Topic：3D bioprinting of smart bioinks for human stem cells and 3D biofilms
Time：10：40 AM, Dec. 18th (Wednesday)
Location：Conference Room 317, Building 1, South Campus
Presenter：Professor Will Wenmiao Shu（University of Strathclyde, U.K.）
Abstract：
Biofabrication is an emerging field that encompasses a wide range of enabling technologies including 3D bioprinting, bioassembly and additive manufacturing for the applications in organ printing, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. One of the key challenges has been the development of 3D printable bioinks that are suitable for the fabrication of a range of tissue and organ types in the future. This talk will give a brief overview of the rapidly developing field of 3D biofabrication, with a focus on the bioinks. 3D bioprinting based on both scaffold based using biomaterials and scaffold-free approaches will be discussed. In particular, novel strategies are developed to print smart biomaterials based on alginate, collagen, DNA and other supramolecular hydrogels for human pluripotent stem cells, liver and heart tissues, and more recent work on the creation of bacteria 3D biofilms will be presented.
