Strong FunGlass Participation at GlaCerHub Training in Brno Almost 30 members of the FunGlass team took part in the second edition of the training event “Development and Management & Building Capacities for Sustainable Innovation,” held in Brno from March 18–20, 2026, at CEITEC BUT. This event brought together research group leaders, researchers, project [...]
Dr. German Clavijo Represents FunGlass at the ITSC2026 Dr. German Clavijo Mejía from the Department of Biomaterials participated in the International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC) held on March 18–20, 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand. This prestigious event is recognized as the world’s leading international conference and exhibition for thermal spray technologists, researchers, manufacturers, and [...]
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini receives Doctor Honoris Causa from National University of Cuyo, San Rafael, Argentina Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, and member of the scientific board of FunGlass Center, received the Doctor Honoris Causa from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo) in his hometown, San [...]
April 13, 2026│ Trenčín
New Open Access Publication: Multifunctional Hybrid Sponges for Bone Tissue Engineering A multidisciplinary and multicultural research team led by Dr. Zulema Vargas, Department of Biomaterials, has published a new open access article in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier). The study, titled “Multifunctional hybrid chitosan/κ-carrageenan sponges integrating engineered SBA-15@Fe₃O₄ composites and nano-hydroxyapatite for bone [...]
Strengthening International Collaboration: FunGlass Researcher Visits Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Our researcher Dr. Alfredo Sanchez from the VILA department recently completed a two-week Erasmus researcher visit to Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, where he had the privilege of working with Prof. Alfonso Pedone and Dr. [...]
FunGlass at the Biomedical Centre Martin Seminar On 3 March 2026, FunGlass had the pleasure of participating in the Seminar of the Biomedical Centre Martin at the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin. During the seminar, Dr. Martin Michálek, Head of our Department of Biomaterials, presented our recent research entitled “1393B3 Bioactive Glass [...]
Strengthening Scientific Collaboration within the DS FR 24 0014 (GeSeB) Project As part of the DS FR 24 0014 project (GeSeB – Synthesis, Laser Modification and Surface Phenomena of Chalcogenide, Oxyselenide and Oxide Glasses and Thin Films), Peter Kutálek, PhD, and Jan Smolík, PhD, from the University of Pardubice visited the FunGlass at [...]
PhD Defence Success and Double Degree Achievement of Ertugrul Varlik We are pleased to announce that on February 12, 2026, our PhD student MSc. Ertugrul Varlik successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Advanced Manufacturing of 3D Scaffolds Using Bioactive Glass for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications.” Ertugrul is a co-tutelle PhD student and will [...]
Visit from the University of Gdańsk to the FunGlass Research Centre We were pleased to welcome representatives from the University of Gdańsk, the Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Dr. hab. Eng. Natalia Wójcik and Zuzanna Milewczyk, a PhD student in Materials Engineering, to the FunGlass Research Centre. During their two-week visit, our [...]
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