25th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine

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The 25th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine – BIOCERAMICS 25  will take place at the Conference Center fromHoward-Johnson Grand Plaza Hotel, Bucharest, Romania during November 07-10th2013. (www.bioceramics25.srb.ro).
BIOCERAMICS 25 is the well established world-class event in bioceramics and the ceramics applications in medicine, and will bring together a panel of highly-accomplished experts from around the world working in different interdisciplinary areas: bioceramics processing and synthesis, bioceramics characterization and testing, cells and tissues interaction with bioceramics, tissue engineering, surface engineering and bioceramic coatings, adhesion and interface phenomena, biomineralization and biomimetics, biocomposites, clinical applications of bioceramics in medicine (especially in dentistry and orthopaedics). During the three-day conference, we will feature keynote addresses, plenary invited talks, a number of oral and poster sessions. Also, during the conference the participants will be able to visit the exhibition organized in the same area where will be present different companies interested to promote their products related to bioceramics synthesis and processing, bioceramics characterization and testing, tissue engineering products, dental and orthopaedic applications of bioceramics. The conference will enhance the networking of the participants with exceptional academic, clinical & industrial professionals and will act as a good platform to find partners for international research collaborations. In addition to scientific events, you can take some reasonable time to visit the beautiful Bucharest and surrounding area.
We would kindly ask you to promote and distribute the BIOCERAMICS 25 Conference to your colleagues, research fellows, students, project collaborators, and any Networks/Forums/Associations you participate in!
On the conference website (www.bioceramics25.srb.ro) you could find all the relevant information regarding the conference! The registration process it’s now OPEN! The deadline for abstract submission is 10th May 2013.
Looking forward to seeing you in Bucharest in November 2013 during the BIOCERAMICS 25!
Best regards,
Iulian Antoniac
President, BIOCERAMICS 25

News on Bioceramics Applications and Development

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The Bioceramics Development and Applications (BDA) is a scholarly open access, peer-reviewed, and fully refereed journal dedicated to publishing articles concern chemical composition and physical structure, interactions with biological fluids, cells and tissues, surface modification and analysis are key issues in the field. Hybrid materials issue, combining cells and growth factors, are also accepted for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications in addition to drug delivery system, gene therapy, and carrier for growth factors. Other specific topics have been polymers and composites for development of Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS) using injectable biomaterial.
BDA currently accepts manuscripts through Ashdin online manuscript tracking system (http://mts.ashdin.com). Simply log-in into the system (or register first) and follow the on-screen instructions to upload the manuscript file.
The members of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine will get 33% discount off the article processing charges (i.e., the author will pay only 100 euros upon acceptance).
Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it will undergo language copyediting, typesetting, and reference validation in order to provide the highest publication quality possible.
For further information, please visit the journal website (http://ashdin.com/journals/bda/bda.aspx) or contact the Editorial Office (bda@ashdin.com).

ISACB 6 Nantes France June 5-8, 2013 Annoucement

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ISACB 2013 Symposium – 6th International Symposium on Apatites and Correlative Biomaterials
5-8 June 2013
Nantes, France
Organization
Nantes University, INSERM U791 LIOAD Laboratory for Osteoarticular and Dental Engineering
This is a unique opportunity for all those involved in science, research and development, technology and clinical application of apatite and related biomaterials to come together with researchers, medical and dental clinicians, veterinary surgeons and allied health disciplines to promote the worldwide advancement of Apatite Science and Technology in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
This specific Interdisciplinary Symposium integrate currently developed apatite and related experimental research and development and clinical needs. ISACB 5 was organized in 2010 in Australia. Three years after ISACB6 will be in Nantes, a recognized University for Bioceramics development. The policy of the symposium is also aims to provide inspiration for further growth and development of students.
It will be the aim of the 6th edition of the symposium to bring a single session meeting with invited lectures by international speakers and founders of ISACB. Innovative topics, new biotechnology approaches and stimulating clinical debates, will be led by a balance of international and national speakers and the opportunity for industry to contribute.
The meeting will pay particular interest to current needs, expectations, directions and goals for the progress of the development, production and use of apatite, apatite containing composites, apatite with biogenic additives, characterization methods, animal and clinical trials, clinical applications, properties and applications for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine by scientists and clinicians.
In addition to scientific events and the trade exhibit, you can take some reasonable time to visit the historical place of Nantes and most famous beach of Europe (La Baule), and to appreciate the French gastronomy with the Brittany sea food.
Session Topics
• Advances in research, development and applications of apatite and calcium phosphate biomaterials
• Bioceramics
• Bone grafts and cements
• Osteogenic-osteoinductive scaffolds
• Orthopedic and dental implant surface modification and coatings;
• Scaffolds for tissue engineering
• Biotechnology and Drug delivery systems
• MSC, growth-factor carriers and biogenics
• Cell and tissue response to biomaterials
• Nanomedicine and nanotechnology
• Clinical applications
• Commercialisation of tissue engineering implants
Abstracts Key Dates
Abstract submissions available through online access 30 march 2013
Abstract acceptance 15 April 2013
Full papers (to be published in 2013 issues of Bioceramics Development and Application, the ISCM Journal, International Society for Ceramic in Medicine) 30 may 2013

Homage to Racquel LeGeros

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It is with great sorrow that we announce the sudden grief which affects the entire family Legeros, and the scientific community.
Our Friend Professor Racquel Legeros we abruptly left following a cardiac arrest January 14, 2013 in Nantes, France.
Racquel was a woman of great quality, personality recognized in the scientific world, a pioneer in the field of calcium phosphates, biomineralization, Bioceramics and calcium Phosphate Cements, and she was one of the main developers of the concept of the phosphocalcic biphasic bioceramics.
Moreover Racquel LeGeros was a sincere person and always there when we needed her. She was indeed a great scientist but above all a great person.
Racquel LeGeros was one of the founder of ISCM, the whole executive committee pays homage to the Professor Racquel Legeros.
It was a great loss.
We invite you to join us in Nantes at the ISACB 6, International symposium on Apatite and Correlative Biomaterials June 6-8 2013, a Conference in his honour, with plenary lecture dedicated to her important scientific contribution the the field.
Professor Klaas de Groot will present the career of Racquel LeGeros, and her contributions to the advancement of the Science of Calcium phosphate, Bio mineralization and Bioceramics.

Bioceramics 25

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Welcome to the BIOCERAMICS 25 congress
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure for me to invite you to Romania to attend the 25th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (BIOCERAMICS25), which will be held in Bucharest from November 07-10, 2013.
Bucharest is Romania’s capital and largest city, as well as the most important industrial and commercial centre of the country. With more than 2.4 million in the urban area, Bucharest is one of the important cities in Europe and a booming city with many large infrastructure projects changing the old face of the city. Known in the past as “The Little Paris,” Bucharest has changed a lot lately, and today it has become a very interesting mix of old and new that has little to do with its initial reputation. Finding a 300 year old church near a steel-and-glass building that both sit next to a communist style building is commonplace in Bucharest. Bucharest offers some excellent attractions, and has cultivated a sophisticated, trendy, and modern sensibility that many have come to expect from a European capital.
We look forward to welcoming participants from countries around the world to Bucharest in November 2013.
With Best Regards,
President of Bioceramics-25
Iulian Antoniac, Ph.D.
Organizers
International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM)
Romanian Society for Biomaterials
Co-organizers
• UNAS [National Union of Stomatological Association]
• SOROT [Romanian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology]
• SRPDMF [Romanian Society of Maxillo-Facial Prosthodontics]
• CMDR [Romanian Dental Council]
Endorsed by
• European Society for Biomaterials (ESB)
• Biomaterials Network (www.biomat.net)
• Swiss Society for Biomaterials (SSB)
• Trans Tech Publications (Switzerland)

Bioceramics 24

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Bioceramics 24



24th Symposium and Annual Meeting of International Society for Ceramics an Medicine (ISCM)
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure for us to invite you to Japan to attend the 24th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (Bioceramics 24), which will be held in Fukuoka from October 21-24, 2012.
Fukuoka is a cosmopolitan coastal city of 1.4 million residents, and is the largest city on the island of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. It is known as the gateway city to Asia and has a long history of economic and cultural exchanges with its Asian neighbors.
In 2010 Fukuoka was 14th in Monocle’s most livable cities index, and in 2006 was selected by Newsweek as one of the world’s 10 hottest cities. Fukuoka has a mix of traditional and modern architecture and is “one of the best places in the world to see the works of world-class contemporary architects side by side” (New York Times, September 24, 2006).
Fukuoka has important cultural and historical sites, and the island of Kyushu is known for its natural beauty and numerous hot springs. It is famous for its delicious seafood and convenient airport, which is just a 10-minute subway ride from the city centre.
We look forward to welcoming participants from countries around the world to Fukuoka in October 2012.
With Best Regards,
Presidents of Bioceramics-24
Kunio Ishikawa, Ph.D. Yukihide Iwamoto, MD, Ph.D.

World Biomaterials Symposia

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We are organising a symposium, n° 44 Tissue engineering for osteoradionecrosis  at the9th World Biomaterials Congress/meeting, which is taking place in Chengdu, China from June 1 – 5, 2012. We are delighted that two of the world leaders in the field, Daniel Alam from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA  and Prof. Olivier Malard, ENT department, Nantes Hospital France, have agreed to give a keynote presentation and a lecture at this symposium.
Treatment of squamous cell carcinomas requires large therapeutic surgical bone removal in association with external radiation therapy. The surgery can be performed either before a complementary radiation therapy, or after radiation therapy, as in the case of tumor recurrence. The side-effects of surgical treatments are major aesthetic and functional disorders know as Radionecrosis.The standard surgical technique of reconstruction is the use of micro-anastomosed free-flaps. Given these risks of failure and complications, the purpose of this symposia was to propose and discuss new surgical technologies alternatives. Smart  biomaterials has been considered as an alternative to autogenous bone grafts, in association with tissue engineering technolgy. Selected speakers will cover all the solutions in development.
This symposium is aimed Given your expertise in this area, you are cordially invited to submit an abstract for this symposium. The Abstract Submission is currently open and will close on September, 30Th, 2011. To be considered, please ensure to select our symposium from the list provided during the abstract submission process.
Best wishes,
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Symposium n° 44 Tissue engineering for osteoradionecrosis
9th WBC Chengdu,China
New Century International
1 - 5 June 2012
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Deadline to submit September 30, 2011


Welcome!

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We are pleased to invite you to the new website ISCM.
ISCM Website has for objective to inform you about the Society and bioceramics in Medicine.
Please feel free to contact us if you need any further information.
We wish you a good time on our website,
G. Daculsi