The 1st International Online Conference on Functional Biomaterials
The 1st International Online Conference on Functional Biomaterials
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
10th April 2024
10th May 2024
4th July 2024
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Cancer Therapy, Bone Materials, Dental Materials, Biodegrable Materials
Important Announcement:
The abstract acceptance notification has been delayed as some abstracts are still waiting for session chairs' final approval.
Acceptance results (whether accepted or rejected) will be notified by email as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience in waiting.
Registration Deadline: 4th July 2024
Join us today to register HERE FOR FREE and be part of cutting-edge discussions and networking opportunities!
Welcome from the Chair
- Dental Biomaterials;
- Bone Biomaterials;
- Antibacterial Biomaterials;
- Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering;
- Biomaterials for Drug Delivery;
- Biomaterials for Diagnostics, Therapy and Healthcare;
- Bio-fabricated and 3D Printed Biomaterials.
With an open forum concept, the conference will be a platform for both technically conventional and unconventional approaches. At the organisational level, its virtual nature will promote interactions free of geographic and travel constraints and so place delegates in the same interactive ‘space’ with the possible creation of new research community linkages and, with this, new scientific directions for the future.
During the conference, there will be two types of live broadcasts: oral presentations and poster presentations. Through the Zoom platform, participants have the opportunity to engage in interactive sessions, freely share comments and engage in discussions with fellow researchers. Arguably, a virtual conference is also less physically demanding, allowing full focus on the material presented throughout the conference period without the risk of low audience engagement, as can happen sometimes at the start and end of in-person conferences when delagates may be constrained by travel arrangements.
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IOCFB 2024 Program
Click here to register for IOCFB 2024 for free! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
10 Jul 2024 (Wednesday)
Opening Ceremony
Session B. Bone Biomaterials
Session C. Antibacterial Biomaterials
11 Jul 2024 (Thursday)
Session D. Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
Session E. Biomaterials for Drug Delivery
Session F. Biomaterials for Diagnostics, Therapy and Healthcare
Session A. Dental Biomaterials
Session G. Bio-fabricated and 3D Printed Biomaterials
Poster Session
Event Chair
School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Prof. Dr. Pankaj Vadgama is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at Queen Mary University of London. He is a chemical pathologist with an interest in near-patient monitoring via the use of electrochemical biosensors, particularly for diabetes and critical care. His work emphasizes polymeric barrier materials for enhanced device biocompatibility and selectivity. He has published over 200 papers and reviews. He graduated in medicine and chemistry, and he commenced his research as an MRC Training Fellow in Newcastle. He was the Head of the Departments of Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry at Manchester University, and, latterly, was the Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary University of London.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo
Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
oral medicine; dental materials; operative dentistry; oral health
Dr. Lidy Fratila-Apachitei
BioMechanical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
biomaterials; regenerative medicine; topography-induced cellular responses; surface biofunctionalization of 3D printed implants; cell mechanobiology
Prof. Dr. Li Ren
School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
biomaterials; biomedical polymer materials; tissue regeneration; surface functinalization of biomaterials; interface adaptation of biomaterials
Prof. Dr. John H.T. Luong
Chromatography Group, Irish Separation Science Cluster (ISSC), School of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
biosensors; immunoassays; functional biomaterials; nanocomposites; nanopolymers
Prof. Dr. Alexander K. Andrianov
Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
stimuli-responsive synthetic macromolecules; nanoparticulate drug delivery systems; water-soluble biodegradable polymers; supramolecular self-assembly; polymer-protein interactions; immunoadjuvants and vaccine delivery systems; biofunctionalized coatings; non-covalent PEGylation; biocompatible polyphosphazenes
Dr. Serena Danti
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
electrospinning; biomaterials; biomedical polymers; piezoelectric materials; smart materials; tissue engineering; advanced in vitro models
Dr. Ian Teasdale
Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
olymer chemistry; degradable polymers; photopolymer 3D printing; polymer therapeutics; phosphorus-containing polymers; biomaterials
Dr. Zhidao Xia
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
regenerative medicine; biomaterials; cell bank and stem cell technology; 3D printing/biofabrication
Prof. Dr. James Triffitt
Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
bone metabolism; stem cells
Event Committee
Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
mechanics of biomaterials; smart materials and structures; meta-materials; soft matters; regenerative medicine; 3D and 4D printing technologies
Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 9 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119085, Singapore
dental materials; biomaterials; biofabrication; 3D printing; tissue engineering; drug delivery; electrospinning; in vivo models; regenerative dentistry
Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy
colloids; drug delivery; nanogels; tissue engineering; transport phenomena
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
rare earth; luminescence materials; nanomedicine; immunotheray; tumor therapy
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
drug delivery system; nanotechnology; nanosensors
Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, CDP2T, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal,
Centro de Química Estrutural, IST, ULisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
coatings and oxide films; nanoparticles; multifunctional nanoplatforms
biofunctional materials; nanomaterials; biomedicine; molecular drug delivery; cancer therapy; biomedical diagnostics; biomimetics
biomaterials; drug delivery; nanomedicine; biodiagnosis; bioimaging
nanopathology; nanotoxicology; nanodiagnostics; biomaterials and nanoparticles; functionalized and biomimetic surfaces
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
biomaterials; tissue engineering; dental/orthopedic implants; surface modification; antibacterial surfaces; molecular biology; materiobiology
Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, School of Sensing Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
inorganic materials; biomimetic materials; antibacterial nanomaterials; implant-associated infections; nano drug delivery
State Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
additive manufacturing; laser powder bed fusion; biomaterials; implants; biofabrication
Faculty of Engineering and Science, School of Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
3D printing technologies for pharmaceutical dosage forms or novel medical devices (microneedles, bioresorbable scaffolds); continuous manufacturing processes for the development of medicinal products; nanomaterial synthesis and surface modification
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa “Mario Lucertini”, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” and Consorzio INSTM Unità di Ricerca “Roma Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, Italy
nanocomposites; biopolymers; calcium phosphates; bioglass; graphene
Department of Health Sciences and Pediatric Dentistry, University State of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil
tooth tissue as substrate for dental materials adhesion (enamel and dentin); preventive and restorative dental materials; dentin permeability; chemical, mechanical and biological degradation of dental materials; tooth substrate and tooth/material interfac
Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Science, Suzhou, China
tissue construction and regeneration; biomaterials; bioengineering
dentistry; implantology; prosthodontics; bone volume augmentation
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Craniomaxillofacial Development and Diseases, Stomatological Hospital and School of Stomatology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
bio-inspired materials; biomineralization; bone regeneration; bioprinting; tissue engineering; dental materials
rug delivery systems; cosmetic products; cosmetic formulations; nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; natural products; herbal medicine; antioxidant and radical scavenging; analytical chemistry; chromatography-mass spectrometry; bioactive compounds and natu
Division of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Health, Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St. James’s University Hospital Leeds, UK
stem cell therapy; tissue engineering; multi-layer cell sheet technology; biomaterial scaffold; surface modification; biomimetics; cell-materials interaction; biological testing; in vivo models; gene therapy
Department of Apparel Engineering and Textile Processing, Berlin University of Applied Sciences-HTW Berlin, Berlin, Germany
carbon nanomaterials; Mycelium Pleurotus ostreatus polymer nanomaterials; pattern design; smart textiles
Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy,
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK,
Founding Member of MIRROR—Medical Institute for Regeneration and Repairing and Organ Replacement, Interdepartmental Center, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
regenerative medicine; regenerative dentistry; stem cells; MSCs; biomaterials; growth factors; PRF; PRP; tissue engineering; biomimetics
Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
fixed prosthodontics; implant dentistry; aesthetic dentistry
Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative, Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
sports medicine; tendon/ligament regeneration; biomaterials; tissue specific stem cells; regeneration medicine; tissue engineering; bioinformatics
Keynote Speakers
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
biofabrication; bioprinting; tissue engineering; mechanical engineering
antibacterial; biomedical materials; materioherbology
Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, and Centre for Nano Health, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
Additive Manufacturing and the Application for Functional Biomaterials
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Reimagining 3D bioprinting to pattern hierarchical features for skeletal regeneration
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
polymer and self-assembly; polymersomes; nanomedicine; biomaterials; biocompatible coatings
Invited Speakers
Department of Biomaterials Science and Turku Clinical, Biomaterials Center—TCBC, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
smart materials; stimuli-responsive materials; bioprinting; tissue engineering; biomaterials
polymer synthesis; supramolecular materials; biomaterials; stimuli-responsive materials; drug delivery; tissue engineering; sustainability
biofilms; bacterial virulence; antimicrobial resistant; drug discovery
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
A bioengineered bone marrow niche model to support long-term HSCs/in vitro.
tissue engineering; surface nanofunctionalisation; scaffold; biopolymers; bioprinting; electrospinning
Registration
The registration for IOCFB 2024 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 4th July 2024.
Instructions for Authors
The 1st International Online Conference on Functional Biomaterials will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 10 March 2024 10 April 2024.
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 10 April 2024 10 May 2024. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
a. Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details, and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
b. File format: PDF (.pdf).
c. Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥20.
e. Maximum size: 250 M
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunity
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCFB2024 conference paper in their cover letter.
Proceedings submission deadline: 26 August 2024
Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
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Title.
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Full author names.
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Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
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Abstract.
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Keywords.
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Introduction.
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Methods.
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Results and Discussion.
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Conclusions.
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Acknowledgements.
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References.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award.
There will be six winners selected for this award. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 3
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
Number of Awards Available: 3
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
Sponsors and Partners
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Organizers
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Conference Secretariat
Ms. Ann Li
