Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Journal of Materials Chemistry B is proud to announce itself as a supporting partner of the 10^th World Biomaterials Congress which will take place in Montréal, Canada from the 17^th – 22^nd May 2016. The conference will be attended by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C Managing Editor, Ruth Norris and JMC B Deputy Editor-in-Chief Christine Schmidt.

The conference is the largest gathering of Biomaterial Researchers and has had over 3500 abstracts submitted already. It is on track to be the largest scientific gathering of biomaterials scientists ever, and the largest World Biomaterials Congress to-date.

International plenary speakers will be David Mooney (Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA), Fiona Watt (King’s College, London) and JMC B Associate Editor Jiang Chang (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China).

Further information about the conference including a last minute call for ‘late breaker’ abstract submissions can be found here.

We are excited to announce the upcoming UK-Korea Symposium on Lithium and Sodium Batteries which will take place in London from the 18^th – 19^th January 2016.

The symposium will be a joint meeting organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and will be focussed upon covering all aspects of lithium-ion, sodium-ion and metal-air batteries (for e.g. Li, Na and Zn).

There will be talks showcasing some of the best research from Korea and the UK with opportunities to highlight recent developments and identify emerging and future areas of growth. There will also be a poster session with prizes and certificates awarded for the best poster presentations.

Further details about the symposium can be found here along with information on registration and abstract submission.

Many congratulations to Kihara Shinsuke Kihara (Kobe University), who was awarded a Journal of Materials Chemistry B best poster prize at the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials which took place from the 9^th – 10^th November 2015 in Kyoto, Japan.

Professor Yasuhiko Tabata of Kyoto University and the Japanese Society for Biomaterials Committee Chair was on hand to present the award to Kihara.

(left) Kihara Shinsuke Kihara and Professor Yasuhiko Tabata

Journal of Materials Chemistry A will be sponsoring the upcoming POLYMAT SPOTLIGHT 2016 conference taking place in San Sebastian, Spain from the 21^st – 24^th June 2016. The conference will be a series of workshops in cohesion with POLYMAT and the University of the Basque Country with an objective of increasing the visibility of emerging and technologically relevant macromolecular materials.  The workshop will be chaired by Aurelio Mateo-Alonso (University of the Basque Country, Spain).

Speakers will include Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C Editor-in-Chief Nazario Martin (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) and Materials Horizons Editorial Board member, Markus Antonietti (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany) amongst others.

The deadline for abstract submission is 15^th January 2016 with authors being notified about presentation type by the 15^th February 2016.

Further information about the conference including a full list of speakers and keynotes lectures can be found by clicking on the logo below.