Welcome to Advanced Biofabrication Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Calgary.
Our research focuses on the development of reliable, flexible cost-effective advanced biomanufacturing processes and systems. These systems will be used to reliably produce stem-cell organoids, highly complex tissue constructs, and entire organs that can facilitate drug discovery, disease study and therapeutic treatments.
We welcome highly qualified personnels with diverse academic backgrounds such as mechanical, biomedical, electrical, chemical, and materials engineering.
If you are interested in joining the ABL, please contact Dr. Keekyoung Kim (keekyoung.kim@ucalgary.ca) with your CV including GPA, English score, and research experience and interests.
Latest @ Advanced Biofabrication Laboratory
April 2023:
Philippa has received Vanier Doctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Philippa!
Dr. Kartikeya Dixit has received Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Dr. Dixit!
Nima's review article "Recent advances in organ-on-chips integrated with bioprinting technologies for drug screening" has been published in Advanced Healthcare Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202203172. Congratulations Nima!
January 2023:
Our collaborative work on designing vasculature for large solid tissues is published in Biofabrication. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/acb73c
Pranave Ambhorkar and Zhiqiang Liu have joined ABL as visiting researchers. Welcome!
Zhangkang's paper titled "Super-anti-freezing, tough and adhesive titanium carbide and L-ornithine-enhanced hydrogels" in collaboration with Dr. Jinguang Hu's group has been published in Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts. Congratulations!
December 2022:
Drs. Kartikeya Dixit and Hyunjae Lee have joined ABL as postdoctoral scholars. Welcome!
September 2021:
Study on the synthesis of methacrylated hyaluronic acid bioinks for SLA bioprinting led by Rafaeal is now published in Biofabrication special issue on "harnessing light in biofabrication". (https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/ac25cb)
July 2021:
Our collaborative work with Dr. Pillai's group on portable SARS-CoV-2 detection device is published in Scientific Reports. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92677-z)
June 2021:
Hitendra Kumar defended his PhD thesis successfully. Many Congratulations Dr. Kumar!!
Nima Tabatabaei has joined the ABL as a PhD student. Welcome!
Kenny Jeon and Vianney Nguyen have joined the ABL as summer students through Canada Summer Jobs program. Welcome to the lab!
May 2021:
Duncan Kennedy has awarded the BME-Schulich Summer Research Award. Congratulations!
Ethan Le and Monique Sangha have joined the ABL as NSERC USRA summer students. Welcome to the lab!
January 2021:Our paper on designing gelatin methacryloyl bioinks is featured on the front cover of Macromolecular Bioscience. (https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202170001)
January 2021:
Zhangkang Li has joined the ABL as a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Program. Welcome to the lab!
25-November-2020:Rafaeal has successfully defended his MSc thesis. His work was on development of HA and GelMA based hybrid bioinks for SLA bioprinting. Congratulations Rafaeal!
09-October-2020: Kabilan successfully defended his PhD thesis. He worked on developing high throughput system for studying cell responses to multiple stimuli. Congratulations Kabilan!
09-September-2020: Pranav has successfully defended his MSc thesis. He worked on developing a hybrid electrospinning system. Congratulations Pranav!
01-September-2020Jaemyung and Yoonjung have joined the research group. Welcome to the lab Jaemyung and Yoonjung!
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