The YSF represents all Early Career Researchers of the ESB.
The YSF workshop is usually integrated in the annual conference of the ESB, that is aimed at discussing biomaterials education and training in Europe, emphasising the existing and emerging career, as well as research opportunities in the field.

In these events discussion is fostered by creating an interactive environment amongst participants, thus promoting an enriching discussion on topics that concern everyone who graduated, or will do so, in Biomaterials.

From the previous YSFs has resulted the creation of the "European Doctoral Award" (EDA) (see the ”Education, section” for details). The first awards were announced in February 2006.

Aims and objectives:

• Promote biomaterials education and training in Europe at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Provide a forum for communication between all those interested in biomaterials
• Encourage collaborations within the biomaterials European community
• Provide meetings to encourage the dissemination of information relating to education and careers in matters related to biomaterials

BELGIUM Jasper VanHoorick jasper.vanhoorick@ugent.be Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent 09 264 45 01 Ghent University Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry

YSF REPRESENTATIVES

Prof. Dr. Sandra Van Vlierberghe

SPOKESPERSON

Prof. Dr. Sandra Van Vlierberghe

Professor
Polymer Chemistry & Biomaterials Research Group
Ghent University
Email: sandra.vanvlierberghe@ugent.be
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/sandra-van-vlierberghe-74a30a7

Dr. David Barata

SECRETARY

Dr. David Barata

Post-doctoral researcher
MERLN institute
Maastricht University
Email: d.barata@maastrichtuniversity.nl 
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/dbarata/

Dr. Nicola Contessi Negrini

EDUCATIONAL OFFICER

Dr. Nicola Contessi Negrini

Post-doctoral researcher
Department of Chemistry
Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”
Politecnico di Milano
Email: nicola.contessi@polimi.it
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/nicola-contessi-negrini-4b7a95a3

Dr. Elena Maria Varoni

NATIONAL CHAPTERS LIAISON OFFICER

Dr. Elena Maria Varoni

Assistant Professor
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, 

Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche
Università degli Studi di Milano
Email: elena.varoni@unimi.it

Dr. Arn Mignon

INDUSTRIAL LIAISON OFFICER

Dr. Arn Mignon

Post-doctoral researcher
Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Group
Center of Macromolecular Chemistry
Ghent University
Email: arn.mignon@ugent.be
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/arn-mignon-aa860643

Dr. Liliana Moreira Teixeira

COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION OFFICER

Dr. Liliana Moreira Teixeira

Post-doctoral researcher
MERLN institute
Maastricht University
Email: l.teixeira@maastrichtuniversity.nl
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/liliana-teixeira-a6640737

LOCAL YSF CHAPTERS

TURKEY

Ercan BATUR

Ercan BATUR

Middle East Technical University
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office: D-202,
06800 Çankaya/Ankara/TURKEY,
Tel : (0532)-598-2373
Email: baercan@metu.edu.tr

LATVIA

Jānis Ločs

Jānis Ločs

Riga Technical University
Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre
Pulka street 3,
RIGA,
LATVIA
Tel : +371 67089628
Mobile : +371 26437878
Email: janis.locs@rtu.lv

AUSTRIA

Dr. Aleksandr Ovsianikov

Dr. Aleksandr Ovsianikov

Institute of Materials
Science and Technology (E308)
TU Wien (Technische Universität Wien),
Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien,
AUSTRIA
Tel : +43 (1) 58801 - 308 30
Fax: +43 (1) 58801 - 308 95
Email: Aleksandr.Ovsianikov@tuwien.ac.at,
http://amt.tuwien.ac.at/ovsianikov

FRANCE

Dr Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz

PhD, PharmaD

Dr Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz

Lecturer in Biomaterials and Drug Delivery
Université de Cergy Pontoise,
Site Neuville, Bâtiment MIR
ERRMECe laboratory, Biomaterials for Health group
Rue Descartes, 95031 Neuville sur Oise
FRANCE
Tel : +33 (1) 34 25 28 30
Email: violeta.rodriguez-ruiz@u-cergy.fr

SWITZERLAND

Stijn Rotman

DDS, PhD

Stijn Rotman

PhD Student Musculoskeletal Regeneration
AO Research Institute Davos
Clavadelerstrasse 8,
7270 Davos
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 81 414 24 49
Direct: +41 79 609 54 25
Fax: +41 81 414 22 88
Email: stijn.rotman@aofoundation.org 

Mrs Claudia Loebel

Mrs Claudia Loebel

PhD Student Musculoskeletal Regeneration
AO Research Institute Davos
Clavadelerstrasse 8,
7270 Davos
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 81 414 21 11
Direct: +41 81 414 25 49
Fax: +41 81 414 22 88
Email: claudia.loebel@aofoundation.org http://www.ysbm.ch

SLOVENIA

Dr. Selestina GORGIEVA

Scientific Associate

Dr. Selestina GORGIEVA

Scientific Associate
Institute of Engineering Materials and Design
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor
Smetanova ulica 17 SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
T: +386 2 220 7740
F: +386 2 220 7996
Email: selestina.gorgieva@um.si
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Selestina_Gorgieva https://scholar.google.si/citations?user=0ydlg9UAAAAJ&hl=sl

GREECE

Athina Bakopoulou

DDS, PhD

Dr Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz

Assist. Professor,
Department of Prosthodontics School of Dentistry
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR-54124,
Thessaloniki,
Greece
Tel +30 2310 999540,
+30 6937287733
Email: abakopoulou@dent.auth.gr

GERMANY

Dr. Shahram Michael Ghanaati

Dr. Shahram Michael Ghanaati

Klinik für Mund-,
Kiefer- und Plastische Gesichtschirurgie
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 23 B, UG
60596 Frankfurt am Main
GERMANY
Tel extern: +49-69-6301-5879
Tel intern: 179606
Fax: +49-69-6301-5644
Email: shahram.ghanaati@kgu.de

ITALY

POLAND

Karol Gryn

Karol Gryn

AGH University of Science and Technology,
Faculty of Materials and Ceramics,
Department of Biomaterials,
Al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow
POLAND
Tel: (48) 888 961 877
Email: kgryn@agh.edu.pl

PORTUGAL

Dr. Raquel M Gonçalves

Dr Raquel M Gonçalves

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, INEB/ i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
University of Porto
R. do Campo Alegre,
823, 4150-180 Porto,
PORTUGAL
Tel: + 351 226074900
Fax: + 351 226094567
Email: raquelg@ineb.up.pt http://www.ineb.up.pt

ROMANIA

Dr Diana Dragusin

Dr Diana Dragusin

University Politehnica Bucharest Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science
Department of Bioresources and Polymer Science
Advanced Polymer Materials Group and BioMaterials
Calea Victoriei 149,
010072, sector 1, Bucharest
ROMANIA
Tel: +40 21 402 2718
Mobile: +40 74 306 0816
Email: diana.m.dragusin@gmail.com

SCANDINAVIA

Mrs Hanna Tiainen

Mrs Hanna Tiainen

Department of Biomaterials
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1109 Blindern,
NO-0317 Oslo,
NORWAY
Tel: +47 22 85 21 38
Mobile: +40 74 306 0816
Email: hanna.tiainen@odont.uio.no
http://www.biomaterials.no

BELGIUM

SPAIN

Dr. Joana Magalhães

Dr. Joana Magalhães

BioTissue Engineering and Cell Therapy Unit
Rheumatology Group
Institute of Biomedical Research of A Coruña (INIBIC)
Biomedical Research Networking Centre
on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN)
SPAIN
Tel: +41 81 414 21 11
Direct: +41 81 414 25 49
Fax: +41 81 414 22 88
Email: joana.cristina.silva.magalhaes@sergas.es, ysf-biomat@ciber-bbn.es http://www.ysbm.ch

THE NETHERLANDS

Dr Pedro F. Costa

Dr Pedro F. Costa

Coordinator Biofabrication MSc Programme
Manager Utrecht Biofabrication Facility
Postdoctoral Researcher
Utrecht Biofabrication
Facility & Dept. of Orthopaedics
University Medical
Center Utrecht, Huispost G05.228,
PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 88 75 57335
Direct: +41 81 414 25 49
Fax: +41 81 414 22 88
Email: p.ferreiradacosta@umcutrecht.nl

UNITED KINGDOM

Dr Steve Meikle

Dr Steve Meikle

Brighton
Studies in Tissue-mimicry and Aided Regeneration (BrightSTAR)
Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Brighton
Cockroft Builidng, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK
Tel: 0044 (0)1273 641912
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: S.Meikle@brighton.ac.uk
http://www.uksb.org.uk/ysf.html

IRELAND

Dr Kyriakos Spanoudes DVM

Dr Kyriakos Spanoudes DVM

Postgraduate Researcher
Regenerative,
Modular and Developmental Engineering Laboratory (REMODEL)
Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM)
Biosciences
National University of Ireland Galway
(NUI Galway), Galway
IRELAND
Tel: 00353860319192
Email: kyriakos.spanoudes@nuigalway.ie

YSF events:

• A YSF meeting will be organised in Germany, 13-16 oct 2016, by the German YSF Chapter -  represented by Dr. Shahram Ghanati 
• Promotion of European Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Doctoral Award (EDA)
• Mobility during PhD studies (ESB 2006)
• Promotion of Collaborative Research (ESB 2007)
• Starting up a Career as a Post-Doctoral Researcher (WBC 2008)
• Research speed dating (ESB 2009)
• New frontier symposia: “Laser processing of biomaterial” (WBC2016, http://wbc2016.org/index.php/program/new-frontier-symposia).
  

YSF workshops:

• Communication in the field of Biomaterials (ESB 2010)
• Career Planning & Gender Aspects in Biomaterial Sciences (ESB 2011)
• Challenges and Opportunities of Young Scientists in Biomaterial Sciences (ESB 2013)
• UKSB & ESB YSF Careers Workshop, London, 5th December 2013 (Weston Education Centre, King’s College London Denmark Hill Campus, SE5 9RJ)
• Entrepreneurship: an academic and industrial perspective (ESB 2014)
• An ideal training: myths and success (WBC2016, for further details see “UPCOMING EVENTS” in YSF website).

News

• ESB-YSF YOUNG SCIENTISTS JOINING FORCES FOR EXCELLENCE IN BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH, Conference Center of University Politehnica Bucharest; 313 Splaiul Independentei, UPB Central Library Building (28-29th May 2015).
  http://www.tsocm.pub.ro/APMG/news.html
• ESB-YSF WORKSHOP, Marii Konopnickiej Street, Kraków (hosted by the 27th European Conference on Biomaterials, 2015 Kraków, Poland).
  http://www.esb2015.org/
• Young scientist forum (WBC2016, for further details see “UPCOMING EVENTS” in YSF website).

Upcoming election to be announced...

ESB 2018 Maastricht conference

More details on the YSF interactive workshop in Maastricht here

Common Lunch NSERC Create – YSF 

May 17^th, from 12:00 to 13:10 - room 517a (max 250 persons; lunch box)

Title: ”An ideal training: myths and success”

Objective: Table discussion around the ideal training for industrial versus academic career

Registration required but no registration fees - Sponsored by NSERC Create groups

Setting: Round tables, divided in two groups (academia/industry), each table led by an academic or an industrial guest. Students mixed with PDF and Young scientists.

Chair : Sophie Lerouge; co-chair: to be confirmed

12:00        Bio break + Pick up lunch/settle in tables with one guest (pre-assigned in advance)

12:15        Welcome and short presentation of the topic of discussion

12:20        Eating + discussion on the topic

12:50        10 min whole room summary

13:00        Free discussion, exchange of contact information, transition to room 524 for YSF forum

Young Scientist Forum 

1:15 to 5:00 (room 524: max 370 persons)

Setting: theatre style

No registration fees – Sponsored by Springer (to be confirmed)

Chair: Sandra Van Vlierberghe; co-chair : to be confirmed

1:15           Welcome and introduction to the YSF (Sandra Van Vlierberghe)

1:20           Gabriela Voskerician, Optima Integrated Health, San Francisco, CA, USA: ‘It is not about YOU, it is about the Review Panel’

1:55           Xinquan Jiang, JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China: ‘How to realize multidisciplinary and international networking in translational research: The key to success.’

2:30           Laura Poole-Warren, University New South Wales, Australia: ‘Communicating your research with maximum impact: From networking to presenting’

3:05       Coffee break and networking

3:30           Laura Rose (FDA): ‘Regulatory Issues: Challenges and Opportunities for Young Scientists’

4:05          C. James Kirkpatrick, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany: ‘The biomaterial scientist in the 21st century’

Newsletter (December 2016) PDF
Newsletter (February 2016) PDF