On January 18th, 2016, Invited by Prof. Yang, Dr. Yang Liu visited the College of Life Science and Technology of HUST, and presented an excellent speech entitled “Enabling Tools for Realisation of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Technology”.

Dr. Yang Liu received the B.Sc. degree in pharmacy and biomedical sciences in China, the M.Phil. degree in drug delivery and biochemistry from Aston University, Birmingham, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in dentistry from the University of Birmingham. She was awarded a Research Councils United Kingdom Academic Fellow. She is currently a senior lecturer in the Healthcare Engineering Group, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K. She is also a member of Interdisciplinary Centre for Biological Engineering  and the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine. Her current research interests include translational research in stem cell and tissue engineering technology and nanotechnology for healthcare, mainly focused on 3-D tissue culture, scale up/out, characterization and quantification of cell/tissue-based products, implants and cell/tissue interactions, cellular mechanics and biological effects of mechanical stimulation. Webpage: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ mechman/staff/ yang-liu.html .

She talked about her group research activates on engineering enabling tools for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine technology from the following aspects:

1. Physiologically informed 3D tissue culture

2. Injectable scaffold and electrospun nano-fibres for treatment of inter-vertebral disc degeneration

Cellular product availability: thermal and mechanical challenges during transportation and cell mechanics\