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ASBTE Newsletter

Check out the latest ASBTE Newsletter (July 2024)!

If you've missed one of the previous Newsletters, please check out the Archive.

ASBTE Awards 2024

Congratulations to Prof Helmut Thissen who was the recipient of the ASBTE Award of Reserach Excellence and to Dr Mark Allenby, who received the ASBTE Emerging Leadership Award. Read more about the awards and their achievements here.

2024 Australia Day Honours

Congratulations to Prof John Ramshaw who was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for significant service to research science, to professional societies, and to the community.

This includes substantial contributions to the ASBTE and biomaterials community:

Australian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

• Inaugural President, 1989-1990.

• Member, since 1989

• Co-Founder, 1989.

International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE)

• Honorary Secretary, 2000-2008.

• Australian Delegate, 1994-2008.

• Australian Observer, 1990.

International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Three of our society members who were elected to the International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science & Engineering. The announcement was made at the World Biomaterials Congress in December 2020. Congratulations to:

- Justin Cooper-White

- Veronica Glattauer

- Tim Woodfield