Microscopy for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Session Organisers: Dr Julie Gough, Prof Thomas Scheibel and Dr Sarah Cartmell
Tuesday 1st July - 10.00-12.15 and/or 14.15 - 16.15
The fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering involve a plethora of microscopical techniques to study both the materials themselves and also the cells within them. These techniques enable characterisation of material/scaffold structure and hierarchical archictecture as well as visualisation of cells and their behaviour when cultured on surfaces or within 3D porous scaffolds and gels. With ever advancing techniques, the world of the living cell on a substrate or within a 3D structure is becoming clearer and we are able to further understand the niche which cells create for themselves.
Invited Speakers:
Dr Julian Moger
"Shedding New Light on Biomaterial: Non-linear vibrational contrast in biological microscopy"
Professor Thomas Scheibel
"Processed structural proteins as new biomaterials"
Dr Stephen Matcher
"The use of optical imaging in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine"
Professor Andre Studart
"Microstructured Composites Inspired By Nature"