2018 ESB / SFB Summer School, Bordeaux, France
Are you a PhD student or faculty member working in the field of Biomaterials and interested in international travel to further your knowledge about the field? Please consider applying by February 23, 2018 to attend an international Biomaterials Summer School that will be held in Bordeaux, France during 25-29 June 2018. Conference website: ...
Read moreDepartment of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
NIST is soliciting applications from eligible colleges and universities in the U.S. and its territories, nominating undergraduate students to participate in the SURF Program. The SURF Program will provide research opportunities for undergraduate students to...
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With so many members of the biomaterials community affected by Hurricane Harvey, the Society For Biomaterials provides the following information to those who would like to aid in relief efforts or volunteer in the disaster areas.
Individuals, corporations, and volunteers nationally can learn more about how to help on the ...
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Recent breakthroughs in genetics have given us a better understanding of the biology of humans, opening up new ways that could help us all live healthier for longer. In the future, will we move beyond treating individual diseases and, instead, treat the aging process itself? How would a dramatically protracted life change not only the fabric of society, but what it means to be a human being?...
Jeffrey Hubbell, the Barry L. MacLean Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise at the University of Chicago, recently received the Society for Biomaterials’ 2017 Founders Award, the organization’s top honor, given for “long-term, landmark contributions to the discipline of biomaterials.”
“It is a great honor to be recognized as having developed, with my team...
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