Abstract

Sculpting Hydrogels and 3D Tissues with Open Microfluidics

Ashleigh Theberge, Associate Professor, University of Washington

This talk will highlight advances in open microfluidics—fluid flow in spaces with one or more air-liquid interfaces—to pattern cells and extracellular matrix materials for regenerative medicine and cell signaling studies. Our methods are tunable and general, enabling 3D patterning of biomaterials that cannot be patterned using conventional 3D bioprinters.