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

03/09/2014 Simone Bersini wins the Best Presentation Award at ESB 2014
We are proud to announce that CTE-Lab PhD student Simone Bersini is the winner of the Best Presentation Award of the European Society of Biomaterials for the work “Generation of 3D functional microvas
03/06/2014 Meet us at TERMIS-EU 2014 in Genova (10-14 Jun)!
01/05/2014 Simone Bersini will spend 4 months at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology
We are happy to announce that CTE-Lab PhD student Simone Bersini will spend 4 months at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology in the lab headed by Prof. Roger D. Kamm
10/04/2014 Meet us at OARSI 2014 in Paris (24-27 Apr)!
03/03/2014 Mara Gilardi awarded with a six-month scholarship for MIT
We are proud to announce that CTE-Lab PhD student Mara Gilardi has been awarded with a scholarship from the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia (Progetto Professionalità Ivano Becchi) to spend six

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