3D Bioprinting in Bioengineering

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances and technical developments have increased the availability of 3D bio-printing among the scientific community, hence making it popular for numerous biomedical applications. While pre-bioprinting (essentially a 3D modelling step) may include scaffold generation with various resin or filament fibers, the usage of biological material, alone or in combination with cells, deserves the further development of appropriate functional bioinks. These combinations comprise a whole new field within bioengineering that aims to further develop and optimize the techniques of 3D bioprinting itself, as well as to generate and perfect bioinks based on specifically designed cell-laden hydrogels. The vision is to enable the simultaneous processing of biomaterials and cells to 3D-print structures of sufficient biochemical and structural complexity that resemble and/or feature tissue properties. Given its enormous possibilities, 3D bioprinting has the power to become a disruptive technique in biomedical engineering, and is thus attracting massive interest from researchers from different disciplines worldwide.

We cordially invite all colleagues and researchers in this fascinating field to contribute to the present Topical Collection, and we look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Raymund E. Horch
Collection Editor

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• biomimicry and printing of hierarchical or gradient structures for TE
• features and properties of bioinks
• biomaterials for 3D printing
• translational bioengineering and applications
• biomechatronics
• biomimetics
• biomedical imaging and medical information systems
• biological implants and regenerative medicine
• biomodeling and simulation
• vascularization of bioprinted items
• bioprinting and cancer research models
• cell–cell interactions for bioprinting
• 4D bioprinting
• functional bioinks
• new printing approaches
• merging different printing approaches