2025 International Conference on Biofabrication

Session

S10 Biofabrication of Engineered Living Materials

16 Sept 2025, 17:30

Kruczkowski

Conveners

S10 Biofabrication of Engineered Living Materials

• Riccardo Levato (Utrecht University)
• Michael Gelinsky (TU Dresden)

25. Living Therapeutic Materials for Zero-waste Therapeutics

Aránzazu Del Campo (INM - Leibniz Institute für New Materials)

16/09/2025, 17:30

invited lecture

In many therapeutic treatments, only a small fraction of the administered drug is absorbed, and a large part is wasted and released into the environment. Drug waste means economic loss and environmental risk. We present drug eluting materials with the unique property to self-produce biopharmaceuticals directly at the therapeutic site. The materials are hydrogels that host biofactories of...

488. Photosynthetic living materials for dual-carbon sequestration

Yifan Cui (ETH Zurich)

16/09/2025, 17:50

invited lecture

Natural ecosystems, such as forests and aquatic systems, offer efficient pathways for carbon (CO2) sequestration, outperforming industrial carbon capture and storage methods in terms of resilience and environmental impact. These systems operate under ambient conditions, using sunlight and commonly available small molecules as their inputs. Harnessing the capabilities of natural systems offers...

293. SporoPrinting - 3D Bioprinting of Functionalized Bacillus subtilis Endospores

Arthur Schubert (Technische Universität Dresden)

16/09/2025, 18:10

podium presentation

Embedding modified microorganisms in polymeric and composite matrices, thereby generating genetically programmable Engineered Living Materials (ELM), is a field of high potential that gained tremendous momentum with the advent of the Synthetic Biology era. Among the numerous methods for designing and manufacturing ELM, 3D bioprinting stands out due to its remarkable ability to precisely...

470. Engineering, characterization, and optimization of fiber meshes with chemically and temporally distinct compartments for ELM fabrication

Meike Koenig (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

16/09/2025, 18:20

podium presentation

While the research on Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) is picking up speed, our cooperation project “ContainELMs” in the priority program 2451 of the German Research Foundation focuses on a critical, yet underexplored aspect: biocontainment. While previous studies on hybrid ELMs have demonstrated their general functionality, safe containment of living cells remains a challenge.1,2
This...

492. Fabrication of Symbiotic Engineered Living Materials for Bone–Fat Interface Modelling

Alexandre Trubert-Paneli (University of Glasgow)

16/09/2025, 18:30

podium presentation

Title
Fabrication of Symbiotic Engineered Living Materials for Bone–Fat Interface Modelling
Introduction
The fabrication of in vitro tissues commonly involves the embedding of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) within a hydrogel matrix and the addition of biochemical or physical cues to passively instigate differentiation into a desired lineage. The PRISM-LT project adopts a proactive approach...

497. Investigation of (3D) bioprinting processes for high-scale bioproduction and customized additive manufacturing of engineered living materials

Andreas Blaeser (TU Darmstadt, Institute for BioMedical Printing Technology)

16/09/2025, 18:40

podium presentation

Engineered Living Materials (ELM) harness the extraordinary sensory capabilities and versatile production capacities of living organisms to give materials adaptive functions. The combination of ELM with (3D) bioprinting processes is particularly exciting in this context. Through the targeted application of materials or the construction of complex branched or highly porous multi-material...