Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Laurens Parmentier, entitled: Capturing the biophysical cues of the vascularized bone extracellular matrix to stimulate its regeneration

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Hiba Kassem, entitled: Dynamic Covalent Chemistries for the Recycling of Polyurethane Foams

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Ozge Begum Akalin, entitled: The integration of photo-crosslinkable hydrogel building block development and additive manufacturing as a promising strategy for meniscus tissue engineering

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Evelien Vermoesen, entitled: Controlled release fertilizer development using UV-crosslinkable acrylate-endcapped urethane-based polymer coating

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Stéphanie Engelen , entitled: Processable Thermosets and Composites from Vanillin Derivatives

Lecture: Biomaterials-based delivery of signaling molecules and cells for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine by prof. Heungsoo Shin, Hanyang University, South-Korea

BPG Annual Meeting 2024 is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Blankenberge

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Ine Mertens, entitled: Development and polymerization of novel 2-alkyl-2-oxazine monomers towards cationic polymers for gene delivery

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Alyssa Ghielmetti, entitled: Green light induced Chemistry for the Design of Light-Stabilised Dynamic Materials

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Lauren De Grave, entitled: Synthesis and processing of photo-responsive poly(aspartic acid) as biobased alternative for poly(acrylic acid)

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Lenny Van Daele, entitled: Unlocking the potential of poly(alkylene terephthalate)s in our quest to treat cardiovascular diseases

Lecture: 3D-printed Polymeric Bioresorbable Stents for Cardiovascular Applications by prof. Marta Peguerole, Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Lecture: Macromolecular design for 3D hydrogel biomaterials by prof. Matthew Baker, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Lana Van Damme, entitled: Reshaping the future of breast reconstruction exploiting photo-crosslinkable hydrogels towards tailored adipose tissue remodeling.

Lecture: Light activated biomaterials as bioinks for 3D bioprinting by Dr. Khoon Lim, University of Sydney, Australia

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Jan Philip Zegwaart, entitled: Acrylate endcapped Urethane based Polyethylene Glycol Macromers for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: Development of a Nasal Stent.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Nathan Carpentier, entitled: Biopolymer-based hydrogel inks serving liver tissue engineering.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Manon Minsart, entitled: Design of Hydrogel Precursors for Advanced Burn Wound Dressing Matrices

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Jasper Delaey, entitled: Responsive polymers for corneal endothelial regeneration. Designing an artificial Descemet’s membrane.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Filip Van Lysebetten, entitled: A Highly Dynamic Covalent Polymer Network without Creep: Mission Impossible?

Lecture: Dynamic covalent bonds in functional polymers by Prof. Hans Heuts, University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Lecture: Macromolecular engineering for the design of materials for biomedical application by Dr. Dephine Chan-Seng, Institute Charles Chadron, Strasbourg, France

Lecture: Engineering Dynamic Ligand Presentation into Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogels by Prof. Patricia Dankers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Aurélien Vebr, entitled: Synergestic interplay between pH, temperature and supramolecular interactions for the design of smart polymeric materials

Lecture: Charged polymers for sustainability and the environment: direct air capture of CO₂, water purification, and energy storage by Dr. Matthew Green, Arizona State University, Phoenix, United States

Lecture: Design of Stimuli-Responsive Soft Materials: From Nanoscale to Macroscale by Prof. Sanyal, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Prof. Richard Hoogenboom is the recipient of the third Dr. Sivaram Endowment lecture award. He received the award during the SPSI-2022-Macro congres in Pune, India

Lecture: What gummy bears and Corona have in common - glycopolymers for biomedical applications by Prof. Laura Hartmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

New video on Smart design of plastics for improved recycling in the framework of the PUReSmart project about recycling of PUfoams

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Nele Pien, entitled: Design, development and validation of tubular constructs for regenerative medicine

Lecture: Development of biomimetic models of intestinal tissue: guiding cellular self-organization through biofabrication techniques by prof. Elena Martínez Fraiz, Universitat de Barcelona

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Metwally Muhammad, entitled: Concrete Superplasticizers From Fundamental Studies to the Development of Smart Superplasticizers for Rheology Control

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Jente Verjans, entitled: Post-polymerization modification towards supramolecular polymer materials and functional hydrogels

Lecture: (Bio-Inspired) Stimuli-Responsive Materials by prof. Christoph Weder

Lecture: Controlling silicone material properties using sulfur chemistry by prof. Michael Brook

The PCR group published numerous high impact papers in JACS and Angewandte Chemie in the spring of 2022, check here

Lecture: From supramolecular polymers to advanced materials by prof. Bert Meijer.

Lecture: New Generation of Recyclable Polymers for a Circular Economy by prof. Filip Du Prez. Register HERE

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Babs Van de Voorde, entitled: Synthesis and processing of poly(alkylene terephthalate)s a versatile material platform

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Chiel Mertens, entitled: Expanding the realm of thiolactone-based sequence-defined macromolecules: from synthesis towards applications

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Christian Taplan, entitled: Polymer Chemistry and Materials Design for Covalent Adaptable Networks

Online Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Jing Huang, entitled: Engineering Dynamic Bonds into Elastomeric Materials Reinforcement and Reprocessability

Filip Du Prez received an ERC Advanced Grant to work on "Circular thermosets" for the next 5 years. If you would like to find out more about the project, read the press release of UGent

PCR-group is organizer of the first VITRIMAT virtual training school entitled “Vitrimers: high performance materials for cutting-edge applications

Online Phd defense of Yann Spiesschaert: Vinylogous urethane vitrimers - Towards a closed recycling loop for thermoset materials

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Stef Vandewalle, entitled: Macromolecular functionalization and coupling: from permanent to dynamic linking

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Liesbeth Tytgat, entitled: Cross-fertilization between hydrogel development and additive manufacturing as emerging strategy towards adipose tissue engineering

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Maarten Delahaye, entitled: Recyclable polymer networks based on internally catalysed exchange reactions

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Lieselot De Smet, entitled: Smart polymericsystems usingcyclobis(parauat-p-phenylene) & cyclobis(paraquat-4,4’-biphenylene)

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Jasper Van Hoorick, entitled: Biopolymers Immobilized on Polyester Membranes: A new Vision Towards Ocular Regeneration

For all plastic lovers and haters: look at this for the full 13 minutes! TEDx-talk from prof. Kim Ragaert about plastics

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Maxime Vagenende, entitled: Development of Polyester-Based Biodegradable Optical Fibres for Biomedical Applications

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Xiaowen Xu, entitled: Supramolecular hydrogels based on metal ligand coordination and host guest interactions

Lecture: Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials for Diagnostics and Delivery, Prof. Amitav Sanyal, Department of Chemistry, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Lecture: Polyphosphoesters: degradable and multifunctional alternatives, Dr. Frederik Wurm, Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany

Lecture: Fuel-driven formation of molecular materials, Prof. Rienk Eelkema, TU Delft, the Netherlands

Lecture: Machine-assisted synthesis: Programmable synthesis and precision polymers by the push of a button, prof. Tanja Junkers, Polymer Reaction Design group, Monash University, Australia

Lecture: From Linear to Circular Plastic Economy: New Trends, Dr. Haritz Sardon, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain

Lecture: High-resolution contrast-enhanced micro-ct for spatial assessment of biological tissues, prof. Greet Kerckhofs , UCLouvain, Belgium

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Joachim Van Guyse, entitled: From Buckyballs To Poly(acrylic Esters/Amides): Poly(2 -oxazoline)s As Multipurpose Research Tool. Click here for the invitation.

Mini-Symposium in honour of Prof. Dr. Ludwik Leibler who will receive an honorary doctorate from Ghent University On Dies Natalis 2019. Click here for the official announcement.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Birgit Stubbe, entitled: The development of biopolymer based systems for (burn) wound treatmentMonday Click here for the invitation.

Lecture: Toward Bioinspired Dynamic Materials Using Molecular Modeling, Dr. Giovanni Pavan, University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland

Lecture: Implications of block polymer uniformity in confined self-assembly for lithographic applications, Prof. Louis Pitet, UHasselt, Hasselt, Belgium

Lecture: Joining RAFT and thiolactone chemistries together with xanthates, Prof. Mathias Destarac, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, France

UGent Faculty of Sciences decided that Ludwik Leibler will receive the Doctor Honoris Causa degree of Ghent University on March 22, 2019 for his numerous high impact contributions on polymer science

Lecture: Mixed ad layers of poly(lysine)-based copolymers to dynamically control cell adhesion/migration, Dr. Emmanuele Marie, PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France

Lecture: From sequence-defined macromolecules to coded materials, Dr. Roza Szweda, Institute Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France

Lecture: Directed Surface Engineering of Porous Polymer Materials by the Use of Electron Beam Irradiation, Dr. Agnes Schulze, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Leipzig, Germany

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Daniel Frank, entitled: Thiolactone derivatives: From Bio-Based Building Blocks Towards Sustainable Materials Click here for the invitation.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Benjamin Hendriks, entitled: Self-crosslinking resins and vitrimers based on thiol-ene chemistry Click here for the invitation.

Lecture: Vitrimers and responsive formulations relying on boronic ester chemistry, Dr. Renaud Nikolay, ESPCI, Paris, France

Lecture: Topological Polymer Chemistry with Programmed ESA-CF Polymer Folding Constructions, Prof. Yasuyuki Tezuka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Lecture: Folded and Star Functional Polymers by Precision Polymerization, Prof. Mitsuo Sawamoto, Chubu University, Japan

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Bart Verbraeken, entitled: The reactivity of cyclic imino-ethers towards cationic ring-opening (co)polymerization Click here for the invitation.

Lecture: Development of Living/Controlled Cationic Polymerization and Precise Synthesis of Various Stimuli-Responsive Polymers, Prof. S. Aoshima, Osaka University, Japan

Congrats to Richard and Cyrille Boyer for their Polymer International award.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Zhanyao Hou, entitled: The Development of Rotaxanes, Dynamic Miktoarm Star Polymers and Photo-responsive Hydrogel Networks via Non-Covalent Interactions Click here for the invitation.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Jonas Van Damme, entitled: Anthracene-based crosslinked polymer systems with tunable thermo- and photoreversible properties Click here for the invitation.

Lecture: Molecular scale probing of mechanical damage in polymeric materials, Prof. Rint Sijbesma, TUEindhoven, The Netherlands

Lecture: God Made the Bulk, the Surface was Invented by the Devil: Chemical and Topological Evolution of Polymer Interfaces, Dr. Edmondo Benetti, ETH Zurich, Switserland

Maxime Vagenende reaches out on BPG2018 on hydrogel decorated single use plastics optical fibres : where innovation for society through polymer chemistry and phototonic technology meet medicine and cancer research.

Yusuf Yagci received the Belgian Polymer Group biannual award, handed over by Eric Goethals.

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Maarten Vergaelen, entitled: Poly(2-oxazoline)s as matrix excipient for oral drug formulations Click here for the invitation.

CMaC organizes its third workshop in Ghent

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Ine Van Nieuwenhove, entitled: Development of hydrogel building blocks for adipose tissue regeneration. Click here for the invitation.

Lecture: Quantum Nano Materials as Photocatalysts for Biomedical and 3D Printing Applications, Dr. Nir Waiskopf, HUJI, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israël

Joint FWO-Quebec project on SUPramolecular control of electronic propERties of a GRAphene platform for personalized Medicine (SUPERGRAM) funded to Richard Hoogenboom to collaborate with Marc Gauthier

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Geert-Jan Graulus, entitled: Towards degradable photonic biosensors for the micobiological screening of water samples

2017 has been a quite productive CMaC-year with 85 publications and 8 graduated PhD students

Lecture: A non-equilibrium triptych: fueled self-assembly, mechanical chiral separation, and wall-less microfluidics, Prof. Thomas Hermans, ISIS, University of Strasbourg, France

Excellence of Science project PRECISION (Sequence-defined Polymers: Engineering Materials with Biological Precision), coordinated by Filip, has been funded for the next 4 years

Hot CMaC-paper: Controlling thermal reactivity with different colors of light, H.A. Houck,F.E. Du Prez, C. Barner-Kowollik, Nat. Com., DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02022-0, 2017

Sandra Van Vlierberghe as associate professor member of CMaC

AMBA 2017 - Celebrating 10 years of PBM biomaterials research

Public defense of the PhD dissertation of Annemie Houben, entitled: Intelligent Hydrogel Design: towards more Performing Hydrogel Processing

Prof. Sandra Van Vlierberghe recieved the Jean Leray award @ ESB 2017 in Athens

Phd defense of Cristina Resetco: Multifunctional polymer materials based on sustainable thiolactone building blocks

Prof. Hoogenboom admitted as fellow of the Young Academy of Europe

Lecture: Fenton-RAFT, SNAPPs and Superbugs, Prof. Greg Qiao, University of Melbourne, Australia

Alumni-event will bring together former PhD-students and postdocs. Click here for the program

Congratulations to Andrea for winning the presentation award on the Green Materials conference in London

Dye Modification of Nanofibrous Silicon Oxide Membranes for Colorimetric HCl and NH3 Sensing, J. Geltmeyer, G. Vancoillie, I. Steyaert, B. Breyne, G. Cousins, K. Lava, R. Hoogenboom, K. De Buysser, K. De Clerck, Adv. Funct. Mat., 26, 5987–5996, 2016

Lecture: 3D cultivation techniques (of mesenchymal stem cells), Dr. Kirsten Peters, Department of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Center, Germany

Lecture: Orthogonal polymer manipulation with light and metals, Dr. Hatice Mutlu, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Lecture: High Performance Fluorinated Polymers and Membranes Thereof for Proton Exchange Membrane Application, Prof. Susanta Banerjee, IIT Kharagpur, India

Lecture: Pickering emulsions and their use as templates for microcapsules, Prof. Dr. Bert Klumperman, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Lecture: Fluorene based Polymers and Copolymers : Design, Synthesis and Applications, Dr. Sudip Malik, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India

Lecture: Functional polymers from amino acids and sugars, Prof. Dr. Helmut Schlaad, University of Potsdam, Germany

Mini-symposium: Dr. Matthew Gibson, University of Warwick, UK and Prof. Brent Sumerlin, University of Florida, USA

Lecture: Functional Polymers and Microgels based on Poly(N-vinyllactams), Prof. Dr. Andrij Pich, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Lecture: Preparation of synthetic biodegradable hydrogels with excellent physical and biological properties by the combinatorial synthesis of photo-crosslinked networks, Prof. Dirk Grijpma, Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Lecture: Photoactivation with copper(II) and disproportionation of copper(I) to achieve excellent living polymerisation of acrylamides and acrylates: chemistry serving materials, Prof. Dave Haddleton, University of Warwick, UK

The PCR group is co-organizer of the 3rd MacroBeGe meeting on dynamic and responsive polymer systems (February 15-16/2016)

Angewandte Chemie published the research on rewritable materials using reversible TAD-chemistry

Lecture: Recent developments in silicone elastomers: chemistry serving materials, Dr. François Ganachaud, CNRS Director, INSA Lyon, France

Lecture: Biodegradable injectable polymers exhibiting temperature-responsive sol-gel transition as medical materials, Prof. Yuichi Ohya, Kansai University, Japan

Lecture: Tailor-made Functional Polymers via Controlled Radical Polymerization and "Click Reactions", Prof. Nikhil Singha, IIT Kharagpur, India

Prof. Richard Hoogenboom receives the inaugural 2015 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship from the RSC

The paper of Victor R. De la Rosa 'Colorimetric Logic Gates Based on Poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline)-Coated Gold Nanoparticles' is published in Advanced Functional Materials and highlighted on the cover

Lecture: Biodegradable injectable polymers exhibiting temperature-responsive sol-gel transition as medical materials, Prof. Dr. Yuichi Ohya, Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University, Japan

Lecture: Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Cellularised-Scaffolds for Innovative Biomaterials and Health Applications, Prof. Dr. Diego Mantovani, Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Dept Min-Met-Materials Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, CHU Québec Research Center, Laval University, Québec City, Canada

Chemistry @ UGent: Visit Chemistry Labs at different locations across the Science Faculty

Lecture: Peptide-Focused Materials for Biomedical Applications, Dr. James Gardiner, Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne, Australia

Lecture: Exercising Control in Ring-opening and Controlled Radical Polymerisations, Prof. Dr. Michael P. Shaver, University of Edinburgh, UK

Lecture: Engineering Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications, Prof. Dr. Theoni Georgiou, Imperial College London, UK

Qilu's review on UCST polymers in ethanol-water solvent mixtures is accepted in Progress in Polym Science

CMaC will organize the first workshop in the upcoming months

Lecture: Synthesis of inorganic/organic hybrid cathode materials for ultrafast rechargeable Li-ion batteries, Prof. Dr. Jean-François Gohy, UCL, Belgium

The Perspective of Pieter on "Click-Inspired Chemistry in Macromolecular Science" becomes the first Macromolecules paper of 2015. Very special!

Congratulations Dr. De la Rosa, Victor, with successfully defending your PhD thesis!

Congratulations to Maarten Mees for winning the best poster award at AMBA2014!

Filip is nominated for the UGent Prometheus Research Award

Congratulations Dr. Zhang, Qilu, with successfully defending your PhD thesis! A special one being the first in the group!

Read everything about self healing polymers in todays "De Morgen"

One-page Interview in newspaper "De Tijd" about self-healing polymers and coatings

Ghent University and Dow Benelux B.V. collaborate on developing sustainable coatings

Press release on UGent website about self-healing paper in Advanced Functional Materials

For the upcoming years, the PCR-team is partner in a European Horizon2020 ITN-project dealing with sequence controlled polymers (EUROSEQUENCES)

The TAD technology, "new trick with click", is being picked up by USAnews, ScienceDaily and many other (inter)national media

PCR on team building event goes for casino playing and highland games

Today the first PCR-paper on the use of triazoline diones in polymer research appeared online in Nature Chemistry

PCR-group co-organizes the Belgian Polymer Group meeting (240 participants); Congratulations to Kevin, Rémy and Steven for their BPG awards!

Lecture: Nanomaterials based on cellulose nanowhiskers, Prof. Dr. Wim Thielemans, KU Leuven, Kortrijk Campus, Belgium

Congratulations to Stijn for his poster award on the "7th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock " in Karlsruhe

Read the interview (in Dutch) with Xander and Filip about the SIM-award on self-healing polymer materials

Lecture: Recent Advances in the controlled radical (co)Polymerization of fluoroalkenes, Prof. dr. Bruno Ameduri, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France