Biography
- Bram Soliman received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands, studying Pharmaceutical Sciences and Regenerative Medicine, respectively. During his studies, he had the opportunity to work in the fields of Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication. During this time, he became interested in the relationship between physical features such as shape and tissue function. Bram worked towards his doctorate at the University of Otago in New Zealand, pursuing this research interest. During this time, he investigated how intelligently designed biomaterials can be used with novel biofabrication techniques to control the macro- and microenvironment physical features of engineered tissues. He hopes to steer osteochondral tissue formation within these tissues by tailoring the presentation of physical and biological cues in the biomaterial, both spatially and temporally. Bram received his PhD in 2022 and was given the Division of Health Sciences Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis.
In October 2022, Bram started his work as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales, working in both the Kilian group and the Gooding group. His work focusses on the development of high-throughput in vitro 3D cancer models that enable probing of the shape-to-function relationships of cancer-ECM interactions and their connection to drug resistance. With this work, he hopes to develop tools that provide us with further understanding of the cancer microenvironment and the roles that known biomarkers play in this complex environment. In his free time, Bram enjoys sports (mostly field hockey), board games and exploring Sydney’s National Parks.
- contact: b.soliman@unsw.edu.au
Projects
- - Development of high-throughput in vitro 3D cancer models
- - Structure-function relationship of cancer-ECM interactions and their relationship to drug resistance
