TCES2016 Session 2: Towards Extreme Tissue Engineering

TCES 2016 Annual Meeting 4-6 July 2016, UCL

Session 2: “Towards Extreme Tissue Engineering”(in memory of Prof. Robert Brown)

Chair: Vivek Mudera and Umber Cheema

2-1 Introduction by Prof. Vivek Mudera

In memoriam Robert Brown, some personal reflections

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2-2 Louise Morgan, University College London

Safety of Real Architecture for 3D tissues - Tissue Equivalent in the live cornea

Keywords:  cornea, eye, GMP, RAFT-TE

2-3 Alvena Kureshi, University College London

RAFT tissue equivalents: 3D biomimetic disease tissue model of keratoconus

Keywords: cornea, keratokonus, RAFT-TE, stretch


2-4 Tim Vangansewinkel, Hasselt University, Netherlands

Engineered Neural Tissue with Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells: Potential for Peripheral Nerve Repair?

Keywords: EngT, human mesenchymal stem cells, nerve repair, RAFT-TE


2-5 Judith Pape, University College London

Development of a biomimetic tissue-engineered colorectal cancer model investigating invasion patterns and angiogenesis

Keywords: 3D culture, colorectal cancer, extracellular matrix, spheroid