ESB – Best Thesis Award 2016

The ESB is pleased to announce that Loes Derikx has been awarded the “ESB Best Thesis Award 2016” for her thesis entitled Femoral Fracture Risk Prediction in Metastatic Bone disease. read more on esbiomech.org

Lennert de Ruiter wins “Simulating Reality” contest 2015

Lennert de Ruiter is one of the Top three University winners of the “Simulating Reality” contest 2015, organized by MSC-software. Subject: ‘Evaluating a new orthopedic implant for knee replacement in high-demand conditions‘. MSC Products Illustrated: Marc

2015-ESB Mobility Award

The ESB Mobility Grant aims to provide ESB members with financial assistance to carry out collaborative research in a foreign country as part of their Ph.D. or early postdoctoral research. There are two awards available for 2015 on a competitive basis. Sanaz Berahmani has been awarded the 2015 ESB Mobility Award. read more on esbiomech.org

ISTA Student Biomechanics Award 2015

Sanaz Berahmani has been awarded with the ISTA Student Biomechanics Award 2015 for her paper titled “An Experimental Pre-Clinical Assessment of the Primary Stability of a Novel Cementless Femoral Knee Component Relative to a Clinically Successful Design.“ go to ISTA

Wojciech Madej over homeostase in kraakbeen

Lees het interview met Wojciech Madej over: “Als de homeostase in kraakbeen verstoord raakt, kan artrose ontstaan. Welke processen zijn hiervoor verantwoordelijk en is er iets tegen te doen?” ga naar het artikel in MEDICINES Nr.3 JULI 2015 JRG 07

Frye stipendium 2014 awarded to Sanaz Berahmani

On Tuesday December 9th 2014, the Radboud University Nijmegen has awarded ten promising female researchers with the Frye grant 2014. Our Ph.D.-student Sanaz Berahmani is one of the laureates. See Radboud University for Frye stipendia 2014. The grant has been named after Dr. I.B.M. Frye, who was one of the first female scientists at Radboud […]

Winners of the 5th Grand Challenge Competition to Predict In Vivo Knee Loads

Our project on patient-specific musculoskeletal modelling of TKA has been awarded the first prize in the Grand Knee Challenge competition during the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, July 6-11, 2014, Boston, Massachusetts USA. Presentation Abstract: Patient-specific Musculoskeletal Modelling of Total Knee Arthroplasty using Force-dependent Kinematics Author(s): M. S. Andersen 1, M. A. Marra 2, V. […]

Prof. dr. ir. Nico Verdonschot benoemd tot hoogleraar

March 28th 2014 Prof. dr. ir. Nico Verdonschot is met ingang van 15 februari 2014 bij het Radboudumc benoemd tot hoogleraar Biomechanische diagnostiek en evaluatiemethoden in de orthopedie. Prof. Verdonschot is leider van de sectie Biomechanica, van het Orthopaedic Research Laboratory (ORL) binnen het Radboudumc. Hij combineert deze leerstoel met zijn hoogleraarschap Implantaat Biomechanicaaan bij […]

STW Valorisation Grants, December 2013

Two Eur 25.000 STW Valorisation Grants awarded to: Prof. dr. P. Buma Total replacement of meniscus with minimally invasive polymer implant Prof. dr. ir. N.J.J. Verdonschot Improving quality of life of patients with metastatic lesions using an innovative CT-based product read the article at stw.nl: Subsidie helpt 22 onderzoekers op weg naar ondernemerschap