Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Japan, 2005
Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Distinguished with the Best Student Award (Oral Presentation), for the paper entitled “Innovative Technique for the Preparation of Porous Bilayer Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan Scaffolds for Osteochondral Applications”, as part of the 18th International Symposium on Ceramics in Medicine - Bioceramics 18, held in Kyoto, Japan, December 2005.
Manuela Gomes, 2004
Manuela Gomes, ResMed International Travel Scholarship, 2004, 7th World Biomaterials Conference (Sydney, Australia) for the best work presented as oral communication.
Isabel Bacelo Leonor, 2008
Also in October, the School of Engineering of the University of Minho revealed the results for the “Prémio EEUM – Melhor Tese de Doutoramento 2008” (School of Engineering Award for the Best PhD Thesis in 2008) and decided to award the thesis entitled: “New Biomimetic Acellular Routes for Pre-Calcification of Implant Materials, Carrier Particles and Porous Scaffolds”, by Isabel Maria Bacelo Leonor, researcher from the 3B’s Research Group, Department of Polymer Engineering.
Manuela Gomes, 2003
Manuela Gomes, Student Travel and Professional Development Honorable Mention, 2003, Society for Biomaterials, Reno, Nevada, EUA, “for outstanding student research in biomaterials”.
Isabel Bacelo Leonor, 2004
Isabel Bacelo Leonor, Awarded for the Best Oral Presentation, Surface charge of PE modified with sulfonic functional groups in simulated body fluid, 17th International Symposium on Ceramics in Medicine - Bioceramics 17, New Orleans, USA, December 2004.
Isabel Bacelo Leonor, 2003
Isabel Bacelo Leonor, Kluwer Award for the Best Oral Presentation, “Apatite-forming ability of polymers with SO3H groups in SBF” presented on the 18th Meeting of the European Society For Biomaterials, Stuttgart, Germany, October 2003.
Alexandra Marques, 2003
Alexandra Marques, Honorary mention awarded by The Society for Biomaterials to the work “ The effect of surface modification of starch based degradable biomaterials on the adhesion and proliferation of osteoblast-like cells” presented on the 29th Annual Meeting of The Society for Biomaterials, Reno, Nevada, USA, April 2003
Manuela Gomes, 2001
Manuela Gomes, Student Travel and Professional Development Honorable Mention, 2001, Society for Biomaterials, Saint Paul-Minnesota, EUA, for outstanding student research in biomaterials.
Alexandra Marques, 2000
Alexandra Marques, Student prized at TATE - The Art of Tissue Engineering Seminar and Workshop, November 2000, Utrecht, The Netherlands
