Engineering personalized tissue implants: From 3D printing to bionic organs

Tal Dvir

Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology & Biotechnology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Tel Aviv University, Israel

In this talk I will describe cutting-edge technologies for engineering functional tissues and organs, focusing on the design of new biomaterials mimicking the natural microenvironment, or releasing biofactors to promote stem cell recruitment and tissue protection. In addition, I will discuss the development of patient-specific materials and 3D-printing of personalized vascularized tissues and organs. Finally, I will show a new direction in tissue engineering, where, micro and nanoelectronics are integrated within engineered tissues to form cyborg tissues.