Additive Bioassembly Project Details
The form and function of tissue is nurtured through a complex bi-directional interplay between cells and materials. We recognise the critical aspects of both of these parts and work to develop strategies that combine ‘cell engineering’ with ‘biofabrication’ to coax the cells and materials to assemble together. This involves materials-based methods for “priming” cells plasticity to adopt desirable heterogeneity for biomimetic assembly, coupled with advanced biomaterials, bioprinting and fabrication approaches that provide the cues in the right way and at the right time to augment tissue formation.
- Representative publications
- Sara Romanazzo, Thomas Gregory Molley, Stephanie Nemec, Kang Lin, Rakib Sheikh, John Justin Gooding, Boyang Wan, Qing Li, Kristopher Alan Kilian, Iman Roohani, Synthetic Bone‐Like Structures Through Omnidirectional Ceramic Bioprinting in Cell Suspensions, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31 (13), 2008216
- Thomas G Molley, Gagan K Jalandhra, Stephanie R Nemec, Aleczandria S Tiffany, Amrutha Patkunarajah, Kate Poole, Brendan AC Harley, Tzong-tyng Hung, Kristopher A Kilian,Heterotypic tumor models through freeform printing into photostabilized granular microgels Biomaterials Science, 2021, 9, 4496-4509