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International cooperation in scientific and academic work
The network and areas of cooperation are continuously expanding. IBB employees benefit from the mobility opportunities offered through COST and ERASMUS + programs towards establishing new international contacts that have the great plausibility to realize new cooperations in various international research and capacity building projects.
For further referral, the interview with Dagnija Loča, on the development of new scientific and industrial cooperations in the national and international level as part of the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence project is offered.
Cooperation with Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Professor Vytautas Galvanauskas (Process Control Department) was established, and he undertook the role of the guest lecturer for the study courses ĶVT312 “Computer Modeling of Chemical Processes” and ĶVT416 “Computer Modeling”. In the aforementioned courses, students will have the opportunity to acquire necessary skills in the engineering computer program -MATLAB, which will ameliorate students’ academic profile. Due to the cooperation between the higher education institutions, the exchange visits and professional development of Professor Vytautas Galvanauskas, Assistant Professor Olita Medne and Lecturer Imants Kreicbergs have been ensured, while simultaneously the network of international contacts has been augmented.
Association agreement with Professor Andres Ozols (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) has been signed in 2011. Professor A.Ozols visits IBB on an annual basis, with the focus on conducting scientific research and delivering guest lectures on the topics regarding latest technologies in the development, studies and applications of biomaterials. Guest lectures are continually attended by the IBB researchers, academic staff and students.
Cooperation in academic and scientific work with the universities from Germany dates back to the late 1990s:
Cooperation with:
- Professor Aldo Boccaccini and his team at the Institute of Biomaterials (Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg);
- The team of researchers led by Professor Matthias Epple (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen);
- Professor Barbara Nebe (University of Rostock);
- Professor Jörg Bossert from the University of Jena (Friedrich Schiller University Jena);
- Professor Shahram Ghannati and Professor Charles James Kirkpatrick from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main.
Developed cooperation with these universities have led to granted joint international projects as well as outstanding joint scientific publications. Guest lectures by prominent scholars have been organized in Latvia and in Germany, and furthermore, international mobility of doctoral students and experienced staff has been significantly promoted.
The ERA.NET MATERA SONOSCA project “Sonochemical technology for bioactive bone regeneration scaffold production” (2011 – 2014) has initiated the fruitfull collaboration with the Professor Witold Lojkowski from the Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) and Dr. Fernando de la Vega from PARTNER D PV Nano Cell Ltd (Israel).
During the project, the technology for the production of porous implant materials with nano-sized calcium phosphate particles coatings was developed. Project website
Another M-ERA.NET project GoIMPLANT «Tough, Strong and Resorbable Orthopedic Implants» (2014-2016) was a continious sucess of previous collaboration between RTU RBIDC and Professor Witold Lojkowski (Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) and ChM Ltd. (Poland).
In the course of the project, the technology for the production of biodegradable polymer / calcium phosphate composites for orthopedic applications was developed.
The EURONANOMED NANOFOROSTEO project “Multifunctional injectable nano HAp composites for the treatment of osteoporotic bone fractures” (2014-2016) has initiated new collarorative links between RTU RC RBIDC and Dr. Mauro Alini (AO Foundation, AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland), Dr. Alain Largeteau (Center Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, France), Prof., Dr. Gérard Demazeau (HPBioTECH Ltd, France) and Prof., Dr. Maria Tomoaia-Cotisel (Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Chemical Engineering, Romania). Within project, injectable multifunctional systems for the treatment of osteoporotic bone fractures were developed.
2020
Pētnieces D. Loča, A. Dubņika un I. Jurgelāne 2020. gada 12.-15. janvārī piedalīijās ziemas skolā: 3rd INTERREG – 8th TERMIS Winterschool 2020 “Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration: From Mechanobiology to in Vitro/ in Vivo Models and Advanced Imaging”, Radštate, Zalcburga, Austrija. Pasākumā piedalījās 30 dalībnieki no 6 valstīm, kā arī vairāk kā 26 pētnieki ar prezentācijām. Ziemas skolas apmācības bija sadalītas vairākās sekcijās – tai skaitā par pētniecībā izmantotajām šūnu kultūrām audu atjaunošanas modelēšanai, dažādu audu uzbūve un reģenerācijas iespējas, kā arī analīžu metodes – mikroskopija, mikrotomogrāfija, bioprintings, histoloģija u.c.
2019
Pētniece A. Dubņika 2019. gada jūnijā (16.05. – 07.06.2019) devās mobilitātē uz Stenforda Universitāti, Biomateriālu un modernizētas zāļu piegādes laboratoriju (Palo Alto, ASV), lai veiktu materiālu īpašību izvērtēšanas pētījumus un sagatavotu zāļu piegādes sistēmas. Finansējums mobilitātei saņemts Pēcdoktorantūras pētniecības atbalsta projekta Nr.1.1.1.2/VIAA/1/16/048 ietvaros.
Pētnieces A. Dubņika un D. Loča 2019. gada janvārī (13.01. – 16.01.2019) piedalījās apmācību skolā “2nd INTERREG – 7th TERMIS WINTERSCHOOL 2019 “Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration: From Mechanobiology to in Vitro/in Vivo Models and Advanced Imagining” (Radštate, Austrija).
Pētnieces K. Šalma-Ancāne un L. Stīpniece 2019. gada oktobrī (7.10. -18.10.2019) devās pieredzes apmaiņas braucienā uz Ulsteras Universitātes Nanotehnoloģiju un integrētās bioinženierijas centru, Lielbritānijā.
2018
Pētnieces A. Dubņika un K. Šalma-Ancāne 2018. gada novembrī (5.11. – 9.11.2018) piedalījās apmācību skolā “Bioinspired adhesive polymers and hydrogels” (Aveiro, Portugāle). Finansējumu apmācībām abas pētnieces saņēma COST akcijas CA15216 – European Network of Bioadhesion Expertise: Fundamental Knowledge to Inspire Advanced Bonding Technologies aktivitāšu ietvaros.
Doktorante un pētniece J. Vecstaudža 2018. gada janvārī (19.01. – 23.01.2018) apmeklēja starptautisku doktorantu ziemas skolu “ACerS Winter Workshop 2018”, Deitonbīča, Amerikas Savienotās Valstis. Finansējums pasākuma apmeklēšani saņemts Eiropas Keramikas biedrības JECS Trust uzsaukumā “Grant for 2018 American Winter Workshop”.
2017
Lektore L. Kienkas 2017. gadā izstrādāja maģistra darbu “Biodegvielu piesārņojuma ietekme uz dīzeļdegvielas oksidēšanas katalizatoru” Erasmus+ apmaiņas programmas ietvaros Karaliskajā Tehnoloģiju insititūtā (KTH) Zviedrijā, Stokholmā. Darbs bija kopprojekts starp smago automašīnu industrijas uzņēmumu ‘Scania’ un KTH.
2016
Jaunā zinātniece un docente A. Stunda-Zujeva ieguva DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst programme) Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists stipendiju un 2016. gadā divus mēnešus stažējās Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin. Pētījuma tēma “The effect of surfactant on fluid dynamics of buoyancy driven single droplet”.
Jaunā doktore A. Dubņika ieguva stipendiju un stažējās ASV 2015./2016.m.g.: Baltic American Freedom Foundation fellowship for one year research project “Development of soft lipid nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery” at The Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery (BioADD) Laboratory, Stanford University, School of Medicine, USA.
Doktorantes un pētnieces I. Narkevica un L. Stīpniece 2016. gada janvārī (22.01. – 29.01.2016) piedalījās starptautiskā doktorantūras skolā “The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Winter Workshop” (ASV, Orlando) un starptautiskā zinātniskā konferencē “40th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites” ASV, Deitonbīčā. Grants dalībai: ECerS-ACerS Students Exchange Program – JECS Trust.
Attēlos doktornatūras skolas nodarbība un ekskursija uz NASA centru, jo arī kosmosa kuģos izmanto tehnisko keramiku.
2015
Doktorants un pētnieks A. Šiškins 01.07. – 30.09.2015 Erasmus+ programmas ietvaros devās pieredzes apmaiņā “Commercial residual products analysis for ceramic porous granules production, granulation process investigation, analysis of potential suitable materials”, University of East London, Londona, Lielbritānija.
Doktorantes un pētnieces I. Narkevica un L. Stīpniece 2015. gadā piedalījās ERASMUS+ personāla mobilitātes programmā apmeklējot Erlangenes Universitātes Biomateriālu institūtu Vācijā, (Institute of Biomaterials, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), kuru vada pasaulē atzīts biomateriālu speciālists profesors Aldo R.Boccaccini.
Doktorante un pētniece J. Vecstaudža (09.11. – 27.11.2015) COST Action MP1301 “New generation biomimetic and customized implants for bone engineering (NewGen)” ieguva grantu zinātniskā darba “New biomimetic amorphous calcium phosphate biomaterials: structure and thermal properties” izstrādei un zinātniskās kvalifikācijas celšanai Aalto University Foundation, School of Chemical Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Espoo, Somija.
Jaunās zinātnieces, pētnieces A. Stunda-Zujeva un I. Dušenkova 2015. gadā piedalījās ERASMUS+ personāla mobilitātes programmā, apmeklējot Poitiers univeristāti Francijā.
Doktorants un pētnieks A. Šiškins 29.-30.06.2015 apmeklēja vasaras skolu 7th International Granulation Workshop, Chemical & Biological Engineering Departament, University of Sheffield, Lielbritānija.
Jaunās zinātnieces, pētnieces A. Stunda-Zujeva, O. Medne un I. Dušenkova 2015. gadā piedalījās ERASMUS+ personāla mobilitātes programmā apmeklējot Tartu univeristāti Igaunijā.
Vadošā pētniece D. Loča 9.02. – 22.02.2015 ieguva grantu zinātniskā darba “Calcium phosphate nanoparticle/hyaluronan hydrogel composites” izstrādei un zinātniskās kvalifikācijas paaugstināšanai COST Action MP1005 – “NAMABIO – From nano to macro biomaterials (design, processing, characterization, modeling) and applications to stem cells regenerative orthopedic and dental medicine” AO Foundation, AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Platz, Šveice.
Vadošais pētnieks J. Ločs 5.-6.02.2015 piedalījās COST MP1005 aktivitātes “NAMABIO – From nano to macro biomaterials (design, processing, characterisation, modeling) and applications to stem cells regenerative orthopaedic an dental medicine” sanāksmē AO Foundation institūtā, Davos, Šveice.
Doktorants un pētnieks A. Šiškins laika posmā 01.12.2014 – 31.05.2015 veica pētījumu “Light-weight Metalloceramics Composites with Alumina-Silica Hollow Spheres” TTU, Tallina, Igaunija.
2014
Vadošais pētnieks J. Ločs piedalījās COST MP1005 Short Therm Scientific Mission “Stem cell differentiation behaviour on biphasic Mg substituted calcium phosphates” 2014, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Īslande.
Vadošais pētnieks J. Ločs 02.-08.03.2014 piedalījās COST MP1005 Short Therm Scinentific Mission “Modified 45S5 Bioglass®-based glass ceramic scaffolds”, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Vācija.
Pētniece M. Sokolova piedalījās Short term scientific mission “Calcium deficient hydroxyapatite and biodegradable polymer composite 2014” within COST Action MP1005, Department SIMAU of Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ankona, Itālija.