Lezing 'Meet the PhD Jury: Additive BioFabrication - High precision fabrication for regenerative medicine'

At University of Nottingham (UK), Prof Felicity Rose and Prof Ricky Wildman focus on the use of synthetic, biodegradable polymers for the control of scaffold architectures and to support 3D tissue growth.

Working closely with clinicians to enhance the applicability of these materials, we now seek to exploit advances in additive manufacturing to advance regenerative medicine. We exploit the geometrical freedom offered by additive manufacturing to understand the role of geometry on cell behaviour; using engineered topographies and 3D architectures at scales 100 nm – 100 um we can manufacture at dimensions relevant to cell behaviour.

Work in this area is beginning to reveal the complex interactions that operate between geometry, material and biology. Our seminar will discuss the technical advances in understanding that have been developed for 3D printing at cell relevant scales, and how they have been exploited to allow us to direct human cell behaviour towards desired function and phenotype.