Biofabrication methods for tissue engineering and cultivated meat
Sep 20, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM
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Date(s) - 20/09/2024
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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Prof. P. Ravi Selvaganapathy
Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
The advent of additive manufacturing technologies over the past 40 years has generated interest in application of some of these technologies to assemble cells and extracellular matrices into complex forms and geometries to recreate the structure and organization of tissues. In this talk, I will present some of the explorations in my lab on the use of various biofabrication technologies from bioprinting to self assembly methods to form functional tissue prototypes. I will also discuss the application of these technologies to generate tissue assemblies for regenerative medicine or to form cultured meat.
Bio:
Dr. P. Ravi Selvaganapathy is a Distiguished Engineering Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. Previously, he was the Canada Research Chair in Biomicrofluidics. His research interests are in microfluidic devices for environmental and medical diagnostics, drug discovery, artificial organs and tissue engineering. He has more than 20 years of extensive experience in micromanufacturing, microfluidics and materials development His research group has over the past decade developed several biofabrication technologies, some of which has been applied to produce cultured meat composed of skeletal muscle and fat cells. This technology has also been applied recently to biofabricate skin and animal experiments are ongoing.
In-Person: ABB 102
Online: https://mcmaster.zoom.us/j/97554814446
Meeting ID: 975 5481 4446
Passcode: 195802