FO-4
Bio-artificial skin, cardiovascular tissues, bio-artificial organs nervous and musculoskeletal system
- Scaffolds and substrates for tissue and cell engineering
- Cell bioengineering by multiscale manipulation
- Bioactive signalling molecules
- Intracellular signalling
- Cell activation mechanisms in tissue regeneration
- Cell printing biomaterials
- In-situ tissue regeneration and control
- Bioreactor technology
- Self repair mechanisms
- Power systems: nanorobots, EAPs, nanoengineered biofuel cells
- Biomechanics of soft and hard tissues
- Biofunctionality, bio compatibility and toxicological issues
- Theory, modelling and numerical simulation
- Biomaterials with controlled bioresorbable behavior
- Soft matrices for cell encapsulation and delivery