 Portes, to debate about the topic "Women and Science: where are the women in science?"

The Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering research group presents its research lines, active projects and scientific objectives during its Annual Internal Conference and the 6th Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Research Center

Dr. Maria Isabel Castellanos, FI PhD student at the BBT for 3 years, presents her doctoral thesis at the EEBE.

Dr. Judit Buxadera, member of the BBT, presented her doctoral thesis within the Materials Science Doctorate, in July.

Several members of the research group BBT participated at the 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) with 7 oral presentations and a keynotelecture.

Maria Gelabert, who carried out her final degree project at BBT, was awarded the Gemma Rosell and Romero Prize, which rewards students who devote a part of their time to biomedical research.

Partners from 4 European countries meet at EEBE (Barcelona) on October 23rd - 24th.

Cristina Canal, awarded a year ago with a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC), main interviewee at Badalona Matí, the morning program at Ràdio Badalona.

Dr. Godoy-Gallardo, former PhD student at the BBT, UPC's Special Doctoral Award 2017 for the class of 2014-2015.

Dr. Kanupriya Khurana, Dr. Romain Schieber and Dr. Anna Díez-Escudero, members of the BBT, present their doctoral thesis within the Materials Science Doctorate, in November.

PhD student at the BBT, Ines Hamouda, 1st Price for Oral Presentations at the XL Congreso de la Sociedad Ibérica de Biomecánica y Biomateriales (SIBB2017)

More than 30 members of the BBT research group and Mimetis Biomaterials celebrated Christmas by having diner toghether and playing secret Santa.

Miquel Punset and Noelia Aparicio, members of the Engineering Services Division at the BBT, moderator and rapporteur at the HealthTech Unconference Event 2017.

Carles Mas-Moruno, Ramón y Cajal Researcher at the UPC BBT group, awarded with the Best "Flash" Communication Award at the 16th Iberian Peptide Meeting / 4th Chemical Biology Group Meeting

The Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering research group presents its research lines, active projects and scientific objectives, as well as its new corporate identity, during its Annual Internal Conference.

The H2020-MAXIBONE project Kickoff Meeting was held on 20-21 February 2018 in Nantes, France.

Three researchers from the BBT and CIEFMA research groups carried out the project "In-situ microstructural effects and transformability of 3Y-ZrO2 specimens superficially modified at different annealing temperatures: from room temperature to 900 ºC" at ALBA Synchrotron in Cerdanyola del Vallès .

Researcher Maria Pau Ginebra, Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Director of the Research Group in Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering, has been selected as one of the 12 finalists of the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2018.