FROM MAGNETIC BIOPRINTING TO THE ENGINEERING OF STRETCHABLE, FUNCTIONAL MUSCLE TISSUE

N. S. Demri¹, L. Morizur², S. Dumas¹, P. Petrova Tsvetkova¹, G. Gropplero¹, C. Martinat², S. Descroix¹, C. Wilhelm¹

¹Institut Curie, France; ²I-Stem, France

INHOMOGENEOUS STRAIN FIELD IN HYDROGEL FOLLOWING REINFORCEMENT BY MELT-ELECTROWRITTEN SCAFFOLD

E. M. Shapiro¹, A. Hrynevich², M. Castilho^2,4, J. Malda², R. K Korhonen³, E. K. Moo^1,3

¹Carleton University, Canada; ²Regenerative Medicine Center, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; ³University of Eastern Finland, Finland; ⁴Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO MODEL HYDROGEL MECHANICS

D. E. García García¹, H. Amaveda², M. Mora², M. Á. Pérez¹, J. M. García Aznar¹

¹Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A)-University of Zaragoza (Spain); ²Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC and University of Zaragoza

FIBROBLAST-ECM INTERACTIONS AND REMODELLING UNDER MAGNETO-MECHANICAL ACTUATION

J. Gonzalez-Rico¹, M. L. Lopez-Donaire¹, D. Velasco², D. Garcia-Gonzalez¹

¹Continuum mechanics and structure analysis department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; ²Bioengineering department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF 3D MICROSTRUCTURED SCAFFOLDS FOR IN VITRO MODULATION OF MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPE

C. Martinelli¹, M. Vicini¹, F. Bonetto¹, C. Conci¹, G. Chirico², G. Cerullo³, R. Osellame³, E. Jacchetti¹, M. T. Raimondi¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy; ²Department of Physics, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy; ³Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology (IFN)-CNR and Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

MESOSCALE PATTERNED SUBSTRATES FOR ENDOTHELIALIZATION THROUGH HYBRID LITHOGRAPHY ELECTRODEPOSITION APPROACH

M. Baccarella^1,2, F. Cosentino¹, P. Terranova¹, E. Romano^1,2, V. La Carrubba², F. Lopresti², C. Arnone³, W. R. Wagner⁴, A. I. Barakat⁵, A. D'Amore^1,4,6

¹Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy; ²University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ³MICROTECH srl, Palermo, Italy; ⁴Departments of Surgery, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA; ⁵LadHyX, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institute Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France; ⁶McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

MULTISCALE BIO-MECHANICAL STUDY OF GELMA HYDROGELS: INSIGHTS INTO STRUCTURE-BIOCOMPATIBILITY RELATIONSHIP

G. Serino¹, M. Tosini¹, P. M. Gaudiosi², S. Villata², D. Baruffaldi², F. Frascella², A. L. Audenino¹, D. Massai¹

¹PolitoBIOMed Lab and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²PolitoBIOMed Lab and Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy;