Jürgen Stampfl (Institute of Material Science and Technology, Vienna, Austria):
Jürgen Stampfl works as materials scientist at the Vienna University of Technology. His work focuses on the development and characterization of (bio) polymers that can be shaped with lithography based Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) like stereolithography or two photon lithography.
Photopolymers offer several unique features which make them an attractive choice for AMT-based regenerative medicine: They can be shaped with exceptionally high feature resolution and their mechanical as well as biological properties can be tuned easily by varying the cross-link density and the amount of fillers. Ranging from soft and flexible hydrogels to stiff and strong composite materials a wide range of materials is available.
In the field of tissue engineering, one key ingredient for success is an interdisciplinary approach where ideas and requirements from biology, medicine, chemistry and materials science are considered. Therefore the world conference on regenerative medicine and especially the Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium offers a unique opportunity to start leading-edge discussions on novel and innovative approaches in this field.
Moroni, Lorenzo (University of Twente | Department of Tissue Regeneration, Enschede, The Netherlands):
Dr. Lorenzo Moroni research focuses on scaffold design, fabrication, and physicochemical, mechanical and biological characterization for cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering. His core expertise spans from conventional to novel fabrication technologies with particular insights on rapid prototyping and electrospinning. A post-doctoral research experience at Johns Hopkins University aimed at further expanding his scientific interests on hydrogels and stem cells for cartilage repair and osteoarthritis while consolidating the know-how in scaffold design. He worked at the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank of Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute as the R&D director where he established new basic research projects on alternative stem cell sources and bioactive biomaterials to assess their translational potentials into the clinics. Currently, he is working at University of Twente in the Tissue Regeneration department aiming at generating bioactive 3D scaffolds for regenerative medicine therapies with stem cells by integrating different technological platforms.
In this perspective, the world regenerative medicine congress offers one of the best setting to fruitfully discuss and exchange expertise over novel scaffolds fabrication techniques that can help us bringing regenerative medicine therapies to the clinics.
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