Vascularization strategies

The generation of thick, vascularized three-dimensional (3D) tissues is a key challenge in tissue engineering. Our lab focuses on strategies that promote the formation of microvascular networks essential for proper oxygen transport and nutrient supply to the core of the constructs. Specifically, we develop microfabrication techniques to generate 3D vascularized tissues within custom made perfusion systems and to study the interactions between human endothelial cells, human mesenchymal stem cells and tissue specific cells within biomimetic hydrogels. We also employ statistical experimental methods to identify the optimal combination of experimental parameters (e.g. cell density, cell ratio, matrix composition) to generate interconnected capillary networks within engineered tissues.


NEWS / EVENTS

12/12/2016 Mara Gilardi awarded with a FIRC Foundation annual scholarship for Moores Cancer Center (San Diego, CA, USA)
We are proud to announce that CTE-Lab PhD student Mara Gilardi has been awarded with a scholarship from the FIRC Foundation to spend one year at the Moores Cancer Center (UC San Diego Health Science,
08/12/2016 Meet us at TERMIS-AM 11, 14 December 2016 San Diego, CA, USA
American Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2016
13/05/2016 Meet us at TERMIS-EU 2016, 28 June - 1 July, 2016 Uppsala, Sweden
European Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2016
10/11/2015 Best Poster Award at Biofabrication 2015
We are proud to announce that the CTE-Lab, in collaboration with Yokohama National University, is the winner of the Best Poster Award of the Biofabrication Congress 2015 for the work “The surface desi
04/11/2015 Congratulations Simone Bersini!
We are proud to announce that CTE-Lab Post-Doc Simone Bersini has been awarded with the GNB Alberto Mazzoldi Doctoral Prize for the PhD Thesis entitled “Engineered Micro and Macroscale Human 3D Vascul

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