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Cellulose-in-cellulose 3D-printed bioaerogels for bone tissue engineering
Personalized scaffolds able to promote bone tissue regeneration are needed to enhance naturalhealing of defects coming from fractures or degenerative pathologies. Bone implants must bebio- and hemocompatible, while presenting good mechanical performance and...
AerogelsLab at 3D Bioprinting Iberian Workshop
Carlos A. García-González and Ana Iglesias-Mejuto attended the 3D Bioprinting Iberian Workshop held on 28-29 November 2023 at the Instituto Pedro Nunes, in Coimbra (Portugal). Both members of AerogelsLab have given a tandem lecture about the work developed in the...
Future trends of aerogels for colonic drug delivery orally administrated
The review entitled “Aerogels as Carriers for Oral Administration of Drugs: An Approach towards Colonic Delivery” tries to explore new possibilities about the use of aerogels for colonic drug delivery purposes.
Sterile and vancomycin loaded 3D-printed aerogels for bone pathology
The work entitled “Vancomycin-loaded methylcellulose aerogel scaffolds for advanced bone tissue engineering” has been published in Carbohydrate Polymers journal. This the result of a collaboration between University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Lisbon and Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.
The AerogelsLab attended the SIBB2023
The team presented 3 oral and 2 poster communications about their work in this relevant Iberian event on biomaterials held on 2-3 November 2023 in Barcelona
Final meeting of AERoGELS COST Action in Tenerife
The event took place on 14-15 September 2023 with representatives of 21 countries
Best poster presentation at 3rd International Conference on Aerogels for Biomedical and Environmental Applications
Ana Iglesias-Mejuto, PhD student from AerogelsLab, was awarded with this prize at the conference held in Maribor (Slovenia) on 5-7 July 2023
Ana Iglesias Mejuto receives the 2nd prize of excellence by the Galician Royal Academy of Pharmacy
Ana Iglesias-Mejuto awarded with the 2nd
Prize “IX Julián Francisco Suárez Freire Award for young researchers” with the work “3D-Printed, Dual Crosslinked and Sterile Aerogel Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering”
Best oral presentation prize at 2nd International Conference on Aerogels for Biomedical and Environmental Applications
Ana Iglesias-Mejuto awarded in the conference held in Athens with the work “Process development of 3D-printed cellulose aerogel composites for regenerative medicine”