Our mission is to develop new synthetic materials for soft and hard tissue regeneration. The main focus is on bioactive and bioresorbable glasses and polymer/bioceramics composites. Materials are processed into, frits, bulks, fibers or scaffolds depending on the intended application: i.e. bone, cartilage or nerve regeneration.
Our research focuses on
- Processing and characterization of new bioactive materials with controlled therapeutic ions release
- Better understand the biomaterials/cells and biomaterials/protein interactions
- Develop scaffolds with load bearing properties
- Combine the optical and bioactive properties of glass to develop new biosensors and/or materials imaging techniques (biophotonics)
On a daily basis we study the chemical, structural, mechanical and physicochemical properties of a wide variety of materials, i.e. from polymer to ceramics for application in the medical field.
Group leader
Group members
Post-doctoral researchers
PhD, Amel Houaoui
PhD students
Agata Szczodra
Virginia Alessandra Gobbo
Sonya Ghanavati
Anastasia Astanina
Audrey Deraine
MSc Students
Ria Makkonen
Tomi Antilla
Henriikka Teittinen
BSc Students
Steeven Buitrago Hernandez
Others
Olli Korhonen (research assistant)
Suvi Huhtanen (Summer trainee)
Current projects
Academy of Finland: Uniquely Designed Bioactive Glass Scaffolds: UNIBIO (2020-2024)
Academy of Finland: In-vivo imaging device based on biophotonic implants: GLOWTRACK (2020-2022)
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019: Precision medicine for musculoskeletal regeneration, prosthetics, and active ageing - GA number 860462 (2020-2024)
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation: Bioactive Glass. scaffold for tissue engineerin: AGATE (2016-2022)