Brain Embodiment Laboratory – University of Reading

Brain Embodiment Laboratory – University of Reading

CellInk Inkredible bioprinter – cellink.com

While Study at the University of Reading, I got involved with Dr Evangelos Delivopoulos’s research in the Brain Embodiment Laboratory. The Lab was working on structural developmental neuroscience problems and needed to bioprint complex hydrogel scaffolds . With my experience of 3D printing and enthusiasm for both programming and wet lab work, I joined the lab. The project involved designing structures, developing and producing the optimal hydrogel for the structures, generating the code to print the structures, and culturing mouse embryonic stem cells.

For the project, I wrote a custom gCode compiler to automate the generation of the gCode to print the structures, with the desired material properties, on the lab’s Cellink bioprinter.

Another significant aspect of the work was experimentation with the alginate based hydrogells i was printing with, to identify to optimal

This description contains intentionally limited details. This work has not been formally published. For more information, or collaborations, reach out to me.