Biofabrication, FHNW School of Life Sciences

Bioprinting refers to the computer-controlled printing of cells and extracellular matrices. The biofabrication research group applies additive manufacturing processes to living materials, enabling structured cell arrangements in artificial 3D tissue structures.

In cooperation with other institutes at the FHNW School of Life Sciences, we develop processes which apply this technology in the medical, pharmaceutical and environmental fields. In the future, these organic structures could serve as artificial tissue, as substitutes for entire human organs, or as synthetic model systems to replace animal experiments in the development of new active substances.