Beneficiaries
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
ULPGC is a Spanish public University, founded in 1987, but the school of industrial engineers was founded more than 75 years ago. The university has more than 23,000 students, 18 centres, 36 departments and 10 institutes, in all the disciplines (social, sciences, health, engineering and economics). ULPGC has participated in 23 Horizon Europe projects, coordinating 7. The Integrated and Advanced Manufacturing research group comprises 20 researchers from the Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Process Engineering departments. The group has undertaken a considerable amount of research related to Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques mainly involving MEX, PBF, VPP, metal atomic diffusion (ADAM), electroforming, rapid tooling and vacuum casting, as well as on polymer processing (injection moulding, compression moulding, rotational moulding, extrusion) and bio-composites.
Universidade do Minho (UMINHO)
UMINHO is one of the largest Portuguese universities. The 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics – belongs to the Institute 3Bs, the only Organic unit of research (UOI) in UMINHO. The group is an international multidisciplinary team devoted to the development and processing of natural biomaterials and technologies to be used in biomedical applications such as musculoskeletal, neurosciences and cardiovascular applications, and cancer research.
University College London (UCL)
UCL is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities by research output, dominated by its Medical Science and Engineering Faculties. UCL’s contribution to the programme will be led by the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science (IOMS), an internationally leading centre. It has a reputation and track record for innovative translation research, and has established expertise in technology transfer, such as Stanmore Implant Worldwide. IOMS and staff from the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital lead units of major importance in clinical care and are at the cutting edge of research and development in personalised implant innovation, cell-engineering and rapid fabrication of tissues. IOMS provides a unique environment for collaboration between scientists, engineers, and clinicians in an Academic Health Sciences Centre model.
Università telematica Niccolò Cusano di Roma (UCUSANO)
UCUSANO is a non-state university with its legal and operational headquarters in Rome. Established by ministerial decree in 2006, to date it is represented by a community of about 30,000 students and employees. Since 2020, it has been part of the Advanced Technology Higher Education Network Alliance – the ATHENA European University. UCUSANO produces research in several fields of technical-scientific disciplines, mainly: Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Energy, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Social Sciences. In the medical-scientific field, the ‘Fondazione Università Niccolò Cusano per la Ricerca medico-scientifica’ is dedicated to biomedical and diagnostic research for the treatment of rare diseases.
Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București (UPB)
The University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB) is the largest technical university in Romania, where over 23,000 students are trained in 15 faculties, 8 Departments and 2 Colleges. They are grouped on various profiles: electrics, mechanics, chemistry & material sciences. Teaching and research personnel of UPB is 2180, which supervise activity for 1400 M.Sc. and 1800 Ph.D. students. UPB developed every year since 1990 about 300 projects financed from public funds, and about 150 projects directly financed by Romanian companies. The research group involved in RENOVATE is well known in the field of biomaterials and medical devices. They are experts in obtaining and processing metallic and composite biomaterials, structural characterization, the establishment of testing criteria and procedures, chemical, rheological, mechanical, and thermo-physical properties determination, surface analysis, biodegradation in simulated medium, interactions with cells and tissues, bone regeneration evaluation, medical devices testing and analysis.
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS (FPUAG)
FPUAG is a renowned center for medical research and clinical care, with significant expertise in the orthopaedic field and regenerative medicine. For over 50 years it has been an integral part of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, obtaining the legal status of Fondazione in 2015. FPUAG is the place where scientific and technical skills, human sensitivity, Catholic ethics and values become a genuine commitment at the service of everyone, in order to guarantee excellent and affordable treatments to the entire community. In the orthopeadic field, the focus is on developing cutting-edge techniques for cartilage repair, combining engineering principles with clinical applications.
Uniwersytet Warszawski (UW)
UW is Poland’s largest and one of its most prestigious universities. It offers several undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs to over 50,000 students. Among the different fields, UW focuses on cutting-edge areas such as biomedical implants, tissue engineering, and scaffolds for regenerative medicine. There are 4 doctoral schools, including the one for Exact and Natural Sciences, which include biological and chemical sciences, enrolling about 200 students yearly.
Associated partners
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH)
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a Healthcare provider in the National Health Service (NHS) specialized in care for patients with neuro-musculoskeletal conditions. RNOH plays a major role in teaching, as 20% of all UK orthopaedic surgeons receive training here. Our teaching and clinical effectiveness are enhanced by our work in research, development and academic links with University College London (UCL). Research departments at Stanmore include the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, the Centre for Disability Research and Innovation, the Institute of Human Performance and the Centre for Biomedical Engineering.
Fundación Canaria Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (FIISC)
FIISC aims to promote, support, and manage health sciences research entrusted to it by the Canary Health Service. Its scope of management encompasses the work conducted by the Research Unit of the Dr. Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria.
Universidad de Sevilla (US)
The University of Seville (US) with the Department of Condensed Matter Physics has the associated research group of “Mechanical properties of Solids”; one of the research group lines is “Piezoelectric materials and additive manufacturing”. This department is also an external unit of The Institute of Materials Science, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
Ti-com Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (TICOM)
TI-COM is a start-up in northern Poland founded in 2018 to commercialize the results of its founders’ scientific research. Ti-com is a contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in minimally invasive endovascular procedures and drug and medical equipment testing using large animal models. It serves a variable group of very demanding customers, such as the biggest companies in the medical industry, start-ups, and academia. It also frequently scientifically contributes to contracted work, as evidenced by high-impact joint publications between commissioning parties and Ti-com. Ti-com has collaborated in research activity related to OA by analysis of medical images and in vivo test, such as the induction of cartilage repair.