The Society for Biomaterials hosted a webinar on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, detailing several methods for commercializing research and starting a company.
SFB President Thomas Webster of Northeastern University covered a number of topics including:
- How to determine if your idea can be and should be commercialized
- Best practices and different strategies on how to start...
Read moreApplications are now being accepted for the 3rd Terumo Global Science Prize. This prize is awarded to outstanding researchers in the biomaterials field who have produced exceptional research results that meet international standards of excellence.
The Terumo Global Science Prize is presented by the Terumo Life Science Foundation. The foundation was founded as a public interest...
Read moreSFB member, Ali Khademhosseini's work on 3D printing of blood vessels was ranked #67 in the top 100 stories of 2014 by Discover Magazine! By embedding wormlike, 3-D-printed casts in a gel, then removing them, Harvard’s Ali Khademhosseini and his team built rudimentary blood vessels.
Submit photos of biomaterials from your lab to be used on the cover of the Biomaterials Forum by August 1, 2015 to Executive Editor, Liisa Kuhn at lkuhn@uchc.edu. Once all submissions are in, those that meet the initial requirements for content will be posted on the SFB Facebook page for voting to rank the top 10 pieces of artwork. The top five will be used...
Read moreSociety for Biomaterials founding member and former president (1979-80), Dr. Larry Hench of the Florida Institute of Technology, will be honored by the Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention. The museum will honor Dr. Hench with a permanent display once the museum is built. In 1969, Dr. Hench discovered Bioglass, the first man-made material to bond to living...
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