Mahtab Asadian, Lisanne Groeneveldt, Ayse Kose, Laura Lafuente-Gracia, Bingbing Liang, Niki Loverdou, Sourav Mandal, Satanik Mukherjee, Gabriele Nasello and Ehsan Sadeghian Dehkord will present their research in the 6th World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS, https://termis.org/WC2021). The conference, hosted in Maastricht (The Netherlands), will be held online from 15 – 19 November 2021.

The titles of the presentations are:

• Mahtab Asadian: “Effective immobilization of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (bmp-2) on Polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers using non-thermal plasma modification for bone tissue engineering”
• Lisanne Groeneveldt: “Craniofacial periosteum-derived cells are a potential source for bone tissue engineering”
• Ayse Kose: “Bio-ink formulation and printing fidelity of fmocdiphenylalanine (FMOC-FF) dipeptide hydrogels for bioprinting bone tissue grafts” and “Electrospinning of FMOC-FF peptides to create piezoelectric nanofiber sheets for bone tissue engineering applications”
• Laura Lafuente-Gracia: “Large skeletal defects and how to heal them: in silico modeling of the influence of a bioengineered periosteal membrane on bone regeneration”
• Bingbing Liang: “In silico design of additively manufactured calciumphosphate based scaffolds for maxillofacial applications”
• Niki Loverdou: “Metabolic alterations during chondrogenic differentiation in spheroids: towards identification of metabolic markers for endochondral ossification”
• Sourav Mandal: “Use of in silico modelling for quantification of mechanical loading of cells and nozzle shape optimisation in 3D extrusion based bioprinting”
• Satanik Mukherjee: “Induction of a pathological phenotype in articular chondrocyte through inflammatory and mechanical stimuli: a multiscale in silico approach”
• Gabriele Nasello: “3D-printed titanium scaffolds negatively affect the interplay between macrophages and skeletal progenitors (in vitro)”
• Ehsan Sadeghian Dehkord: “The effect of pore architecture on cell-ECM formation in hydroxyapatite bone scaffolds in 3D perfusion culture”