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Board Election

Call for Nominations – ISGS Board of Directors Election 2026, extended date

Dear ISGS Member,   The International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) invites nominations for the upcoming election of members to the ISGS Board of Directors (BoD). Since its establishment in 2003, the ISGS has served as an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated...

ISGS PhD Thesis Awardees

The ISGS PhD Thesis Award Prize for 2025 goes to…

The ISGS PhD Thesis Award, first launched in 2018, was created to distinguish PhD theses representing outstanding contributions to scientific and/or technological knowledge in the field of sol-gel chemistry and related fields. The Award Committee for the 2024 competition was...

ISGS Renata Reisfeld Fellowship

ISGS Renata Reisfeld PhD Student Fellowship for Women in Sol-Gel Science and Technology award for 2025 goes to…

ISGS Renata Reisfeld PhD Student Fellowship for Women in Sol-Gel Science and Technology awardee for 2024

Save the Dates: 31st August to 4th September 2026, The 23 rd International Sol-Gel Conference - Lisbon

Dear colleague We are very pleased to inform you about the 23rd International Sol-Gel Conference of the International Sol-Gel Society, which we are organizing in Lisbon, 31 August - 4 September 2026. Additionally, this conference includes a Workshop on "Bridging Academia and Industry: translating sol-gel research to the real world". Sol-Gel 2026 will be hosted by Instituto Superior Técnico, the engineering school of the University of Lisbon, located downtown Lisbon. Sol-Gel 2026 continues the long-standing and well-established Sol-Gel conferences, organized every two years by the International Sol-Gel Society. We expect an attendance of several hundred participants (it has been >400 in some editions), including a large number of PhD students. We look forward to your registration at the conference and to welcoming you in Lisbon in September 2026, where we hope to learn more about your research, in the field of Sol-Gel. Deadline for abstract submission: March 2026

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Events

Meet and Greet the ISGS Board of Directors

Solution process for organic-inorganic epitaxial interface toward oriented framework compound films with unique properties by Kenji Okada

SolGel PhD Student Marathon

The 3rdPhD Student eMarathon

We invite any PhD student working in the broad area of sol-gel science and technology who is interested in presenting their work as a participant in the eMarathon.

ISGS Conferences

The ISGS International Sol-Gel Conference Series Call for Applications to Host the 24th Conference

The ISGS is now seeking applications from groups interesting in hosting the 24th International Sol-Gel Conference.

2026 ISGS Call for ISGS Renata Reisfeld PhD Student Fellowship for Women in Sol-Gel Science and Technology

The ISGS Renata Reisfeld PhD Student Fellowship for Women (hereafter referred to as the Fellowship) is dedicated to women who are currently undertaking their PhD in the field of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. Nominations for the Fellowship will open on December 25th 2025 and will be accepted up until April 30th 2026, with the winner to be announced by December 1st 2026.

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Board Election

Call for Nominations – ISGS Board of Directors Election 2026, extended date

Dear ISGS Member,   The International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) invites nominations for the upcoming election of members to the ISGS Board of Directors (BoD). Since its establishment in 2003, the ISGS has served as an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated...

Board Election

Call for Nominations – ISGS Board of Directors Election 2026

Dear ISGS Member,   The International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) invites nominations for the upcoming election of members to the ISGS Board of Directors (BoD). Since its establishment in 2003, the ISGS has served as an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated...

Post-doc opportunity in biomaterials science position at ICCF

A 12-month postdoctoral position in biomaterials science is open at ICCF (CNRS). The project focuses on magnetic core–bioactive glass nanostructures for bone cancer theranostics, combining hyperthermia, imaging, and tissue regeneration. Experience in soft chemistry/sol-gel is desired.

The 3rd PhD Student eMarathon

We invite any PhD student working in the broad area of sol-gel science and technology who is interested in presenting their work as a participant in the eMarathon to submit an abstract to the ISGS eSeminar convenor via email, together with a short statement outlining their motivation for participating in the event. The closing date for applications is Monday 16 February 2026. Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their applications by Monday 23 February 2026.

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ISGS PhD Thesis Awardees

The ISGS PhD Thesis Award Prize for 2025 goes to…

The ISGS PhD Thesis Award, first launched in 2018, was created to distinguish PhD theses representing outstanding contributions to scientific and/or technological knowledge in the field of sol-gel chemistry and related fields. The Award Committee for the 2024 competition was...

ISGS Renata Reisfeld Fellowship

ISGS Renata Reisfeld PhD Student Fellowship for Women in Sol-Gel Science and Technology award for 2025 goes to…

ISGS Renata Reisfeld PhD Student Fellowship for Women in Sol-Gel Science and Technology awardee for 2024

Life Achievement Awardees

Life Achievement Awardees 2026

The ISGS Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest distinction of the International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS), recognizing a career of outstanding contributions to sol–gel science and technology, as well as a lasting impact on the scientific community and future generations of...

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Article Reviews

The Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – Celebrating a 30-Year Journey

Many of us approach decadal birthdays – and particularly our 30th birthday – with a sense of reluctance and a tinge of sadness, thinking that some of the best years of our life are now behind us. In the case...

Article Reviews

Bioinspired In Vitro Brain Vasculature Model for Nanomedicine Testing Based on Decellularized Spinach Leaves

Animal testing is often criticized due to ethical issues and complicated translation of the results obtained to the clinical stage of drug development. Existing alternative models for nanopharmaceutical testing still have many limitations and do not significantly decrease the number...

JSST

The Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – Celebrating the 2020 Impact Factor and the Most Highly Cited JSST Papers

The recent release of journal impact factors (IF) for 2020 has highlighted a consistent improvement for JSST over the past few years, with the 2020 IF of 2.326 building significantly on the 2019 value (2.008).

Calls

Board Election

Call for Nominations – ISGS Board of Directors Election 2026, extended date

Dear ISGS Member,   The International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) invites nominations for the upcoming election of members to the ISGS Board of Directors (BoD). Since its establishment in 2003, the ISGS has served as an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated...

Board Election

Call for Nominations – ISGS Board of Directors Election 2026

Dear ISGS Member,   The International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) invites nominations for the upcoming election of members to the ISGS Board of Directors (BoD). Since its establishment in 2003, the ISGS has served as an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated...

Post-doc opportunity in biomaterials science position at ICCF

A 12-month postdoctoral position in biomaterials science is open at ICCF (CNRS). The project focuses on magnetic core–bioactive glass nanostructures for bone cancer theranostics, combining hyperthermia, imaging, and tissue regeneration. Experience in soft chemistry/sol-gel is desired.


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