Wojciech Swieszkowski's Biography

Wojciech Swieszkowski, Professor in Materials Design Division, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology

Wojciech Swieszkowski, PhD, Habil; Professor, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology (WUT). Leader of Biomaterials Group (www.bio.materials.pl), expert in the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering, including biomaterial modeling and biofabrication using bioprinting and electrospinning; Leader and project manager of the 9 national grants (about 10mln Euro) and 5 EC grants (3mln Euro), the Polish-Singapore and Polish-Norwegian projects, 4 COST Actions; Coordinator of the Polish-Japan PhD study in Materials Science. He is author and coauthor of over 100 publications in national and international journals and proceedings, no. of citations: 427, index H=12, (Scopus), co-author of 6 book chapters, participation in more than 50 intentional and national conferences. He holds 7 patents and many awards e.g. laureate of a 1st Prize of Prime Minister of Poland, and Awards of Rector of WUT.

Novel Composite Bioinks For 3D Bioprinting

Friday, 17 March 2017 at 08:30

Add to Calendar ▼2017-03-17 08:30:002017-03-17 09:30:00Europe/LondonNovel Composite Bioinks For 3D BioprintingSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

3D bioprinting is a fast-emerging technique in tissue engineering which allows for the controlled and simultaneous 3D deposition of living cells and supporting biomaterials. This technique combines the features of 3D printing of the patient-specific scaffolds with the possibility of precisely depositing living cells in the 3D space. Many synthetic and natural polymeric inks have been applied in bioprinting. The goal is to develop ink which possesses properties of native extracellular matrix. Inspiration from the reinforcing fibres occurring in articular cartilage or ceramic particles in bone tissue prompted us to use these reinforcements to enhance stability and mechanical properties of the hydrogel based bioink. The objective of this work was to show the reinforcing effect of short sub-micron fibres (SF) or micro-particles in 3D printed cells-hydrogel constructs. The biodegradable polymeric SF and TCP ceramic particles were embedded in alginate/gelatin hydrogels matrix and printed with different types of cells. Preliminary results revealed a beneficial influence of additional reinforcements on stability and mechanical properties of the tissue engineered hybrid construct and cell growth in vitro.

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