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Project Descriptions

Regenerative Technologies in the Future: Tissue Engineering and Organ Printing

October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2010 | Exhibitions
In this Communicating Research to Public Audiences (CRPA) project, the University of Missouri is collaborating with the St. Louis Science Center on the development and implementation of exhibits and programs related to the principal investigator's NSF-funded research on tissue engineering and organ printing, Understanding Molecular Self-Assembly. The research is exploring basic research and technologies that could provide alternatives to organ donor transplants, especially given the mismatch between the demand and supply of organs. The exhibits will become an offering in the science center?s new life sciences gallery whose goal is to help visitors better understand the applications of life science research that affect people's everyday lives.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0810261
Funding Amount: 75000

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Gabor Forgacs
    Principal Investigator
    University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Cristina Encarnacion
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Discipline: Health and medicine | Life science | Nature of science | Technology
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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