Abstract

Effect of Microgravity on Bioprinted Tissues

Nicole Diamantides, Bioprinting Field Application Scientist, CELLINK

Bioprinting can be used to fabricate functional living tissues. These tissues can be used for a variety of applications from drug testing, studying disease pathology, regenerative medicine, and more. Recently, microgravity has been utilized both for understanding how tissues will respond to space travel and as a negative control for understanding how gravitation forces affect tissue formation and disease development. Here, we will discuss how the gene expression of stem cells is affected by space flight and simulated microgravity and how simulated microgravity can be used to understand glioblastoma mechanical regulation.