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DESCRIPTION:Event includes bioprinting demos!\n	Please register at forms.off
 ice.com/r/xNBthNuFXQ\n\nAT THE FOREFRONT OF TISSUE ENGINEERING\, bioprinti
 ng is a technology where bio-inks and biomaterials\, mixed with cells\, ar
 e 3D printed\, often to construct living tissue models. Join MIAM in welco
 ming McGill Professor of Bioengineering Matt Kinsella and University of Mo
 ntreal Professor of Ophthalmology May Griffith\, as they both give a broad
  view of this emerging field and explain their own work at its cutting edg
 e.\n\nMATT KINSELLA creates materials-based therapies to treat disease tis
 sues\, including using tissue engineering and 3D printing of protein gels 
 to create models (or avatars) of tumors from patient samples. These models
  are potential alternatives to using animal models in biomedical research\
 , and may allow us to develop more precise and personalized treatments. Hi
 s lab is also designing and building automated robotic bioprinters that wo
 rk alongside clinicians in the operating room to aid in the repair or reco
 nstruction of organs following surgeries.\n\nMAY GRIFFITH works on biomime
 tic materials\, and in particular biomaterials that mimic collagen\, the m
 ajor structural protein in the human body. Her team developed the world’s 
 first cell-free biosynthetic corneal implants that promoted endogenous tis
 sue and nerve regeneration in a human clinical trial\, showing for the fir
 st time that the cornea can regenerate\, even in elderly patients. Her lab
  also focuses on immunomodulatory materials to suppress inflammation\, all
 owing stable integration of biomaterials and cornea regeneration in patien
 ts at high risk for rejecting conventional donor cornea transplantation. T
 hey continue to explore new biomaterials with immunomodulatory and drug de
 livery capacity for clinical application.\n\nThe event will be moderated b
 y MIAM Co-Director and McGill Professor of Chemical Engineering MARTA CERR
 UTI.\n
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LOCATION:Room W-120\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 ru
 e Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Future of Materials Roundtable: Rebuilding Life: Bioprinting and th
 e Next Frontier in Medicine
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/miam/channels/event/future-materials-bioprinting
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