New adhesive based bone fixation and restoration technology set to replace metal fixators and transplants. Consortium director: Prof Michael Malkoch, KTH

Stockholm, Sweden
Joined February 2021
We are proud to present the latest article in the BoneFix project where surgeons from @RegionH are evaluating @bmb_sweden's customisable AdhFix plate. Read more about the project and find full-text link at: bonefix.org/post/biomechanic… #h2020 #adhfix #implant #orthopedic
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Scientific article published from the BoneFix project! In the article led by @AO Research Institute Davos and @RegionH, the performance of the novel fracture fixator implant #AdhFix is evaluated. Read full text here: rdcu.be/dd3Zt #H2020 #Innovation #Implants
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All surgeries carry a risk of bacterial infection. See how researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology are developing a novel anti-bacterial hydrogel to combat surgical site infections. bonefix.org/post/kth-develop… #H2020 #BoneFix #infections #hydrogel #implant
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BoneFix welcomes veterinarian Nanett Kvist to the team! Read more about Nanett and her research on bonefix.org/post/welcome-to-… #BoneFix #H2020 #research #implants #fracturefixation
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As part of BoneFix’s continued evaluation of adaptable light-cured implants for bone fixation, the surgeons from Region Hovedstaden decided to investigate the novel concept from a usability perspective. Read more at: bonefix.org/post/novel-light… #h2020 #bonefix #orthopedics
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Professors Kamal Mustafa from @UiB and Michael Malkoch from @KTHuniversity and their teams met last week at KTH to discuss current and future collaborations in the field of tissue engineering. Read more at bonefix.org/post/uib-team-vi… #H2020 #bonefix #tissueengineering
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In August the BoneFix project performed novel biomechanical tests developed at AO Research Institute Davos to better understand the forces an implant needs to withstand during fracture healing. Read more at: bonefix.org/post/the-bonefix… #h2020 #bonefix #biomechanics #orthopedics
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The BoneFix consortium met up in the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway for our second in-person annual meeting, hosted by Kamal Mustafa and his team of researchers at the Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen @UiB Read more: bonefix.org/post/the-bonefix… #eic #h2020
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The BoneFix project includes development stages all the way from chemical synthesis to preclinical prototypes. At @MINES_StEtienne initial safety screening is conducted on the developed components. Read more about their work at: bonefix.org/post/researchers… #bonefix #horizon2020
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During the last 6 months, researchers from AO Research Institue and surgeons from Region Hovedstaden have established advanced biomechanical testing procedures for the BoneFix concept. Read more about their work: bonefix.org/post/bonefix-ini… #bonefix #horizon2020 #biomechanics
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The BoneFix consortium welcomes @lenasoderstrom to the project's Exploitation Board. Glad to have you onboard! Read more: bonefix.org/post/steering-co… #europeanunion #research #bonefix #boneimplants
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In BoneFix, European researchers have joined forces to develop future innovations for bone healing. Watch our new video at bonefix.org and be inspired by the possible outcomes from this exciting project! #Horizon2020 #boneimplants #bonefix
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Get to know the University of Bergen's PhD student Francesco Torelli who is developing the bone scaffold domain in BoneFix by reading the new team profile at bonefix.org/post/introducing…
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MINES-Saint Etienne have posted a write up of our recent annual meeting for all you French speakers out there. Check it out at mines-stetienne.fr/panoramin… Thanks again to MINES for hosting a very rewarding meeting!
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Our latest team member profile is up on bonefix-org. This week we look at MINES Post-doc Lea Dejob, who is designing a new biodegradable fiber membrane for use in the BoneFix fixation patch. bonefix.org/post/introducing…
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We recently held the second BoneFix annual meeting in Saint Etienne, France, to great success! Thanks to covid this was our first chance to all meet face-to-face. Read more about it at bonefix.org/post/the-consort…
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Check out Guillaume Patt-Lafitte's explanation of how he will design a cutting edge origami membrane for BoneFix during his PhD at MINES St Etienne. (bonefix.org/post/mines-phd-s…)
KTH has published a new method of bone fracture fixation method in Advanced Functional Materials! The method, called AdhFix, combines the shapeability of strong polymer composites with the strength of metal screw fixation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…. @Sodersjukhuset @RISEsweden
Our AdhFix method for fixating bone fractures has been published in Advanced Functional Materials! See onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… on how we combined shapeability of composites with the strength of metal screw fixation. Thanks to @KAWstiftelsen for funding @Sodersjukhuset @RISEsweden
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This week the spotlight is on Ahmad Rashad Elsebahy, UiB’s BoneFix Technical Manager. His main focus is the engineering of biomimetic cell-instructive hydrogels for the bone scaffold domain. bonefix.org/post/27th-may-20…
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Our partners at AO Research Institute Davos are looking for a postdoc in Biomechanics and Modelling to work on BoneFix. Check the job advertisement here: aofoundation.org/who-we-are/…
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