BIOMET4D marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 by speaking with four of our talented female researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute, the University of Galway, the Health Research Institute at Gregorio Marañón Hospital, and the University Hospital Aachen. They share their
Tomasz Choma is an Application Engineer at AMAZEMET, one of two new partners to join the BIOMET4D consortium in 2024 alongside RWTH Aachen University Hospital. Read more about these new additions at the BIOMET4D website. In this interview, we speak with him about AMAZEMET’s role in BIOMET4D as well
The ability to produce key additive manufacturing powders more efficiently and increased expertise in the field of animal testing are just two of BIOMET4D’s new capabilities following the expansion of its consortium over the past 12 months. 2024 saw two new partners join the project team: RWTH
BIOMET4D was heavily featured as part of the recent Workshop on Additive Biofabrication (WAB2024) held at IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid. WAB2024 was the inaugural workshop of its kind, and was organised by researchers at the host institute, IMDEA Materials (also coordinators of the BIOMET4D
Miguel Grande Ráez, one of the IMDEA Materials researchers involved in the European BIOMET4D project, has turned to the public for support as he aims to further his expertise in advanced materials science at Imperial College London. As part of BIOMET4D, Grande is working to develop artificial
The Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project has marked the halfway point in its mission to develop the next generation of shape-shifting implants with its second consortium meeting in Dublin, Ireland.Aside from representing the significant milestone of the project's second anniversary, the meeting also
BIOMET4D researcher, Dr. Jon Molina from IMDEA Materials Institute, has highlighted the BIOMET4D project as part of his keynote address at last week's European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC19) in Madrid. Dr. Molina's presentation was focused on the 4D printing of metallic alloys toward
Recently, BIOMET4D researcher William Solórzano-Requejo from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) took part in the Biodevices 2024 Conference in Rome, Italy as part of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. In his presentation, entitled
BIOMET4D researcher, Dr. Santiago Ochandiano from the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGGM) was one of a number of speakers featured as part of the recent Translational Symposium on New Technologies in Maxillofacial Surgery held at H.G.U Gregorio Marañón in Madrid. Dr. Ochandiano’s
The incredible work being done as part of the BIOMET4D project to create next-generation 4D biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration wouldn’t be possible without our team of amazing researchers. Get to know our team through our interview series. In this edition, we talk to Blanca Limones
The incredible work being done as part of the BIOMET4D project to create next-generation 4D biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration wouldn’t be possible without our team of amazing researchers. Get to know our team through our interview series. In this edition, we talk to Dr. Muzi from
On October 6, BIOMET4D held the first meeting of its Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) in which board members were updated on the project's current status and its progress over the past year. All of the SAB members were present for the meeting, including Ana María Zambrano López from APERTCRAS,
IMDEA Materials and BIOMET4D researchers Blanca Limones and Muzi Li have this week been taking part in the 15th International Symposium on Biodegradable Metals, Biometal 2023.The conference, being held in Cetraro, Italy, has featured a number of sessions, round tables and
The incredible work being done as part of the BIOMET4D project to create next-generation 4D biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration wouldn’t be possible without our team of amazing researchers. Get to know our team through our interview series. In this edition, we talk to Dr. Santiago
The latest consortium meeting of the European Innovation Council (EIC)-funded BIOMET4D project to develop next-generation shape-morphing implants has been held at the headquarters of medical technology manufacturer Meotec GmbH. As a part of their visit of the facilities, consortium members were
IMDEA Materials Institute has welcomed five students from Michigan State University and Princeton University in the United States for a two-month research stay. The students, Connor Wasick, Robert Crouse, Maggie Gaunt, Zackery Thune and Alex Bakke from Michigan State and Yvette Biddle from
The incredible work being done as part of the BIOMET4D project to create next-generation 4D biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration wouldn’t be possible without our team of amazing researchers. Get to know our team through our interview series. In this edition, we talk to Nourhan Hassan
BIOMET4D project partner, Meotec GmbH, has received and installed the company's latest Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) 3D printer. The Aconity MIDI + by Aconity3D GmbH is a dual-laser LPBF machine that will be used in tandem with fellow project partner Aerosint's multimaterial recoating system
The incredible work being done as part of the BIOMET4D project to create next-generation 4D biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration wouldn’t be possible without our team of amazing researchers. Get to know our team through our interview series. In this edition, we talk to William Solórzano
The incredible work being done as part of the BIOMET4D project to create next-generation 4D biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration wouldn’t be possible without our team of amazing researchers. Get to know our team through our interview series. In this edition, we talk to Dr. Pedro José
Researchers involved in the BIOMET4D project took out two of the four major awards at IMDEA Materials' 12th Annual Imaging Contest with their entry "3D-printed seashore". Drs. Pedro Díaz Payno and Muzi Li were awarded the the winners of the Public Choice category for their image "3D-printed
BIOMET4D researcher Dr. Pedro José Díaz Payno has highlighted the latest developments in 4D printing technology as part of the Francisco de Vitoria University's seminar series. 4D printing is a central element of the BIOMET4D project which aims to create a new generation of
By Blanca Martínez and Andrés Gerlotti Currently, those suffering from bone or cartilage damage can opt for metal implants for treatment, prostheses that last approximately fifteen years. But now that patients are living longer, they need implants that can function for the rest of their
IMDEA Materials will be a founding member of three of the Community of Madrid´s recently launched Innovation, Technology and Talent Clusters. The clusters, each dedicated to a different scientific area, have been designed to facilitate public-private partnerships, increase knowledge transfer and
4D printing technology and the BIOMET4D project took centre stage during an online seminar delivered by Dr. Pedro José Díaz Payno at AGH University in Poland. The seminar, which was hosted by the university's Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology (ACMiN) saw Dr. Díaz Payno expand
BIOMET4D project partners Meotec GmbH and Aerosint have stengthened their collaboration in developing cutting-edge laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D-printing technology. Meotec development engineer Simon Pöstges was on hand at the Aerosint facilities in Belgium as Aerosint's new multimaterial
The BIOMET4D and BioImplant-ITN projects were well represented in the “Semana de la Ciencia” (Science Week) activities at IMDEA Materials Institute. Predoctoral researchers Ángela Castro María from the Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine group (Dr. Jennifer Patterson) and Cillian Thompson
Professor Javier LLorca speaks with journalist David Callejo about IMDEA Materials' work developing a new generation of biodegradable, shape-morphing implants. Prof. LLorca highlighted the recently-launched, European Innovation Council-funded Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project as an example of IMDEA
Newspaper La Razón and television channel Telemadrid are two of the outlets to have covered the launch of the new Horizon Europe, European Innovation Council-funding BIOMET4D project. The €3.5 million inititiative to develop smart, biodegradable, shape-shifting implants is being coordinated by
The Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Materials, IMDEA Materials, recently played host to the EIC-funded BIOMET4D project launch. The aim of BIOMET4D (Project No 101047008), which falls under the umbrella of the European Union's Horizon Europe programme, is to develop innovative technology
Industrial Engineer and Technical University of Madrid professor, Andrés Díaz Lantada, has been honoured by the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering (RAI) as this year's winner of the Juan López de Peñalver award for his exceptional contributions to the transformation of the biomedical industry and
We have been awarded two projects in the last cut-off of the EIC pathfinder open to work on the following breakthrough technologies! That’s a phenomenal 50% success rate! Congrats to our Principal Investigators, María Teresa Pérez and Jennifer Patterson!
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