Science on Tap ~ A Philadelphia
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01/14/13 ~ ~ What's On Tap?
“3D Printing for the Sweet Tooth: Are
Sugar Glass Vascular Networks the Future of Organ Regeneration” Jordan Miller, PhD
The field of
regenerative medicine attempts to replace organ donation with engineered
tissues made from a patient’s own cells. Jordan Miller will talk about the
development and details for 3D printing temporary templates of blood vessels
made from sugar for this field, and how this technology impacts the future of
organ regeneration research.
Jordan is a post-doctoral researcher in the Tissue Microfabrication Laboratory at
the University of
Pennsylvania, a founding member of Hive 76 inPhiladelphia, and a RepRap coredeveloper. His research in the department of
Bioengineering combines chemistry and rapid prototyping to direct cultured
human cells to form more complex organizations of living vessels and tissues. Jordan has been
in the 3D maker community since the beginning. He developed the first MakerBot heated
build platform at Hive76 and is delighted to use his
RepRap 3D printer every day in the lab for biomedical research and regenerative
medicine.
Monday, January 14, 2013 6:00 p.m.
National Mechanics (a former bank now restaurant bar at 22 S. 3rd Street Old City; caution - it usually starts promptly at 6:00 p.m. ~and~ the room fills up FAST; I've bagged on-street parking several times <take quarters unless you're there after 6> or there's a parking lot directly opposite Nat'l Mechanics
This
month’s Science on Tap is presented by the AmericanPhilosophical Society Museum.
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