Collaboration

We are fortunate to collaborate with a number of domestic and international partners. In addition to our close ties with FZU, we maintain a long-standing collaboration with the Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IRSM), particularly in the area of polymer coatings for our implants. As part of CTU, and together with FZU and IRSM, we strive to translate our joint research into practical applications. This has already resulted in a Czech national patent: Method of surface treatment of a material based on magnesium alloys. More recently, we have initiated a productive collaboration with the group led by P. Tichá at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, enabling us to extend our research to in vivo experiments and advanced histological evaluations.

In terms of industrial partners, we are looking forward to the collaboration with the Czech implant manufacturer Medin, a.s., regarding Mg- and Zn-based implants and their currently used titanium alternatives. Internationally, we maintain a long-standing partnership with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan, particularly in the areas of magnesium alloys, including their production, thermomechanical processing, and characterization. As part of this collaboration, our students regularly participate in the NIMS Internship Program, and we plan to send our Ph.D. students to the International Cooperative Graduate Program (ICGP) to further strengthen our ties and support their research development.