The mid term meeting is basically a meeting between the ESRs and the REA representative. This meeting took place at Medical University of Graz from 2nd to 6th of December 2019 and is intended to allow the researchers to discuss with the project officer (PO) about their experiences within the network in terms of training foreseen, supervision arrangements, progress and impact on their future careers.

Many thanks to the organizers: Medical University of Graz and the team of Assoz. Prof.in Priv.-Doz.in Dr.in med. Annelie-Martina Weinberg with the support of EU project officer MgSafe Ioanna Peppa, BRI.Tech BioResorbable Implant Technologies GmbH and others.

MgSafe is happy to have successfully recruited 15 highly skilled ESRs on a 36-month full-time contract - all working to develop the next generation of safe imaging facilities for biodegradable metal implants. 10 of the 15 early stage research positions are filled by women.

The Workshop on "Mg alloy design and processing: degradable implant materials, basics in metal physics and corrosion" took place in Brüttisellen, Switzerland, from 23 to 27 September 2019.

Many thanks to the organizers: SCANCO Medical AG, Warsaw University of Technology and Syntellix AG with the help of Helmholtz-Geesthacht Zentrum for Materials and Coastal Research and BRI.Tech BioResorbable Implant Technologies GmbH.

The 11th Symposium on Biodegradable Metals in Alicante, Spain, from 25 to 30 August 2019, has been a great success.

Assoz. Prof. Dr. Annelie-Martina Weinberg mentioned, that the symposium truely emphasized its academic-conference-style with an openly discursive format.

The Biometal 2020 onsite edition has been cancelled due to CoViD-19. So the 12th Symposium on Biodegradable Metals in Alicante, Spain, planned from 24 to 25 August 2020, became a virtual workshop.

Together with the MSCA ETN BioImplantITN MgSafe organized an additional mini symposium at the 12th BIOMETAL on Friday 28 August.