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Correlative Imaging Of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture On Opaque Bioscaffolds For Tissue Engineering Applications, Mone’T Sawyer, Josh Eixenberger, Olivia Nielson, Jacob Manzi, Cadré Francis, Raquel Montenegro-Brown, Harish Subbaraman, David Estrada
Correlative Imaging Of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture On Opaque Bioscaffolds For Tissue Engineering Applications, Mone’T Sawyer, Josh Eixenberger, Olivia Nielson, Jacob Manzi, Cadré Francis, Raquel Montenegro-Brown, Harish Subbaraman, David Estrada
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Three-dimensional (3D) tissue engineering (TE) is a prospective treatment that can be used to restore or replace damaged musculoskeletal tissues, such as articular cartilage. However, current challenges in TE include identifying materials that are biocompatible and have properties that closely match the mechanical properties and cellular microenvironment of the target tissue. Visualization and analysis of potential 3D porous scaffolds as well as the associated cell growth and proliferation characteristics present additional problems. This is particularly challenging for opaque scaffolds using standard optical imaging techniques. Here, we use graphene foam (GF) as a 3D porous biocompatible substrate, which is scalable, reproducible, …