Innovating Together: UK-India Bio-fabrication for Healthcare

Session agenda: Please note timings mentioned below are in GMT (UK time)

11.00 – 11.10 hrs: Dr Neha Sharma (British High Commission, India) – Welcome and introduction; Mr. Luke Davies (Royce Institute) – The Royce: Short introduction 

11.10 – 11.30 hrs (15 + 5 minutes Q&A): Dr Ian Smith (Royce Institute) – Engineered Collagen Peptides as Substrates for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation

11.30 – 11.50 (15 + 5 minutes Q&A): Dr. Gildacio Chaves (Royce Institute) – Advanced GelMA-Carrageenan Hydrogels for Bone Tissue Engineering and 3D Bioprinting

11.50 – 12.10 (15 + 5 minutes Q&A): Dr. Shamik Hazra (IISc & The University of Manchester) – Robust Extrusion Bioprinting of Mesoscopic Tissue Constructs: Optimising Flow and Transport Regimes

12.10 – 12.15: Comfort break

12.15 – 12.35 (15 + 5 minutes Q&A): Dr. Ramray Bhat (Indian Institute of Science) – Extracellular Matrix at the interface of stromal senescence and cancer

12.35 – 12.55 (15 + 5 minutes Q&A): Dr. Sanjeeb Banerjee (Indian Institute of Technology- Bhilai) – Intelligent Polymeric Materials for 3D Printing Applications

12.55 – 13.00: Dr. Marco Domingos and Prof Kaushik Chatterjee: Closing remarks