The Museum of Biomedicine and its Historical Library (BIOMED) provide educational service as an on-line teaching platform - BIOMED (see also the link on Educational Services of BIOMED at the web site of the University Museum Network of Parma) primarily for students of the biomedical academic courses of the University of Parma. However, part of the teaching resources are available also to other national and international universities and research Centers as well as to public and private schools of different levels by downloading as a web open source. In addition, BIOMED organizes and presents lectures and seminars on scientific, biotechnological, and historical topics of biomedical interest, both at basic and clinical levels. Finally, BIOMED acts as a research center focused on emerging technologies for the fabrication of bioartificial organs with biomaterials, including materials for restoration of ceroplastic and mummified anatomical specimens, and it is engaged in the development of formal symbolic languages for application of human anatomy informations to biomedical robotics.
Scientific, historical, and promotional activities:
December 2016
- Publication of the international volume: "Lorenzo Tenchini and his masks: an anatomical clinical collection of the late 19th century at the Universities of Parma and Turin", Skyrà, Milan, Italy (see illustrative folder);
May 17th, 2016
- Lecture on: "Perspectives of immersive virtual reality, formal languages, and anthropomorphic robotics to give value to the anatomical collections", nternational Day of Museums ICOM 2016, Cavalieri’s Room, Central University Building, Parma, Italy;
October 22nd, 2013
- Lecture on: "Language and representation of objects and their forms", speaker Stefano Borgo PhD, CNR Istitute of Science and Technologies of Cognition in Trento, Italy, Laboratory of Applied Ontology- Aula Canuto, Parma, Italy;
June 2013
- Final restoration by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence, Italy) of one of the 18th century, anatomical wax statues believed to be from the ceroplastic School of Clemente Susini, and its return to Parma University;
May 17th, 2013
- Lecture on: "The informatic technologies and the new realities for knowledge, networking, and enhancement of the cultural scientific heritage: the role of the University Museums Network", World Day of Museums ICOM 2013 - Cavalieri’s Room, Central University Building, Parma, Italy;
January 14th, 2013
- Lecture on: "Principles of methodology in clinical anatomy" Dept. of Human Anatomy and Anatomical Museum "L. Rolando", University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy;
March-June 2012
- Exposition of 12 masks of the Tenchini’s Collection at the International Exhibition "Avere una bella cera. Omaggio a Julius von Schlosser", Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia - Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia;
