Biofabrication focuses on cutting-edge research regarding the use of cells, proteins, biological materials and biomaterials as building blocks to manufacture biological systems and/or therapeutic products. Emphasis is on the development of fabrication technologies, modelling of the fabricated constructs and maturation of biofabricated objects towards the intended tissue types. It includes the following topics:

Cell, tissue and organ printing, patterning and assembly

for in vitro cell models and tissue models

for tissue precursors, analogs and substitutes

as disease models

as drug/toxicological screening models

Biofabricated cell/biological material-integrated systems and medical devices

biochips and biosensors

cell-laden microfluidic devices

cell/tissue/lab/organ-on-a-chip

Novel 3D tissue scaffold fabrication

convergence of (bio)fabrication technologies

novel processes for complex scaffolds and surface engineering

bioactive and bioinspired tissue scaffolds

engineering 'active and reactive' interfaces within hierarchical structures

direct and indirect fabrication methods...etc.