🚀 Big news! Prof. João F. Mano (CICECO–Universidade de Aveiro) is the corresponding PI of a 10M€ ERC Synergy Grant to revolutionize biomaterials for tissue engineering, alongside Profs. Nuno Araujo (Universidade de Lisboa) & Tom Ellis (Imperial College London). Congrats to all! 👏
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🚀 Big news! Prof. João F. Mano (CICECO–Universidade de Aveiro) is the corresponding PI of a 10M€ ERC Synergy Grant to revolutionize biomaterials for tissue engineering, alongside Profs. Nuno Araujo (Universidade de Lisboa) & Tom Ellis (Imperial College London). Congrats to all! 👏
🔗 shorturl.at/2dLbi
ESB 2025 Wrap up!! Hope you had the chance too see our researchers in action, with several oral and poster communications!
‼️ Also, Elisa and Catia were recognized for their outstanding work, receiving the Racquel LeGeros and Julia Polak award, respectively! 🏆🏆 We are very proud of them!!
#Biofabrication2025 has started and our group is well represented!!
We will have a keynote from João Mano, and presentations from @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social, João Maia and Hugo Fernandes on very interesting topics! 🤩
Do not miss this 😎
🏆 We are delighted to announce that our Master Student Ana Marta Godinho received the "Best Oral Presentation" Award at the ECLS Symposia in Biomaterials Engineering, hosted by @i3suporto.bsky.social 🏆
Congratulations Ana Marta!! Best of luck for your defense ☘️
We are at the #NanoBio2025 Conference! 😱
Do not miss the chance to hear to our PhD Candidate Julian Fuentes tomorrow, with a very interesting talk on the use of ionic liquids for assisted assembly of human-derived nanoparticles!
Meet you there 👋
@mahwishbakht.bsky.social @mclarag.bsky.social @joao-borges.bsky.social @vmgaspar.bsky.social
Heading to #ESB??
Do not miss the chance to listen to our research group presentations! From coacervates to capsules and bioprinting - here you can find it all 😎
Come and reach out to us 🙌🏼
👉 Check out our perspective published in #ACSNano @acs.org
📑Merging Natural Biopolymers with Supramolecular Chemistry: Emulating the Native Extracellular Matrix’s Complexity
V Sousa @brunomladeira.bsky.social E Garanger S. Lecommandoux EW Meijer P Dankers JF Mano
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
‼️The 5th #SupraLife Newsletter is out! 🥳
👉 Dive into:
✅ Exchanges🇵🇹🇳🇱🇫🇷
✅ Third school @uaveiro.bsky.social🇵🇹
✅ Symposium @TermisEU2025🇩🇪
✅ Themed collection @jmaterchem.rsc.org #B @rsc.org
✅ Publications
🔜 Workshop & Final Conference @uaveiro.bsky.social🇵🇹
and more!
Enjoy🤗
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We close our Topics Webminars with Prof. Molly Stevens from @ox.ac.uk! 🤩 Happening in 1h!!!
A great opportunity to know more about biomaterials and their translation!
Free registration 🧐👇🏽
🗣️ Carlijn Bouten is Full Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering @tue.nl 🇳🇱
🎯 Her research focuses on pioneering strategies for in situ #tissue #engineering aimed at regenerating #cardiovascular #tissues and #organs directly within the human body.
👉 Do not miss it!
🗣️ Sébastien Lecommandoux is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #International #Conference 🤩
🎯 His research focuses on the molecular design, synthesis and development of #polysaccharide- and #polypeptide-based #block #copolymers for #drug #delivery, #theranostics and #synthetic #biology 👌
🗣️ @zenobilab.bsky.social
is Full Professor of #Tissue #Engineering & #Biofabrication @ethzurich.bsky.social🇨🇭
🎯 Her research focuses on the development of #advanced #biomaterials based on #bioprinting technologies for #tissue #engineering & #regenerative #medicine.
👉 Join us in Aveiro 🇵🇹
🗣️ @webberlab.bsky.social is the Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering at the @notredame.bsky.social 🇺🇸
🎯 His research focuses on applying #supramolecular principles, leveraging defined and rationally designed non-covalent interactions, to advance #biomaterials for #drug #delivery 👌
‼️ #REGISTRATION & #ABSTRACT #SUBMISSION #OPEN ‼️
👉 #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
📆 29 Sept-3 Oct 2025
📍Univ. Aveiro 🇵🇹
🗣️ Fantastic line-up of plenary speakers 🤩
🔗 www.supralife.eu/finalconference
⏳ Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2025
➕ℹ️ on registration at the conference website
🫵 Join us!
🗣️ Catherine Picart is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
🎯 Her research focuses on #selfassembling #polymer #films as #reservoirs of #proteins and #growth #factors for #drug #screening & #biomimetic #surfaces for high content #cell #signalling in advanced #therapies
🗣️ João Mano is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
🎯 His interdisciplinary research utilizes #biomimetic, #bioinspired and #nano/#micro-#technology approaches to develop #polymer- and #protein-based #biomaterials for #tissue #engineering, #regenerative and #personalized #medicine
🗣️ Bert Meijer is a plenary speaker at #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
🎯 He is a pioneer in the development of #functional #supramolecular #polymers and #systems as a new class of materials!
👉 Do not miss the chance to submit your abstract for #oral or #poster by June 1️⃣5️⃣!
🗣️ Patricia Dankers is a plenary speaker @#SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
🎯 Her interdisciplinary research bridges #supramolecular #chemistry & #regenerative #medicine, focusing on the development of #bioactive #supramolecular #materials for #biomedicine.
👉Join us in Aveiro 🛶🇵🇹 from 29 Sept to 3 Oct
🗣️ Samuel Stupp is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
🎯 He is a pioneer in the development of #selfassembling #peptide #amphiphile based #materials for #regenerative #medicine!
👉 Do not miss the chance to submit your abstract by June 1️⃣5️⃣!
➕ℹ️ www.supralife.eu/finalconfere...
🔬 The Topics in Cell and Tissue Engineering webinar series returns this week with Professor David Kaplan from Tufts University (United States)!
🗓️ Join us on May 29 at 9:00pm (PT/UK time) for his talk: “Recent Advances with Silk Protein Based Biomaterials”
📌 Free registration here: lnkd.in/dFg9U4iF
Our team is heading to @eutermis.bsky.social in Freiburg, Germany! 🇩🇪✨
We’ll be there as speakers and with a poster presentation — sharing our latest advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Curious about our presentations? Check out the attached schedule!
See you in Freiburg! 👋🧬
I hope you did not miss this all-Portuguese chaired session on 4D tissue engineering with amazing keynote talks from @rituraman.bsky.social and @ruidomingues.bsky.social 😎
PS: I’ll also give 2 presentations on thrusday 🙃
See you around in @eutermis.bsky.social meeting! 👋 @syistermis.bsky.social
🔬 We are excited to announce in our webinar series a new session led by @spruijtlab.bsky.social from Radboud University!
🗓️ Join us tomorrow May 16 at 9:00 am (PT/UK time) for his talk!
Don’t miss the chance to learn more about this exciting topic!
📌 Free registration here: http//topicscteng...
It was really a pleasure to have you @rituraman.bsky.social 🤩 It was a very insightful presentation, and all students were delighted to hear about the advanced strategies put forward by your research team!
We are sorry, these webminars are not available afterwards - some results are confidential! I hope you can understand!
Wow, I cannot believe >120 people showed up to my *9 pm* seminar! A tribute to the incredible dedication of the young minds participating in the Topics in Cell & #TissueEngineering international webinar series (@compass-rg.bsky.social)! Check out the rest of the seminar lineup:
topicscteng.web.ua.pt
🎙️ Next up in our webinar series: Professor Anna Rising from the @ki.se (Sweden)!
🕘 Join us tomorrow May 9th at 9h00 am (PT/UK time) for her talk entitled:
“Spider Silk Biomimicry for Biomedical Applications” - you don’t want to miss it 🙃
👉 Free registration here: lnkd.in/dFg9U4iF