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We at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and the University of Groningen (RUG), together with its collaborators, are proven world leaders in designing and developing infection resistant biomaterials.
Scientifically, we have excelled over the years and achieved many of our research goals. Now comes the challenge of fulfilling our societal responsibility to patients under the umbrella of a Biomaterials Development Center, integrating the unique scientific research and clinical practices Groningen has to offer.
The Biomaterials Development Center is a platform where academia and industry can partner. Guiding innovation at early stages of development and making strategic go/ no go decisions during development phases of biomaterials, we aim to ensure that innovation is not lost in translation, but efficiently transferred to solve clinical problems.
In Groningen we are proud of the transfer of knowledge between our academics and clinicians. However, now is the time to add the final piece of the puzzle and involve industry in achieving our goals and partner with us under the Biomaterials Development Center.
Prof. Henk Busscher
Head of Department
Biomedical engineering UMCG
Prof. Henk Busscher
Head of Department
Biomedical engineering UMCGIntroduction
Loss of body function is inevitably associated with ageing and often beyond natural repair. This is considered unacceptable in the 21th century.
A unique combination of assets
As imaging instrumentation at the
UMCG is ever more available and
increasingly more state of the art,
both in preclinical (animal facility)
and clinical settings, translation of
tracer development to the clinic
is becoming a very strong asset of
the UMCG.
Changing the game
Reducing the validation costs for
infection-resistant biomaterials in
clinical trials is a major challenge
for society, and something the
BDC aims to resolve
Location
The University of Groningen is an
internationally oriented university
with 30,000 students. It is over
400 years old and is well known to
be innovative and research-driven.
It is rooted as the number-one
knowledge hub for the Northern
Netherlands.
Regional theme of Healthy Ageing
The UMCG is a city within a city:
it is one of the largest hospitals in the
World; located on the Healthy Ageing
Campus Netherlands. The Campus
extends over an area of around 30
hectares and is the beating heart of the
regional theme of Healthy Ageing.
Nothing tops Groningen
More than a decade of investment in
high-speed internet, cable and digital
communication systems, as well as
the rapid adoption of state-of-the-art
computer and cell phone technologies,
have created an ideal base for
companies seeking to take advantage
of modern technology.
