BIOBONE-ITN - BioBone EU

April 2014
BIOBONE-ITN
Newsletter
Outline
About us
 Project news
BioBone is an initial training network with the objective of preparing young researchers to
 Workshops
fill the demand in the strategic area of bioceramics for bone repair.
 Meet the researchers
 BioBone at a glance
 Secondment
 After BioBone
BioBone will provide a multidisciplinary training that will combine advanced tools and
knowledge with academic and industrial experience.
The Project is in its 2nd year – researchers keep developing their plans, skills and
network-related activities (e.g. secondments in partner institutions).
Our Focus
“A scientist in his laboratory is not
Continuous advances in the treatment of bone disease leads to a
strong demand for new solutions and for professionals able to
develop them.
The unique properties of ceramic materials grant them a crucial role in
the field of bone repair.
a mere technician: he is also a
child confronting natural
phenomena that impress him as
though they were fairy tales.”
-Marie Curie
Ceramics are making inroads in industrial applications such as dental
or orthopedic implants. However, much work is still needed.
News
Workshops
Oral Presentations
Davos: the fourth BioBone workshop, "Cellmaterial interaction", will take place in Davos on
28th-30th April 2014. The programme will combine lectures and laboratories aimed to provide
the basis to understand cell-surface interactions.
Marta Gallo: 1st Workshop FRRI (Fracture and Reliability Research
Institute of the University of Tohoku, Japan), Lyon, France.
Abel Gebresilassie : 1st Workshop FRRI (Fracture and Reliability
Research Institute of the University of Tohoku, Japan), Lyon, France.
Poster Presentation
Abel Gebresilassie: poster presentation during the "Groupe Français
de la Céramique (GFC)" (The French ceramics group) annual
meeting, Lyon, France.
Francesca Tallia: poster and rapid-fire presentation during the
ICFPAM 2013 - 12th International Conference on Frontiers of
Polymers and Advanced Materials, Auckland, New Zeland.
Other activities
Quentin Flamant spent 2 months (end of January-end of March) of
his secondment in Lyon.
Marta Gallo started her 3-months secondment at FAU University
(Erlangen) in March.
Elena Littmann started her 6-months secondment at the AO
Foundation (Davos) in January.
Valentina Miguez Pacheco spent 2 months (mid October-mid
December) of her secondment in Lyon.
The 3rd BioBone workshop - Lyon, November 2013
For any further information:
http://www.bioboneitn.eu/
New website!!!
Meet the researchers at INSA Lyon
Carlos Caravaca Fontan
Carlos graduated in Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering in
Universidad de Extremadura (Spain), and obtained a Master's degree in
Physics of Condensed Matter and Nanotechnology at Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). His PhD is versed on the modification of the
surface of ceramic implants and the effect on reliability and
osteointegration.
Marta Gallo
Marta received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in
Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy).
Her research within the BioBone project focuses on
degradation of CaP bone substitues.
Abel Gebresilassie
Abel Gebreegzibaher Gebresilassie got his Bachelor’s degree in
Applied Physics from Hawassa University (Ethiopia) and his Master's
degree in Physics from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), ENS de
Lyon (France) and University La Sapienza of Rome (Italy) in the frame
of the Erasmus Mundus programme. His work in BioBone is on "Atomic
scale simulation of the degradation of zirconia bioceramics".
BioBone at a glance
Where are we from and where are we now?
First row of Secondments
Being the BioBone project in its 2nd year, a good number of members have already tried out the secondment
experience. To check how this is perceived we have asked to some of the participants the following three questions:
1. Where did you go for your secondment and for how long?
2. Did you enjoy the experience? Did you learn something new?
3. What would you recommend to other students who have not gone on secondment yet?
Here is what they think about this experience!
Marcel Boix Alberich
ESR at University of Mons (Mons, Belgium)
1- Imperial College of London, 6 months
2- The experience has been great. I've had the opportunity to be trained
and use several characterization instruments (e.g. SEM, FIB, TEM and
XRD) and learn another work culture. I've enjoyed the stay in a very
vivid university and a city like London with endless opportunities.
3- I would recommend to do it as soon as possible! As BioBone-ITN
fellows, we have the great opportunity to take advantage of being in
different places, with world experts of bioceramics that are very open to
share their vision. Moreover, as individuals, having an international
profile would give us a broad culture and contact network.
Quentin Flamant
ESR at UPC (Barcelona, Spain)
1- INSA de Lyon, 10 weeks
2- Of course I enjoyed the experience. It was a good opportunity
to collaborate more closely with Carlos on our common work. It
was also nice to see how things work in a different lab.
3- I recommend to prepare and plan well the secondment
because the time goes fast.
Valentina Miguez Pacheco
ESR at FAU (Erlangen, Germany)
1- INSA de Lyon, 2 months
2- The exchange experience was positive. Outside the scientific work carried
out, I experienced a different culture and enrolled in a French language course, which further enabled me to absorb French culture.
3- I would recommend to the BioBone members to plan their experiments in
advance, making sure they have a good idea of the equipment available in
their host institution and maximizing their time abroad by signing up for language classes and tours organized by the international office, for example.
After BioBone - ERs
As two of our Experienced Researchers (ERs), Katia and Yann, have already finished their work within BioBone, we
asked them how their life is now and how having joined the project has affected their present situation. In this page
we report their answers to the following questions:
1. Now that BioBone is finished for you, what do you think about the project?
2. Are you working on something close to what you were doing in BioBone? If not, why did you change?
Katia Biotteau-Deheuvels
ER at CeramTec (Stuttgart, Germany)
Katia got an engineer degree in materials and surfaces science at ISTIL in Lyon, a master
degree in Innovative Materials from the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and a PhD
degree in Materials science at the INSA de Lyon on Alumina/zirconia ceramics for
orthopedics applications.
She joined Biobone as a one year post-doctorate at CeramTec, where she elaborated
ceramics components through Ceramic Injection Molding.
Katia is now working as a post-doctorate at the LML, in Ecole Centrale de Lille. She
elaborates and characterizes metal oxyde coatings on steel obtained by PVD and thermal
spraying.
1- The Biobone Project is very ambitious, rich and challenging. It offers great collaborations with partners in various
areas, giving the chance to improve one’s ability to work efficiently with several industrials and academic laboratories.
2- The experience within CeramTec allowed me to develop my skills in an efficient and relatively innovative technique of ceramic elaboration which is the Ceramic Injection Molding. In this continuity, I am now eager to develop my
knowledge about materials elaboration and surface modifications. That’s why I am currently enriching my skills on
surface modification and characterization working as a post-doctorate at Ecole Centrale de Lille (LML and UMET) on
the elaboration of Fe/Si based coatings to improve the fatigue behavior and corrosion protection of steel.
Yann Fredholm
ER at Noraker (Lyon, France)
Yann got his MEng (Polytech'Nantes), MSc (Université de Nantes) and PhD
(Imperial College London) in Materials Science and Engineering, achieving, in
particular, strong competencies in glass and ceramic manufacturing and characterisation especially for biomedical and dental applications.
His work within BioBone was to provide new inputs towards a better
understanding of bioactive glass scaffold degradation in physiological fluids or in
the conditions recommended by the ISO 10993 - Biological Evaluation of Medical
Devices.
Yann is now working as R&D Manager in Noraker.
1- BioBone has been a fantastic opportunity in many ways. First of all it has represented a great springboard for a
young scientist to get an industrial experience. This experience is key when looking for a job in the medical device
industry as it allows to get the necessary skills in the related specificity of Project management and regulatory affairs.
This one year period has also made possible to mature scientific skills by working on an industry relevant subject
and construct a network of great collaborations in a new environment (Europe) that will continue after BioBone and
certainly will lead to new collaborative projects. Last but not least, being originally located in Brazil, this project has
been a resourceful channel to move and find a job in France.
2- My work now as R&D Manager is very focused on projects management and more dedicated to Development
than Research. Nonetheless, the scientific themes tackled in BioBone are closely related to the interest of the company.

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