Prof. Vasif Hasirci (METU), Prof. Nesrin Hasirci (METU), Prof. Gamze Torun Kose (Yeditepe Univ.) , Prof. Kezban Ulubayram (Hacettepe Univ.), Dr. Eda Ayse Aksoy (Hacettepe Univ.), Dr. Pınar Yılgor Huri (Ankara Univ.), Dr. Aysel Kızıltay (METU), Dr. Ayse Selcen Alagoz (METU), Ph.D. students Gokhan Bahcecioglu (METU), Tugba Dursun (METU) and Cemile Bektas (METU), and BIOMAT alum Dr. Nihal Engin Vrana (Protip, France) attended the 28^th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) held between 4-8 September 2017 in Athens, Greece.

A member of International Advisory Committee Prof. Vasıf Hasirci made his keynote presentation titled "Square Prism Pillars Control Cell Behavior".

Ph.D. student Tuğba Dursun was awarded the Rudolf Cimdins Scholarship. We congratulate her and wish her continued success.