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Cell And Organ Printing 2: Fusion Of Cell Aggregates In Three-Dimensional Gels, Thomas Boland, Vladimir Mironov, Anna Gutowska, Elisabeth Roth, Roger Markwald
Cell And Organ Printing 2: Fusion Of Cell Aggregates In Three-Dimensional Gels, Thomas Boland, Vladimir Mironov, Anna Gutowska, Elisabeth Roth, Roger Markwald
Thomas Boland
We recently developed a cell printer (Wilson and Boland, 2003) that enables us to place cells in positions that mimic their respective positions in organs. However, this technology was limited to the printing of two-dimensional (2D) tissue constructs. Here we describe the use of thermosensitive gels to generate sequential layers for cell printing. The ability to drop cells on previously printed successive layers provides a real opportunity for the realization of three-dimensional (3D) organ printing. Organ printing will allow us to print complex 3D organs with computer-controlled, exact placing of different cell types, by a process that can be completed …
Cell And Organ Printing 1: Protein And Cell Printers, Cris Wilson, Thomas Boland
Cell And Organ Printing 1: Protein And Cell Printers, Cris Wilson, Thomas Boland
Thomas Boland
We have developed several devices for positioning organic molecules, molecular aggregates, cells, and single-cell organisms onto solid supports. These printers can create stable, functional protein arrays using an inexpensive technology. The cell printer allows us to create cell libraries as well as cellular assemblies that mimic their respective position in organs. The printers are derived from commercially available ink-jet printers that are modified to dispense protein or cell solutions instead of ink. We describe here the modifications to the print heads, and the printer hardware and software that enabled us to adapt the ink-jet printers for the manufacture of cell …
Characterization Of Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers And Protein Arrays Generated By The Ink-Jet Method, Laura Pardo, Thomas Boland
Characterization Of Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers And Protein Arrays Generated By The Ink-Jet Method, Laura Pardo, Thomas Boland
Thomas Boland
Commercial ink-jet printers were used with little modification to deposit alkanethiols onto gold substrata and several proteins onto silica supports. The resulting patterns of alkanethiols form self-assembled layers comparable to those obtained by microcontact printing or solution adsorption. The method has been used successfully to create binary chemical gradients and patterns of tertiary functionality. The proteins form dense patterns on the substrates and seem to maintain their configuration as measured by their ability to bind their specific ligands. Four different proteins were printed simultaneously, allowing for positive and negative controls. This "drop-on-demand" printing method is an inexpensive, flexible alternative to …
Organ Printing: Computer Aided Jet Based 3d Tissue Engineering, Vladimir Mironov, Thomas Boland, Thomas Trusk, Gabor Forgacs, Roger Markwald
Organ Printing: Computer Aided Jet Based 3d Tissue Engineering, Vladimir Mironov, Thomas Boland, Thomas Trusk, Gabor Forgacs, Roger Markwald
Thomas Boland
Tissue engineering technology promises to solve the organ transplantation crisis. However, assembly of vascularized 3D soft organs remains a big challenge. Organ printing, which we define as computer-aided, jet-based 3D tissue-engineering of living human organs, offers a possible solution. Organ printing involves three sequential steps: pre-processing or development of "blueprints" for organs; processing or actual organ printing; and postprocessing or organ conditioning and accelerated organ maturation. A cell printer that can print gels, single cells and cell aggregates has been developed. Layer-by-layer sequentially placed and solidified thin layers of a thermo-reversible gel could serve as "printing paper". Combination of an …
A Quantitative Approach To Studying Structures And Orientation At Self- Assembled Monolayer/Fluid Interfaces", Laura Pardo, Thomas Boland
A Quantitative Approach To Studying Structures And Orientation At Self- Assembled Monolayer/Fluid Interfaces", Laura Pardo, Thomas Boland
Thomas Boland
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have become a standard tool for exploring surface interactions. Although well characterized, SAMs are known to undergo structural and conformational changes in the presence of solution, yet the ability to quantify these changes remains an obstacle due to limited analytical techniques. In this study, we determine changes in structure and conformation of CH3, OH, and COOH terminated hexadecanethiols on gold in water by means of a new technique known as evanescence reflection spectroscopy. This FTIR application, in conjunction with a semiempirical formalism, is capable of providing both qualitative and quantitative understanding of the molecular structure and orientation …