3D bioprinting and regenerative medicine laboratory

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
What the facility does

Uses a variety of techniques to engineer human tissues, including 3D bioprinting.

Areas of expertise

The lab combines pluripotent stem cells, controlled drug delivery, 3D printing, and biomaterial scaffolds for engineering neural tissue.

Research services

Live cell imaging, flow cytometry, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, microplate reader, next generation DNA sequencing, 3D bioprinting

Sectors of application
  • Healthcare and social services
  • Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
  • Manufacturing and processing

 

Specialized lab

Equipment

Function

 

CELLCYTE Live Cell Imager

An automated microscopy for quantifying cell behavior.

 

Tecan Infinite™ 200Pro Microplate Reader

Uses advanced optics and high-performance detectors for the fluorescence, luminescence and absorbance readings. 

 

Illumina MiSeq system

High throughput benchtop DNA sequencer.

Wet lab

PCR machines

 

 

Flow cytometer

 

 

Tissue culture incubators (2)

 

 

Biosafety Level II hoods (2)

 

 

Western blot imager

 

 

RX1 bioprinter

A sophisticated bioprinter for generating tissues from living cells

 

Bio X and Lumen X bioprinter

 

  • MedGenesis Therapeutix
  • STEMCELL Technologies
  • StressMarq Biosciences Inc.
  • iPROGEN Biotech
  • Aspect Biosystems
  • Immunoprecise Antibodies 
  • Axolotl Biosciences

Title

URL

Stephanie Willerth, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering

http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3094

The Stem Cell Podcast: 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering featuring Dr. Stephanie Willerth.

https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/ep-135-3d-bioprinting-tissue-engineering-featuring/id711463982?i=1000429218167

BEaTS Research Radio’s Podcast: Curiosity Capsules with Dr. Stephanie Willerth.

https://beatsresearchradio.buzzsprout.com/591520/9785862-episode-2-curiosity-capsules-with-dr-steph…