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Wong Lab - Stereolithographic printing of ionically-crosslinked alginate hydrogels for degradable biomaterials and microfluidics

September 7, 2017
Kevin Stacey

The Wong lab has developed 3D-printed biomaterials that degrade on demand. Their article in Lab on a Chip demonstrates that alginate can be patterned with a technique called stereolithography, and these patterns can be degraded by manipulating the ions present in solution.  BME graduate student Thomas Valentin was the lead author on the study entitled, Stereolithographic printing of ionically-crosslinked alginate hydrogels for degradable biomaterials and microfluidics. BME alumni Jaskitanjeet (Jessica) Sodhi (ScM '17) and Hayley McClintock (ScB '16) were also authors on the paper.