The International Webinars on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng) are weekly online seminars by COMPASS RG - CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Featuring top international speakers, these sessions offer cutting-edge insights and a strong training component. Free registration required.
The Team
The organizing team is part of Compass, a research group from CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Endorsed by
May 9, 9h00 (Lisbon/London Time)
Prof. Anna Rising
Spider silk biomimicry for biomedical applications
Anna Rising is professor in veterinary medical biochemistry at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Karolinska Institutet. The Rising lab is focused different aspects of spider silk biomimicry. Based on our studies of the spider silk gland physiology and the molecular mechanisms that are associated with silk spinning, we have developed the first biomimetic spinning procedure of artificial spider silk fibers. Recent years’ work has involved protein engineering to improve the fibers’ mechanical properties and scale-up of the production process. Furthermore, we have developed a method for making hydrogels from spider silk protein solutions, simply by incubation at 37ºC. Human mesenchymal stem cells can be encapsulated in the gels and maintain viability for weeks. Furthermore, by making fusion proteins we can easily functionalize the protein gels with bioactive molecules, which means that the system can be used as a platform for immobilization of different biomolecules.
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Impactful insights
Every week, these sessions feature top international speakers, delivering cutting-edge insights and a robust training component. All agenda times are in Lisbon/London time.
February 21, 8h30
Chunming Wang
University of Macau, China
Uncovering biological activities in polysaccharides for tissue repair
February 28, 9h00
Seraphine Wegner
University of Münster, Germany
Bottom-up tissue and biofilm assembly guided by light
March 7, 9h00
Lorenzo Moroni
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Biofabrication technologies and strategies for regenerative medicine and 3D in vitro models
March 14, 8h30
Tal Dvir
Tel Aviv University, Israel
From 3D Printing to Cyborg Tissues: Redefining Tissue Engineering
March 21, 9h00
Yan Yan Shery Huang
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Multiscale biofabrication towards system engineering biology
April 3, 21h00
Cole DeForest
University of Washington, United States
Engineering Native Biological Complexity from the Inside–out and Outside–in
April 10, 21h00
Mark Skylar-Scott
Stanford School of Medicine, United States
Scaling up 3D Bioprinting Toward Whole Organ Engineering
May 8th, 21h00
Ritu Raman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
4D Tissue Engineering of the Neuromuscular System
May 9, 9h00
Anna Rising
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Spider silk biomimicry for biomedical applications
May 16, 9h00
Evan Spruijt
Radboud University, The Netherlands
May 23, 9h00
Molly Stevens
Oxford University, United Kingdom
Designing and translating biomaterials for regenerative medicine and therapeutics
May 29, 21h00
David Kaplan
Tufts University, United States
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