Abstract

Engineering High-Content Human-based Models for Potential Space Research

Y. Shrike Zhang, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Bioengineer, Harvard Medical School

3D biofabrication offers great versatility in the generation of biomimetic volumetric tissues that are structurally and functionally relevant. This talk will discuss our recent efforts in developing high-content human-based models through biofabrication, which when combined with microfluidic chip-based systems, are likely to provide new opportunities for research benefiting human health both in space and on Earth.