News and Events
Pardis Farjam finalist in 4TU.Health poster competition
Pardis Farjam from University of Twente participated with an APRICOT poster in the 4TU health poster competition during March 2023, where PhD students in the field of health and technology were...
APRICOT publication among most downloaded articles
The Apricot consortium congratulates Maria G. Bauer on the reward from Wiley for “Most downloaded article during its first 12 months of publication for the article “Wetting behavior and stability of...
New APRICOT publication on Bio-Macromolecular Surface Coatings out now
We are happy to announce that the APRICOT project has just released a brand-new publication. The paper is called: “Bio-Macromolecular Surface Coatings for Autohesive, Transparent, Elastomeric Foils” w...
APRICOT consortium holds general assembly meeting in Enschede
On the 20th of January 2023, the APRICOT consortium met in Enschede, the Netherlands, at the premises of the University of Twente. The partners presented and discussed progress so far and devised the...
Successful General Assembly Meeting in Munich
On the 14th of September 2022, the Apricot consortium held its first General Assembly meeting in-person since the beginning of the project. The 1-day conference took place at the premises of the partn...
APRICOT® young researchers win Public Engagement and Outreach Award
Two of the APRICOT® project’s young researchers, Tinashe Munyebu and Maria Stagno Navarra have won the Public Engagement and Outreach Award for their extensive public engagement, outreach and cha...
The European Commission Innovation Radar identifies Aurora Medical Ltd as Key Innovator.
The Apricot consortium is happy to share that the European Commission Innovation Radar has identified the Apricot partner, Aurora Medical Limited as a Key Innovator within the Apricot project for...
APRICOT at IFSSH, IFSHT & FESSH Combined Congress London 2022
SOUTHAMPTON participates in hand surgeon and therapist conferenceWould you like to share your experience of osteoarthritis?
APRICOT is looking for contributorsAPRICOT® IPR registered by AURORA
The APRICOT consortium is proud share that several IPR registrations have been filed by partner AURORA:APRICOT progressing
Work Package 2 almost concludedAPRICOT participates in International Day of Women & Girls in Science
On 11th February, the International Day of Woman & Girls in Science, APRICOT researcher Maria Bauer joint in celebrating the Women in Science Day’s twitter campaign. A great thank you to Maria for s...
APRICOT supports hand osteoarthritis public engagement project: ‘How would you HAND-le this?
The power of public involvement in hand-related research’New APRICOT publication
The APRICOT consortium is pleased to congratulate University of Twente (UTWENTE) and in particular the authors P.Farjam, E.E.G.Hekman, J.Rouwkema and G.J.Verkerke on the acceptance and publication of...
World Arthritis Day 2021
APRICOT Team raises £875 in a sponsored bike ride around the Isle of Wight to support the Saints Foundation and Versus ArthritisAPRICOT announces its first publication
We are proud announce the first publication from the APRICOT project. The paper on “Wetting behavior and stability of surface-modified polyurethane materials” by Maria G. Bauer, Rosa Reithmeir, Theres...
APRICOT progressing
Since project start in October 2019, the seven APRICOT project partners have worked tirelessly on the development of novel implants for osteoarthritis patients. So far there has been significant progr...
TUM’s biopolymers & bio-interfaces lab moved from the “Munich School of Bioengineering” (MSB) to the “Center for Protein Assemblies” (CPA)
In April 2021, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) moved their biopolymers & bio-interfaces lab, partner in APRICOT, to a brand-new research institute, the Center for Protein Assemblies, housed...
APRICOT hand arthritis public involvement study 2
Blog post from a member of APRICOT’s PPI groupAPRICOT hand arthritis public involvement study
Blog post by GloriaAPRICOT Consortium Meeting
On 10th March, APRICOT held a consortium meeting, which took place remotely, owing to the still persisting restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic.
APRICOT Twitter Account live
The APRICOT consortium is pleased to announce that its dedicated project’s Twitter account was launched on 24th February 2021. Follow us for latest news on project activities and related topics here
Successful first APRICOT Project Review
Following an internal preparatory meeting on 4th November 2020, the APRICOT Consortium met remotely with the project’s EC Officer and external experts for the first official Project Review on Thursday, 6th November 2020.
First APRICOT PhD students on board
Since start of the action on 1st October 2019, the APRICOT team has been complemented by two PhD students who have been actively contributing to the project’s progress by their dedicated research ac...
APRICOT® is now a Registered Trademark in the EU
We are proud to announce that AURORA Medical Limited has successfully registered APRICOT® as a trademark in the European Union. The registration was granted under registration number 018199406 on 05/0...
APRICOT selects joint for initial development focus
The APRICOT consortium decided to select the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb as the small joint on which to focus the initial development. The simpler motion requirements (a hinge, not saddle j...
First APRICOT Management Board meeting
On Monday, 6th April 2020 the APRICOT Management Board met for the first time in order to discuss work progress and plan next steps, though owing to CoVid-19 and resulting national and international measures to contain the virus spread, the meeting originally planned as a face-to-face meeting had to be reorganized to take place virtually.
Launch of EU Research Project APRICOT: Novel Implants for Osteoarthritis Patients
Developing a new minimally invasive implantation technique to restore mobility of small joints