Thursday 10 December
11:00 - 14:00
Programme:
Chair: Min Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Co-Chair: Qilong Zhao, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China
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11:00 - 11:40
Scalable Manufacturing of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Microtissues
Sean P. Palecek, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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11:40 - 12:20
Novel Hydrogels and their Uses in Biomanufacturing
Justin Cooper-White, University of Queensland, Australia
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12:20 - 12:30
Q&A
Sean P. Palecek Justin Cooper-White
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12:30 - 13:10
3D Printing for Engineering Complex Tissues
John P. Fisher, University of Maryland College Park, USA
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3D Bioprinting Applications - Opening New Pathways in Scientific Research
Simon MacKenzie, regenHu Ltd, Switzerland
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13:50 - 14:00
Q & A
John P. Fisher Simon MacKenzie
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Synopsis:
Biomanufacturing has become an increasingly important area in the biomedical field for providing viable living products for treating diseased or damaged human body tissues or organs. Learning from biology and anatomy and benefitting from great advances in biomedical sciences in recent years, bioengineers are now able to incorporate various essential parts (cells, genes, growth factors, etc.) to form complex, living structures using different biomanufacturing technologies including 3D printing. Extending biomanufacturing for purely regenerating or reconstructing tissues/organs into creating novel structures such as cancer models, biosensors, and food (e.g., artificial meat) offers great opportunities for exploring the potential and expanding the capability of biomanufacturing. Biomanufacturing is highly challenging as it deals with the bottleneck of cell manufacturing, necessitates judicious selection or development of biocompatible materials, requires careful designs and applications of biomanufacturing equipment, demands novel and appropriate designs and fabrication of living structures, and so on. In this workshop, a group of leaders in the field will give talks that deal with several critical issues in biomanufacturing. These talks are designed to be informative and help attendees to understand both fundamental and complex issues. Attendees will benefit greatly from the snapshots and in-depth analyses given in these talks.